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Microorganisms represent the smallest but arguably most important component of the ocean life. They are essential to all nutrient cycles because they form the bottom of the marine food chain and outnumber all other marine species by orders of magnitude.
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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA) and Dr. Martha Dunbar for helpful suggestions in the English revision of the text.
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Di Giuseppe, G., Dini, F., Alimenti, C., Vallesi, A., Luporini, P. (2013). Pole-to-Pole Gene Flow in Protozoan Ciliates. In: Verde, C., di Prisco, G. (eds) Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Volume 2. From Pole to Pole. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27349-0_4
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