Interactions in the microbial world

A thesis published by AMRI member Eva Sörenson (LNU) in fall 2020 has bee featured in Havet, the publication on all of the latest marine research: https://www.havet.nu/samspel-bland-mikrober

Eva’s thesis explored the interplay of bacteria and phytoplankton in the microbial world - that they cooperate with each other instead of compete with each other.

Photo: Eva Sörenson

Knowledge of how algae and bacteria interact around available resources is very important for us to better understand how the algae communities in the Baltic Sea change when conditions in the sea change. It sheds new light on how we should deal with the special conditions that prevail in the Baltic Sea, with eutrophication problems that result in excess nutrients and climate change that results in rising temperatures and changed salinity.

Read more about the work of Eva Sörenson and her colleagues here: https://www.havet.nu/samspel-bland-mikrober