Microbes contribute to setting the ocean carbon flux by altering the fate of sinking particulates

Nguyen, Trang T. H.; Zakem, Emily J.; Ebrahimi, Ali; Schwartzman, Julia; Caglar, Tolga; Amarnath, Kapil; Alcolombri, Uria; Peaudecerf, Francois J.; Hwa, Terence; Stocker, Roman; Cordero, Otto X.; Levine, Naomi M.
2022
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
DOI
10.1038/s41467-022-29297-2
Micro-scale microbial community dynamics can substantially alter the fate of sinking particulates in the ocean thus playing a key role in setting the vertical flux of particulate carbon in the ocean.