Two brand-new papers from our group are just out.
Rapid microbial production of long-lived dissolved organic carbon in the global ocean
(Cai et al., PNAS)
Is the ocean's recalcitrant carbon reservoir younger and more dynamic than we thought?Isomer-based analyses reveals that the oceanic refractory dissolved organic carbon reservoir is continuously replenished with newly formed, structurally diverse recalcitrant compounds.
(Fadeev et al., ISME)
What functions do extracellular vesicles play in marine bacterial communities?
New research tracking bacterial extracellular vesicles over more than 5,000 nautical miles in the South Pacific reveals that their functional potential varies across different ocean regions, suggesting that they are likely to play distinct ecological roles in bacterial communities adapted to local environmental conditions.