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Published online 9 August 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010809-11
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Unicellular cyanobacteria fix N2 in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean
Single-celled microbes fertilize the oceans.
A marine gene-hunt has found the oceans awash with nitrogen-harnessing nanoplankton. The newly found fertilizing bacteria could be crucial for the global cycling of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2).
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