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More than One: Long-Reining Microbe Controlling Ocean Nitrogen Shares the Throne
Marine scientists long believed that a microbe called Trichodesmium, a member of a group called the cyanobacteria, reigned over the ocean's nitrogen budget. New research results reported on-line today...Read more
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