🦠 Seawater heterotrophic microbes likely remineralize particulate organic matter (POM) from picocyanobacteria into dissolved nutrients, recycling essential nutrients to support higher trophic levels in the offshore Great Barrier Reef, playing a critical role in the reef microbial loop.
🦠 Seawater heterotrophic microbes likely remineralize particulate organic matter (POM) from picocyanobacteria into dissolved nutrients, recycling essential nutrients to support higher trophic levels in the offshore Great Barrier Reef, playing a critical role in the reef microbial loop.
🌞 Seasonal shifts show nutrient concentrations were 3x higher in summer, linked to increased primary production by picocyanobacteria like Synechococcus.
🌞 Seasonal shifts show nutrient concentrations were 3x higher in summer, linked to increased primary production by picocyanobacteria like Synechococcus.
🧬 Functional genes in seawater microbes proved to be twice as stable than microbial taxonomy in indicating physico-chemical factors like temperature and nutrients.
🧬 Functional genes in seawater microbes proved to be twice as stable than microbial taxonomy in indicating physico-chemical factors like temperature and nutrients.