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Posted on September 12, 2017September 12, 2017 by Brett J Baker

New paper published, resolving the metabolisms of the dead zone.

Metabolic Roles of Uncultivated Bacterioplankton Lineages in the Northern Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone”

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