ERC Consolidator Grant · 2023
Symbioses between plants and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria sustain coastal 'blue carbon' ecosystems
Sea- and saltmarsh grasses thrive along most of Earth’s coastlines. They form the basis for some of the most ecologically and economically valuable ecosystems on the planet that are also major ‘blue carbon’ sinks. One of the main challenges these marine flowering plants faced during their evolution back into the sea millions of years ago, and one that global change is currently intensifying, is toxic sulfide accumulation around their roots, produced by microorganisms. Like on land, marine plants associate with specific communities of microorganisms, but much less is known about their roles in the health and evolution of their hosts. Intriguingly, one group of microorganisms,…
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