The formation and burial of calcium phosphate minerals removes large quantities of phosphorus from the ocean. Radiotracer experiments reveal that bacteria in marine sediments mediate the production of these mineral phases at remarkably fast rates.
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Ingall, E. Phosphorus burial. Nature Geosci 3, 521–522 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo926
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