Pelagibacter (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Pelagibacter

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Pelagibacter, or SAR11, is a single-celled bacterium that survives off dissolved carbon throughout the oceans. It makes up one in four cells on the ocean's surface.

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NOAA

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