Weekend #Plankton #Factoid 🦠🦐
Research on how bacteria and archaea interact with other members of the plankton food-web is much more advanced in #ocean systems compared to freshwaters, but still very much unknown. They are food, but we also know of many cases of apparent symbiosis between #bacteria and organisms, with bacteria providing bioluminescence, energy via photosynthesis, or B vitamins, but how common is this? Read about the mission here. #science #ClimateChange
The plankton paradox: Unprecedented cooperationbetween bacteria in the Ocean
A team of CNRS researchers, led by Dr. Samuel Chaffron, developed a model based on data fromthe Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013) to explain the plankton paradox: Ocean microorganismsof astonishing diversity should be competing, but instead collabor…deborah (Fondation Tara Océan)