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The ocean's most abundant 'loner' microbe has a sticky second life
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Global. The first report grouped here was at 21 Oct 2026, 13:00 UTC. The headline in use is “The ocean's most abundant 'loner' microbe has a sticky second life”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The oxygen in about every other breath we take comes from microscopic cells—phytoplankton—drifting in the surface of the ocean. Among them is Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant photosynthetic organism in the seas.
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- First reported by Phys.org Breaking News
The ocean's most abundant 'loner' microbe has a sticky second life
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- Phys.org Breaking NewsThe ocean's most abundant 'loner' microbe has a sticky second life