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		<title>An Abundant Phytoplankton Feeds a Global Network of Marine Microbes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 22:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New findings illuminate how Prochlorococcus’ nightly “cross-feeding” plays a role in regulating the ocean’s capacity to cycle and store carbon. Read this story from MIT News Story Image: Prochlorococcus tend to shed their molecular baggage at night. For a microbe called SAR11, the researchers found that the nighttime snack acts as a relaxant of sorts. Image &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/an-abundant-phytoplankton-feeds-a-global-network-of-marine-microbes-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">An Abundant Phytoplankton Feeds a Global Network of Marine Microbes</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Global niche partitioning of purine and pyrimidine cross-feeding among ocean microbes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 21:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Braakman, R., Satinsky, B., Longnecker, K., Hogle, S. L., Becker, J. W., Li, R. C., Dooley, K., Arellano, A., Kido Soule, M. C., Kujawinski, E. B., &#38; Chisholm, S. W. (2025), Global niche partitioning of purine and pyrimidine cross-feeding among ocean microbes, Science Advances, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adp1949Description: Cross-feeding involves microbes consuming exudates of other surrounding microbes, mediating elemental cycling. Characterizing the &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/global-niche-partitioning-of-purine-and-pyrimidine-cross-feeding-among-ocean-microbes/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Global niche partitioning of purine and pyrimidine cross-feeding among ocean microbes</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Like ancient mariners, ancestors of Prochlorococcus microbes rode out to sea on exoskeleton particles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2023 19:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study shows the carbon-capturing phytoplankton colonized the ocean by rafting on particles of chitin. Read this story at  MIT News Throughout the ocean, billions upon billions of plant-like microbes make up an invisible floating forest. As they drift, the tiny organisms use sunlight to suck up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Collectively, these photosynthesizing &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/like-ancient-mariners-ancestors-of-prochlorococcus-microbes-rode-out-to-sea-on-exoskeleton-particles/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Like ancient mariners, ancestors of Prochlorococcus microbes rode out to sea on exoskeleton particles</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Seeding Oceans with Iron may not Impact Climate Change</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/seeding-oceans-with-iron-may-not-impcaact-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darwin Project study led by Jonathan Lauderdale finds Earth’s oceans contain just the right amount of iron; adding more may not improve their ability to absorb carbon dioxide. Read this story at MIT News Historically, the oceans have done much of the planet’s heavy lifting when it comes to sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Microscopic &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/seeding-oceans-with-iron-may-not-impcaact-climate-change/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Seeding Oceans with Iron may not Impact Climate Change</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Darwin Goes to Ocean Sciences 2020</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2020 18:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look out for the Darwin team, sharing their work at this year’s Ocean Sciences conference taking place February 16-21 in San Diego, California. Stephanie Dutkiewicz* and Christopher L. Follett, The Collapse of Prochlorococcus Populations in the Transition Between the Subtropical and Subpolar Gyres (Monday, 08:15 &#8211; 08:30, SDCC &#8211; 7A, UL) Darcy Taniguchi, Michael J Follows and Susanne Menden-Deuer, A modeling approach to determine how &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/darwin-goes-to-ocean-sciences-2020/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Darwin Goes to Ocean Sciences 2020</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Cellular View of Earth History</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2019 22:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reporting by Helen Hill for the MIT Darwin Project For the past several years, Rogier Braakman, a research scientist working in Penny Chisholm&#8217;s lab and collaborating with Mick Follows, has been studying how metabolism evolves in ocean microbes. In a new paper, he argues that intrinsic properties of cellular metabolism imposed central constraints on the historical &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/a-cellular-view-of-earth-history/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Cellular View of Earth History</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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