Colony formation sustains the global competitiveness of nitrogen-fixing Trichodesmium under ocean acidification

Abstract Anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions drive ocean acidification. Trichodesmium, a key marine nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, displays contrasting growth responses to ocean acidification across morphotypes: negative in filamentous free trichomes but neutral or positive in colonies. However,...

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Published in:	Communications Earth & Environment
Main Authors:	Weicheng Luo, Meri Eichner, Ondřej Prášil, Futing Zhang, Keisuke Inomura, Ya-Wei Luo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2026-02-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03344-y