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Hidden bacteria in marine snow may be dissolving ocean shells — and disrupting carbon storage
Learn how bacteria inside marine snow may dissolve shell minerals and influence how the ocean stores carbon.
It has puzzled scientists for years whether and how bacteria, that live from dissolved organic matter in marine waters, can carry out N 2 fixation. It was assumed that the high levels of oxygen ...
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