Little-Known Marine Decomposers Attract The Attention Of Genome Sequencers

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Little-Known Marine Decomposers Attract The Attention Of Genome Sequencers
July 1, 2009
ScienceDaily.com

....Labyrinthulomycetes are single-celled marine decomposers that eat non-living plant, algal, and animal matter. They are ubiquitous and abundant—particularly on dead vegetation and in salt marshes and mangrove swamps. Although most labyrinthulomycetes species are not pathogens, the organisms responsible for eelgrass wasting.

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