Researchers find bacterioplankton rely on environmental vitamin B1 rather than making their own
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 12:01
in Biology & Nature
New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Copenhagen finds that more bacterioplankton utilize vitamin B1 or B1 precursors from their environment than synthesize their own. The researchers also found that B1 availability can directly limit bacterioplankton growth, which could have larger impacts on aquatic microbial food webs, as well as energy and nutrient exchange.