Vitamins, Phytoplankton and Bacteria: Symbiosis or Scavenging?

By M. R. Droop. 2007

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Subfields: Ecology, Oceanography, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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The effect of vitamin B12 on phytoplankton growth and community structure in the Gulf of Alaska (2011, background): “5 mm) phytoplankton (Sañudo-Wilhelmy et al. 2006; Gobler et al. 2007).”
Mixotrophic protists and a new paradigm for marine ecology: where does plankton research go now? (2019, background): “Osmotrophy, the ability to use dissolved organics such as amino acids and vitamins (auxotrophy; Droop, 2007), is common in plankton typically considered as phototrophs.”
Algae-bacteria interactions: Evolution, ecology and emerging applications. (2016, background): “But mutualism is not limited to micronutrient supply from bacteria alone (Droop, 2007).”
The life of diatoms in the world's oceans (2009, background): “There are numerous examples of diatom dependency on bacterial metabolites such as vitamin”
Neochloris oleoabundans grown on anaerobically digested dairy manure for concomitant nutrient removal and biodiesel feedstock production (2011, background): “oxidation may provide nutrients and CO2, respectively, to algal cells [46], and bacteria have been found to produce vitamin B12 [47], which is essential to algal growth, there was little evidence that microorganisms native to ADE contributed to better N.”
Integrating micro-algae into wastewater treatment: A review. (2021, background): “Certain bacteria can promote micro-algal growth by excreting growth-promoting compounds or vitamins (e.g. thiamine, biotin, etc.) (Droop, 2007; Higgins et al., 2016; Ramanan et al., 2016).”
Vitamin B12 excretion by cultures of the marine cyanobacteria Crocosphaera and Synechococcus (2010, background): “Similarly to B12, diazotrophic cyanobacteria such as Trichodesmium are known to release up to 80–90% of the N fixed from the atmosphere, in the form of dissolved organic N and ammonium (Gilbert and Bronk 1994), but the explanation for this is still unclear.”
Interactions between Diatoms and Bacteria (2012, background): “Droop later hypothesized that the extremely low requirements for cobalamin of many algal species could be fulfilled by scavenging rather than by a required synergism (51).”
Essential Biomolecules in Food Webs (2019, background): “However, their role in overcoming B12 limitation sustaining global primary production is debated (e.g., Droop, 2007).”