Invisible helpers of the sea: Marine bacteria boost growth of tiny ocean algae

27 mayo 2015

A common diatom grows faster in the presence of bacteria that release a growth hormone known to benefit plants on land. The authors of a new report showed that these bacteria exchange material with the diatoms while in turn producing auxin, a well-known hormone made by microbes living around the roots of land plants.
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