Going deep on marine lipid metabolism

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Florence Schubotz. Science. 2024.

. 2024 Sep 13;385(6714):1167-1168.

doi: 10.1126/science.ads0919. Epub 2024 Sep 12.

¹ MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany.

Abstract

Marine bacteria cooperate to degrade lipids in sinking particulate organic matter.

Microbial dietary preference and interactions affect the export of lipids to the deep ocean.
Behrendt L, Alcolombri U, Hunter JE, Smriga S, Mincer T, Lowenstein DP, Yawata Y, Peaudecerf FJ, Fernandez VI, Fredricks HF, Almblad H, Harrison JJ, Stocker R, Van Mooy BAS. Behrendt L, et al. Science. 2024 Sep 13;385(6714):eaab2661. doi: 10.1126/science.aab2661. Epub 2024 Sep 13. Science. 2024. PMID: 39265021