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		<title>Models and co-culture experiments assess four mechanisms of phytoplankton bacteria interactions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Osnat Weissberg, Dikla Aharonovich, Zhen Wu, Michael J. Follows &#38; Daniel Sher (2025), Models and co-culture experiments assess four mechanisms of phytoplankton bacteria interactions, Nature Microbiology, doi: 10.1038/s41564-025-02196-0Description: Weissberg et al (2025) explores how heterotrophic bacteria affect marine phytoplankton, focusing on Prochlorococcus in co-culture with eight bacterial strains. Combining mathematical models and experiments, the authors examined four &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/models-and-co-culture-experiments-assess-four-mechanisms-of-phytoplankton-bacteria-interactions/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Models and co-culture experiments assess four mechanisms of phytoplankton bacteria interactions</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2022 19:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up to one-third of the carbon consumed by Prochlorococcus may come from sources other than photosynthesis.Read this story at MIT News One of the smallest and mightiest organisms on the planet is a plant-like bacterium known to marine biologists as Prochlorococcus. The green-tinted microbe measures less than a micron across, and its populations suffuse through the &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/ocean-microbes-get-their-diet-through-a-surprising-mix-of-sources-study-finds/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Imbalance of global nutrient cycles exacerbated by the greater retention of phosphorus over nitrogen in lakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 16:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zhen Wu, Jincheng Li, Yanxin Sun, Josep Peñuelas, Jilin Huang, Jordi Sardans, Qingsong Jiang, Jacques C. Finlay, Gregory L. Britten, Michael J. Follows, Wei Gao, Boqiang Qin, Jinren Ni, Shouliang Huo &#38; Yong Liu (2022), Imbalance of global nutrient cycles exacerbated by the greater retention of phosphorus over nitrogen in lakes, Nature Geosciences, doi: 10.1038/s41561-022-00958-7 Description: Imbalanced anthropogenic inputs &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/imbalance-of-global-nutrient-cycles-exacerbated-by-the-greater-retention-of-phosphorus-over-nitrogen-in-lakes/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Imbalance of global nutrient cycles exacerbated by the greater retention of phosphorus over nitrogen in lakes</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Super-Speedy New Phytoplankton Model</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/a-super-speedy-new-phytoplankton-model/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 17:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darwin Group researchers Zhen Wu and Gael Forget apply Julia to create a GPU-supported individual-based phytoplankton life cycle model. Read this story at CBIOMES News CBIOMES seeks to understand the organization of microbial communities and their role in mediating the global cycles of elements through the surface ocean. To this end, CBIOMES researchers are engaged &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/a-super-speedy-new-phytoplankton-model/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Super-Speedy New Phytoplankton Model</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Bayesian approach to modeling phytoplankton population dynamics from size distribution time series</title>
		<link>https://darwinproject.mit.edu/a-bayesian-approach-to-modeling-phytoplankton-population-dynamics-from-size-distribution-time-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jann Paul Mattern, Kristof Glauninger, Gregory L. Britten, John R. Casey, Sangwon Hyun, Zhen Wu, E. Virginia Armbrust, Zaid Harchaoui, Francois Ribalet (2022), A Bayesian approach to modeling phytoplankton population dynamics from size distribution time series, PLoS Computational Biology, doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009733 Description: The rates of cell growth, division, and carbon loss of microbial populations are key &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/a-bayesian-approach-to-modeling-phytoplankton-population-dynamics-from-size-distribution-time-series/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Bayesian approach to modeling phytoplankton population dynamics from size distribution time series</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Modeling Photosynthesis and Exudation in Subtropical Oceans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zhen Wu, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Oliver Jahn, Daniel Sher, Angelicque White, Michael J. Follows (2021), Modeling Photosynthesis and Exudation in Subtropical Oceans, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi: 10.1029/2021GB006941 Description: Marine phytoplankton contributes nearly half of the total primary production on Earth through photosynthesis. Parameterizations of algal photosynthesis commonly employed in global biogeochemical simulations generally fail to capture &#8230; <a href="https://darwinproject.mit.edu/modeling-photosynthesis-and-exudation-in-subtropical-oceans/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Modeling Photosynthesis and Exudation in Subtropical Oceans</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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