Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in Microbial Phototrophy in Antarctic Sea Ice

Bacteria that utilize sunlight to supplement metabolic activity are now being described in a range of ecosystems. While it is likely that phototrophy provides an important competitive advantage, the contribution that these microorganisms make to the bioenergetics of polar marine ecosystems is unknow...

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Autores principales: Koh, Eileen Y., Martin, Andrew R., McMinn, Andrew, Ryan, Ken G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4009807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24832507
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology1030542
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description Bacteria that utilize sunlight to supplement metabolic activity are now being described in a range of ecosystems. While it is likely that phototrophy provides an important competitive advantage, the contribution that these microorganisms make to the bioenergetics of polar marine ecosystems is unknown. In this minireview, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of phototrophic bacteria and highlight the need for future research.
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spelling pubmed-40098072014-05-07 Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in Microbial Phototrophy in Antarctic Sea Ice Koh, Eileen Y. Martin, Andrew R. McMinn, Andrew Ryan, Ken G. Biology (Basel) Review Bacteria that utilize sunlight to supplement metabolic activity are now being described in a range of ecosystems. While it is likely that phototrophy provides an important competitive advantage, the contribution that these microorganisms make to the bioenergetics of polar marine ecosystems is unknown. In this minireview, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of phototrophic bacteria and highlight the need for future research. MDPI 2012-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4009807/ /pubmed/24832507 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology1030542 Text en © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in Microbial Phototrophy in Antarctic Sea Ice
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title_fullStr Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in Microbial Phototrophy in Antarctic Sea Ice
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title_short Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in Microbial Phototrophy in Antarctic Sea Ice
title_sort recent advances and future perspectives in microbial phototrophy in antarctic sea ice
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4009807/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology1030542
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