Professor Mark Osborn · @MicrobialLife
640 followers · 233 posts · Server aus.social
#Microbe filter feeders
This recent research explores how mesh feeding #zooplankton are able to feed directly on #prokaryotic #microorganiisms and suggests #Prochlorococcus (#Cyanobacteria) may be able to evade #predation.
Find out more in Environmental Microbiology on:
https://ami-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1462-2920.16334
#microbe #zooplankton #prokaryotic #microorganiisms #prochlorococcus #cyanobacteria #predation #microbiology #ecology #MicrobialEcology #marinebiology
CellBioNews · @cellbionews
18 followers · 241 posts · Server scientificnetwork.deScientists discover a new way of sharing #genetic information in a common ocean #microbe
#genetransfer #Prochlorococcus #bacteria
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-scientists-genetic-common-ocean-microbe.html
#genetic #Microbe #genetransfer #prochlorococcus #bacteria