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What role do bacteria in the ocean play in the global carbon cycle?

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Answer: Bacteria have been known to trap and recycle Carbon dioxide in the carbon cycle

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Phytoplanktons use carbon dioxide to make cells thereby releasing some cellular material into the sea in form of dissolved organic carbon which are molecules. These molecules are then consumed by bacteria in the ocean for energy and then recycled back into carbon dioxide as the bacteria exhales. The rule that ocean biologyplays in trapping atmospheric carbon dioxide in the ocean then depends on the amount of carbon which remains as cell material.

Hence, these recycling bacteria okay an important role in relating how much of the planet's carbon dioxide is stored in the oceans.

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