Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for marine phytoplankton and indeed all life forms.
Current data show that P availability is growth‐limiting in certain marine systems and can …

Understanding the relationship between prokaryotic traits and phylogeny is important for
predicting and modeling ecological processes. Microbial extracellular enzymes have a …

Phosphorus (P) is a vital nutrient for all living organisms and may control the growth of
bacteria in the ocean. Bacteria induce alkaline phosphatases when inorganic phosphate …

Three outer membrane proteins with molecular masses of 40, 38, and 27 kDa of the
hypertoxinogenic strain 569B of Vibrio cholerae have been purified to homogeneity. The …

The marine diazotroph Trichodesmium is a major contributor to primary production and
nitrogen fixation in the tropical and subtropical oceans. These regions are often …

Phosphate plays a key role in regulating primary productivity in several regions of the
world's oceans and here dissolved organic phosphate can be an important phosphate …

Is DNA or RNA a good nutrient? Although scientists have raised this question for dozens of
years, few textbooks mention the nutritional role of nucleic acids. Paradoxically …

Alkaline phosphatases play a crucial role in phosphate acquisition by microorganisms. To
expand our understanding of catalysis by this class of enzymes, we have determined the …

Marine picocyanobacteria of the genera Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus, the two most
abundant phototrophs on Earth, thrive in oligotrophic oceanic regions. While it is well known …

In vitro protein folding is a complex process which often results in protein aggregation, low
yields and low specific activity. Here we report the use of nanoscale exoshells (tES) to …