| Range |
<0.7 µm
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| Organism |
Microbes |
| Reference |
Stocker R. Marine microbes see a sea of gradients. Science. 2012 Nov 2 338(6107):628-33. doi: 10.1126/science.1208929. p.628 right column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID23118182
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| Primary Source |
D. L. Kirchman, Microbial Ecology of the Oceans (Wiley & Sons, New York, 2008). |
| Comments |
"It has long been recognized that the water column
is dotted with copious sources of microscale heterogeneity
(Fig. 1). A ubiquitous case is the “phycosphere,”
the region surrounding a phytoplankton
cell, which harbors gradients of dissolved organic
matter [DOM operationally defined as the organic
material <0.7µm in size (primary source)] and oxygen
that attract heterotrophic bacteria (refs 4, 5)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110355 |