Cryptic microbial hydrocarbon cycling

McGenity, Terry J., McKew, Boyd A. and Lea-Smith, David J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2463-406X (2021) Cryptic microbial hydrocarbon cycling. Nature Microbiology, 6 (4). pp. 419-420. ISSN 2058-5276

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Abstract

Cyanobacteria, which produce ~25% of global oxygen, also release around 100 times more hydrocarbons into the ocean than all petroleum sources. A cryptic microbial cycle explains why these hydrocarbons do not accumulate in the sea.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: microbiology,immunology,applied microbiology and biotechnology,genetics,microbiology (medical),cell biology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2400/2404
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Molecular Microbiology
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 14 Apr 2021 23:53
Last Modified: 23 Oct 2022 02:22
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/79763
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-021-00881-4

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