UNEXPECTED NUTRIENT FOUND KEY TO OCEAN FUNCTION
March 12, 2008
March 12, 2008
CORVALLIS, Ore., March 12 -- Oregon State University issued the following news release:
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered what could be a new, limiting nutrient in the world's oceans.
In a publication today in the journal Nature, they report that chemically "reduced" sulfur is a nutrient requirement for SAR11, the smallest free-living cell known and probably the most abundant organism in the seas.
This may be another imp . . .
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered what could be a new, limiting nutrient in the world's oceans.
In a publication today in the journal Nature, they report that chemically "reduced" sulfur is a nutrient requirement for SAR11, the smallest free-living cell known and probably the most abundant organism in the seas.
This may be another imp . . .