MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Algae bacteria associations provide metabolite-mediated protection against algicidal bacteria in a tripartite plankton community
Shahrukh A. Siddiqui, Christian Zerfaß, Vera Nikitashina…·Georg Pohnert
The paper shows that a third bacterial partner can protect a diatom from an inhibitory bacterium through metabolite-mediated interactions in a tripartite plankton community.
DOI 10.64898/2026.08.28.747787