Cells get nutrients from their environment, but where do those ... the Sun into energy-containing macromolecules. This process, called photosynthesis, is essential to the global carbon cycle ...

On land, photosynthesis is carried ... so the early infection process is just as, if not more important, to marine ecosystems as lysis." To get a clearer picture of how these microscale ...

In most ecosystems, sunlight is absorbed and converted into usable forms of energy via photosynthesis ... and release energy in the process. These are known as oxidation-reduction (or redox ...