Extended Data Fig. 2: Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) exposure of model bacteria.
From: Chemotaxis increases metabolic exchanges between marine picophytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria
Mean DOM exposure for three bacterial motility strategies across three different Synechococcus concentrations (leakage rate L = 0.052 pmol hr−1). Chemotaxis conferred an enhancement in the DOM exposure by 2.1-, 1.3-, and 1.1-fold, for Synechococcus concentrations of 103, 104, and 105 cells ml−1 respectively, compared to non-chemotactic (ΔcheA) or non-motile (ΔfliC) mutants.
