The marine phosphorus cycle driven by an unlikely microbe
Phosphorus availability is vital to ocean ecosystem functioning. Analyses of global seawater samples combined with laboratory experiments reveal the Alteromonas bacteria as a surprising regulator of the marine phosphorus cycling.
Authors
- Senjie Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8831-6111)
- Alexander Francoeur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4920-3775)
Institutions
- University of Connecticut (US)
- Connecticut Sea Grant (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64456-1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.79