Our paper on the bacterial degradation of lipids in marine particles with Ben van Mooy’s group appears in Science

How do microbial behaviour and interactions influence carbon storage in the deep sea? An international team of researchers, co-led by Professor Roman Stocker, has discovered that the food preferences of microbes are key to breaking down lipids, an important component of organic particles. These microbial preferences determine how much carbon dioxide (CO2) is transported to and stored in the deep sea over time. More here.