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Untangling the role that microbes play in ocean carbon cycle─A new paradigm in marine biogeochemistry

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Constructive comments on an early version of the essay were provided by Dang Hongyue, Dennis Hansell, Li Chao, and Jiao Nianzhi. Comments from two anonymous reviewers are appreciated. This study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology Awards (Grant Nos. 2013CB955703 & 2016YFA0601101), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41530105 & 91428308), the Tongji Interdisciplinary Program (Grant No 1350219165), and the “National Thousand Talents” Program through the State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology at Tongji University.

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Zhang, C. Untangling the role that microbes play in ocean carbon cycle─A new paradigm in marine biogeochemistry. Sci. China Earth Sci. 60, 409–412 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-016-0217-x

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