Abstract In recent years, interest in algicidal bacteria has risen due to their ecological importance and their potential as biotic regulators of harmful algal blooms. Algicidal bacteria shape the plankton communities of the oceans by inhibiting or lysing microalgae and by consuming the released nutrients.…
Phototrophic phytoplankton fuel the marine food web and play a role in all major biogeochemical cycles in our ecosystem. They are responsible for over half of the world’s CO2 fixation as well as the production of half the global oxygen supply annually. Though these communities are generally considered…