Heritable diel energy reserves enhance diatom growth
Oliver Müller, T. Redaelli, Dieter A. Baumgartner, Clara Martínez‐Pérez, Francesco Carrara, Johannes M. Keegstra, Roman Stocker
This paper demonstrates that heritable diel energy reserves in diatoms enhance growth by allowing rapid division during the dark phase, leading to a significant increase in population abundance.
bioRxiv · Jan 3, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology