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Laura GomezConsarnau @lauraconsarnau.bsky.social · last mo.

Our new review is out 🌊☀️ Beyond an Ocean of Chlorophyll: The Role of Proteorhodopsin Phototrophy in Plankton Ecology www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Beyond an Ocean of Chlorophyll: The Role of Proteorhodopsin Phototrophy in Plankton Ecology

Until the early 2000s, light-driven energy capture in the ocean was viewed almost exclusively through the lens of chlorophyll-based photosynthesis. The discovery of proteorhodopsins (PRs) in marine ba...

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Laura GomezConsarnau @lauraconsarnau.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Microbial rhodopsins are everywhere in the surface ocean, but were assumed to play a role mainly when nutrients are scarce. Our new study reveals unexpected rhodopsin dynamics tightly linked to phytoplankton blooms.