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- Microbes are often the engines of ecosystems that otherwise would not have access to the food and nutrients they need. Many are also the keepers of healthy ecosystems, cleaning the ocean of waste and often defending against disease rather than spreading it.
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About 70 percent of the ocean’s microbes live in the dark open ocean. Here, bacteria are more likely to be efficient swimmers with tails called flagella, a necessity for avoiding hungry predators. Others cling to falling masses of dead particles, the decaying matter a perfect source of nutrients.
They infect and destroy bacteria and archaea in aquatic microbial communities, and are the most important mechanism of recycling carbon in the marine environment. The organic molecules released from the dead bacterial cells stimulate fresh bacterial and algal growth. [56]
Marine bacteria provide a useful source for bioremediation and have an advantage over terrestrial bacteria because they can be used in extreme environmental conditions. As the bacteria form biofilms, there is a greater increase in their bioremediation capability due to the presence of EPS like polysaccharides, amyloids, extracellular enzymes ...
Marine microbe communities can evolve rapidly in response to environmental shifts and could be used as indicators of ocean change. In fact, marine microbes are “the canary in the coal mine” for the marine environment. In addition, they are also drivers of change in the ocean.
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Why are bacteria important? Name a chemical element or compound of elements, and there are bacteria are using it, releasing it, recycling it, and transforming it. This movement of elements through living matter, the atmosphere, oceans, and sediments is referred to as cycling. The carbon and nitrogen cycles are two of the most important global ...
Abstract. This chapter investigates what justifies marine microbiology as a discipline in its own right. Do marine microorganisms really exist? And if so, what distinguishes them from freshwater- or terrestrial microorganisms, or from microorganisms living in any other specialized habitat?
May 20, 2022 · Communications Earth & Environment - Atmospheric bacterial diversity in spring indicates a strong marine influence over the Pacific and terrestrial influence over the Atlantic Ocean,...
