Response to Comment on “The complex effects of ocean acidification on the prominent N 2 -fixing cyanobacterium Trichodesmium ”

Hutchins et al . question the validity of our results showing that under fast growth conditions, the beneficial effect of high CO 2 on Trichodesmium is overwhelmed by the deleterious effect of the concomitant decrease in ambient and cellular pH. The positive effect of acidification reported by Hutch...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Shi, Dalin, Shen, Rong, Kranz, Sven A., Morel, François M. M., Hong, Haizheng
Other Authors: National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation of China, National key R&D program of China
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2017
Subjects:
Multidisciplinary
Ocean acidification
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aao0428
https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/science.aao0428
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Summary:Hutchins et al . question the validity of our results showing that under fast growth conditions, the beneficial effect of high CO 2 on Trichodesmium is overwhelmed by the deleterious effect of the concomitant decrease in ambient and cellular pH. The positive effect of acidification reported by Hutchins and co-workers is likely caused by culture conditions that support suboptimal growth rates.

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