Vesicle-associated exudates from Alteromonas enhance growth and survival of Prochlorococcus in batch culture
It is shown that the helper strain Alteromonas macleodii EZ55 also facilitates greater exploitation of medium resources by Prochlorococcus, and for the “helper” interaction between Alteromonas and Prochlorococcus, this facilitation is relevant across all phases of batch culture growth and is mediated by secreted produc...