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| Swapnil G. Sanmukh; Waman N. Paunikar; Sandhya Swaminathan; Satish K. Lokhande. |
| The interconversion of carbon in organic, inorganic and refractory carbon is still beyond the grasp of present environmentalists. The bacteria and their phages, being the most abundant constituents of the aquatic environment, represent an ideal model for studing carbon regulation in the aquatic system. The refractory dissolved organic carbon (DOC), a recently coined terminology from the microbe-driven conversion of bioavailable organic carbon into difficult-to-digest refractory DOC by microbial carbon pump (MCP), is suggested to have the potential to revolutionize our view of carbon sequestration. It is estimated that about 95% of organic carbon is in the form of refractory DOC, which is the largest pool of organic matter in the ocean. The refractory DOC... |
| Tipo: Manuscript |
Palavras-chave: Ecology; Earth & Environment. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/6770/version/1 |
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