Silicon limitation facilitates virus infection and mortality of marine diatoms
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DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0502-x
Abstract: Diatoms are among the most globally distributed and ecologically successful organisms in the modern ocean, contributing upwards of 40% of total marine primary productivity1,2. By converting dissolved silicon into biogenic silica, and photosynthetically fixing carbon… read more here.
Keywords: infection; mortality; limitation facilitates; virus infection ... See more keywords