Ocean's hidden world of plankton revealed in 'enormous database'

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They have so far found 35,000 species of bacteria, 5,000 new viruses and 150,000 single-celled plants and creatures.
They believe that the majority of these are new to science.
Link:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32831814
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The researchers have found that many of the organisms, particularly the bacteria, are sensitive to temperature.

Dr Bowler said: "It is temperature that determines what sort of communities of organisms we find. If we look at our data and we see what organisms are there, we can predict with 97% probability the temperature of the water they are living in.

"These organisms are most sensitive to temperature, more than anything else, and with changing temperatures as a result of climate change we are likely to see changes in this community."

Temperature changes in the air, land and water produce changes in habitats
 
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