Abstract:IntroductionApproximately three-fourths of all pelagic marine prokaryotes live in the deep sea, an environment characterized by high hydrostatic pressure and, in most cases, low temperature. Labile organic matter is often scarce within these settings, providing a competitive advantage to motile cells that can access the nutrients within a greater seawater volume. Because many cells present at depth are shallow water-adapted microbes descending from more productive surface waters, deep-sea conditions could sign… Show more
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