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ArticleNature communications2026

Sustained algal-bacterial interactions promote accumulation of recalcitrant particulate carbon with accelerated radiocarbon aging signatures.

Hanshuang Zhao, Zenghu Zhang, Xiuting Feng, Shailesh Nair, Huamao Yuan, Jinming Song, Xiuzhen Li, Nianzhi Jiao, Yongyu Zhang

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Hanshuang Zhao *State Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
Zenghu Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2745-0493
Xiuting FengState Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
Shailesh NairState Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
Huamao YuanUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2014-619X
Jinming SongUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4802-9438
Xiuzhen LiThe State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5903-6839
Nianzhi JiaoCarbon Neutral Innovation Research Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6356-6744
Yongyu ZhangState Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy, Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China. zhangyy@qibebt.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-5065-1237

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2025M780847National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42476115National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42576100National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) U1906216Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS) 2023220
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Algal-bacterial interactions regulate the production and fate of marine particulate organic carbon (POC), yet their capacity to generate long-lived carbon sinks remains unclear. Using a two-year, nutrient-self-sustaining co-culture of Synechococcus and its mutualistic microbiota, we demonstrate that sustained algal-bacterial interactions promote the progressive accumulation of recalcitrant POC. Continuous release of algal-derived organic substrates, coupled with repeated microbial enzymatic reworking, produced inert organic particles, with ~26% resisting remineralization and forming a stable recalcitrant particulate carbon pool. Radiocarbon (Δ

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CarbonSynechococcusCarbon DioxideCarbon RadioisotopesCarbon SequestrationCoculture TechniquesMicrobiotaParticulate MatterSeawaterSymbiosisCarbonCarbon DioxideCarbon RadioisotopesParticulate Matter

Identifiers

PMID42811044
PMCPMC13623955

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