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<DIV class=journal-title>Nature Reviews Microbiology</DIV>
<DIV class=volume>Volume: 12<SPAN>, </SPAN>Page: 153</DIV>
<DIV class=published>doi:10.1038/nrmicro3214</DIV>
<DIV class="published-online first">Published online 21 January 2014 </DIV>
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<DIV class=article-heading><FONT size=5><STRONG>Message in a
bottle</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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jQuery172009421949259549489="46"><SPAN class=fn>Ursula Hofer</SPAN></A> </DIV>
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<P class=credit>Many bacterial species release extracellular vesicles, which
have roles in various processes, including quorum sensing, virulence and
horizontal gene transfer. Chisholm and colleagues now report the discovery that
the dominant marine cyanobacterium, <I>Prochlorococcus</I> spp., produces an
abundance of extracellular vesicles, which might have diverse functions in the
ocean ecosystem and affect carbon cycling.</P></DIV></DIV>
<P>Extracel…</P></DIV>
<DIV class="section-heading toggle"><FONT color=#000000><STRONG>Reference
</STRONG></FONT><SPAN class="vcard author"><SPAN class=fn>Biller, S.
J.</SPAN></SPAN> <I>et al</I>. <SPAN class=title>Bacterial vesicles in marine
ecosystems</SPAN>. <SPAN class=source-title>Science</SPAN> <SPAN
class=volume>343</SPAN>, <SPAN class=start-page>183</SPAN>–<SPAN
class=end-page>186</SPAN> (<SPAN class=year>2014</SPAN>)
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