The Metabolic Capability and Phylogenetic Diversity of Mono Lake During a Bloom of the Eukaryotic Phototroph Picocystis strain ML
B. W. Stamps, H. S. Nunn, V. A. Petryshyn, R. S. Oremland, L. G. Miller, M. Rosen, K. W. Bauer, K. J. Thompson, E. M. Tookmanian, A. R. Waldeck, S. J. Lloyd, H. A. Johnson, B. S. Stevenson, W. Berelson, F. A. Corsetti, J. R. Spear
The paper investigates microbial dynamics during a natural algal bloom in Mono Lake, finding oxygenic photosynthesis occurs at depth despite anoxic conditions and reduced grazing pressure on Picocystis.
bioRxiv · May 30, 2018Microbiology