Diatom fucan polysaccharide precipitates carbon during algal blooms
oleh: Silvia Vidal-Melgosa, Andreas Sichert, T. Ben Francis, Daniel Bartosik, Jutta Niggemann, Antje Wichels, William G. T. Willats, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Hanno Teeling, Dörte Becher, Thomas Schweder, Rudolf Amann, Jan-Hendrik Hehemann
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01 |
Deskripsi
The fate of ocean carbon is determined by the balance between primary productivity and heterotrophic breakdown of that photosynthate. Here the authors show that diatoms produce a polysaccharide that resists bacterial degradation, accumulates, aggregates and stores carbon during spring blooms.