#Diatoms surprise could rewrite the global carbon cycle
https://today.ucsd.edu/story/diatom-surprise-could-rewrite-the-global-carbon-cycle
#Mixotrophic growth of a ubiquitous marine diatom https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado2623
"new research suggests that #photosynthesis is not their only strategy for accumulating carbon. Instead, these single-celled #plankton are also building biomass by feeding directly on organic #carbon in wide swaths of the ocean."
"#Mixotrophic microbes are organisms that can switch between photosynthesising like plants (absorbing #CarbonDioxide) and eating like animals (releasing carbon dioxide). They are globally abundant, commonly found in freshwater and marine environments, and estimated to make up the majority of marine #plankton.
Under warming conditions, mixotrophic microbes shift from being #CarbonSinks to carbon emitters.
#TippingPoint #ClimateChange
https://www.miragenews.com/climate-change-may-transform-ocean-plankton-1018004/
#Mixotrophic #microorganisms in the deep #sea regulate energy balance.
#oceans #bacteria #UBA868 #gammaproteobacteria #sulfur
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-mixotrophic-microorganisms-deep-sea-energy.html
