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Exclusive networks in the sea

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The identification of an exchange of nutrients and signalling molecules between a planktonic alga and a bacterium demonstrates that targeted mutualistic interactions occur across domains of life in the oceans. See Letter p.98

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Figure 1: Coordinated exchanges between a widespread marine alga and a bacterium.

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  1. Alexander J. Limardo and Alexandra Z. Worden are in the Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA, and at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California.,

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  2. A.Z.W. is also at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Canada.,

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Limardo, A., Worden, A. Exclusive networks in the sea. Nature 522, 36–37 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14530

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