Figure 1. Distributions of temperature (A), and relative abundances Pelagibacter (B), Teleaulax (C), and Sulfitobacter (D) in surface waters (5 meters depth). Here you can see the contrasting distributions of Pelagibacter and Sulfitobacter within the Alaska Coastal Current.
Microbial Distributions
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Figure 1. Distributions of temperature (A) and relative abundances of Pelagibacter (B), Teleaulax (C), and Sulfitobacter (D) in surface waters (five meters depth). Here you can see the contrasting distributions of Pelagibacter and Sulfitobacter within the Alaska Coastal Current.

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