Happy to share this study about the diversity of marine prokaryotes that escape filtration through 0.2 µm! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@lanzen.bsky.socialDid you think that filtering water with 0.2 μm pore size filters catches all the bacteria? Think again! And join us a we take a look at the smallest of the small, across three of the legenday seven seas of yore (Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean and the Red Sea)
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The Elusive Fraction of Marine Plankton Diversity: Size, Abundance and Taxonomic Composition of 0.2 μm‐Filterable Prokaryotes Across Three Contrasting Coastal Environments
The existence of prokaryotes escaping filtration through 0.2-μm filters has been known for decades. Such ‘filterable’ prokaryotes (hereafter ‘FP’) might include true ultra-small groups (i.e., ultrami...