Colonies of marine cyanobacteria Trichodesmium interact with associated bacteria to acquire iron from dust

Iron (Fe) bioavailability limits phytoplankton growth in vast ocean regions. Iron-rich dust uplifted from deserts is transported in the atmosphere and deposited on the ocean surface. However, this dust is a poor source of iron for most phytoplankton since dust-bound Fe is poorly soluble in seawater...

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Autores principales: Basu, Subhajit, Gledhill, Martha, de Beer, Dirk, Prabhu Matondkar, S. G., Shaked, Yeala
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6677733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31396564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0534-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6677733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31396564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0534-z

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