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Mystery microbe forces rethink of ocean ecology

A newly discovered microorganism that lives in the open ocean is able to “fix” nitrogen but does not rely on photosynthesis for energy, forcing scientists to revise their understanding of how carbon and nitrogen cycle through ocean ecosystems. Researcher Jonathan Zehr, a marine scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, describes the organism as […]

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