Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria

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Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is far more interconnected than anyone realized.

The researchers were part of an interdisciplinary group that discovered and studied the bacterial nanotubes that grow between photosynthetic ocean bacteria.

There has been another sighting of nanotubes in marine bacteria, but those microbes are not photosynthetic—they gobble up nutrients from their immediate environment, a lifestyle in which swapping substances with neighbors might have a more obvious benefit.

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Author / Journalist: Veronique Greenwood

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Published On: 2025-02-09 @ 12:00:00 (2 days ago)

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