Sarah Brown

Marine Science

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

I’m a Ph.D. candidate in Ecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I study marine bacteria, their interactions, and their role in oceanic carbon cycling

underwater photo of specks in blue water

Photo by Cristian Palmer on Unsplash

Deep sea bacteria use selfishness to their advantage

Some bathypelagic bacteria have found a way to maximize their energy intake by taking food into their cells before breaking it down

Sarah Brown