Changes in the structure of the microbial community within the phycospheric microenvironment and potential biogeochemical effects induced in the demise stage of green tides caused by Ulva prolifera

Xiaoxue Liu, Yu Zang, Shiliang Fan, Xiaoxiang Miao, Mingzhu Fu, Xiaojun Ma, Mei Li, Xuelei Zhang, Zongling Wang, Jie Xiao · 2024

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Xiaoxue Liu and co-authors study tiny life around a seaweed during the late stage of green tides in a 2024 paper. Huge mats of the seaweed grow each year in the Yellow Sea of China, then rot and harm sea life. The team sampled the thin zone close to the plant in three affected areas. They used gene reading to map which microbes lived there as the mats broke down.

As the seaweed died back, the mix of microbes shifted in clear ways. Bacteria that break down seaweed rose, and so did enzymes that cut its sugars. Genes tied to nitrogen use also changed as dead matter poured out. Readers learn how the rot stage may reshape carbon and nitrogen flows in coastal waters.

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CREATORXiaoxue Liu, Yu Zang, Shiliang Fan, Xiaoxiang Miao, Mingzhu Fu, Xiaojun Ma, Mei Li, Xuelei Zhang, Zongling Wang, Jie Xiao
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE34 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11575915

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