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Laura GomezConsarnau

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Marine Microbial Ecologist, fascinated with phototrophic bacteria

Laura GomezConsarnau @lauraconsarnau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Our new review is out 🌊☀️ Beyond an Ocean of Chlorophyll: The Role of Proteorhodopsin Phototrophy in Plankton Ecology www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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Beyond an Ocean of Chlorophyll: The Role of Proteorhodopsin Phototrophy in Plankton Ecology

Until the early 2000s, light-driven energy capture in the ocean was viewed almost exclusively through the lens of chlorophyll-based photosynthesis. The discovery of proteorhodopsins (PRs) in marine ba...

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Laura GomezConsarnau @lauraconsarnau.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Microbial rhodopsins are everywhere in the surface ocean, but were assumed to play a role mainly when nutrients are scarce. Our new study reveals unexpected rhodopsin dynamics tightly linked to phytoplankton blooms.

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