Headed by Dr. Nianzhi Jiao, the academician of Chinese Academy of Science, research team at Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres Xiamen University published a commentary article on Science entitled "Comment on 'Dilution limits dissolved organic carbon utilization in the deep ocean'" on December 18, 2015, illustrating the hypotheses of RDOC formation in deep ocean: "dilute" or "bio-utilization"?

Article Link：http://www.sciencemag.org/content/350/6267/1483.1.short

Extended Reading：

Arrieta J M, Mayol E, Hansman R L, et al. Dilution limits dissolved organic carbon utilization in the deep ocean[J]. Science, 2015, 348(6232): 331-333.

Jiao N, Herndl G J, Hansell D A, et al. Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: long-term carbon storage in the global ocean[J]. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2010, 8(8): 593-599.

Jiao N, Robinson C, Azam F, et al. Mechanisms of microbial carbon sequestration in the ocean–future research directions[J]. Biogeosciences, 2014, 11(19): 5285-5306.