Biogeochemistry Microbiology
Methane on the dinner menu
Bacteria in coastal waters can eat methane, a greenhouse gas - but just how much and how fast can they…
Tag: bacteria
Biochemistry Ecology
Using nitrogen isotopes to start from the bottom…of the marine food web!
Amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, are an important nitrogen source in the ocean and the δ15N of amino…
Biology
Abundant bacterial vesicles found in seawater
An abundant species of photosynthetic bacteria is found to release numerous membrane-bound packets. This is the first evidence of vesicle…
Biology
Life in plastic, it’s fantastic…for microbes in the plastisphere
Scientists find a diverse and distinct community of microorganisms that live on plastic trash at the surface of the North…