Tiny creatures, big insights: Copepods uncover sea's microbial signature

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Aug 13, 2025, 11:01 am124 ptsTrending
An international study led by Prof. Tamar Guy-Haim and Dr. Ximena Velasquez from the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR) has revealed that tiny planktonic crustaceans carry a unique microbial signature that better reflects ocean currents and environmental gradients than microbes found freely…

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