"Plankton" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Community of tiny aquatic PLANTS and ANIMALS, and photosynthetic BACTERIA, that are either free-floating or suspended in the water, with little or no power of locomotion. They are divided into PHYTOPLANKTON and ZOOPLANKTON.
| Descriptor ID |
D010933
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B05.080.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plankton" by people in Profiles.
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Chitin utilization by marine picocyanobacteria and the evolution of a planktonic lifestyle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 05 16; 120(20):e2213271120.
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A Novel Irrigant to Eliminate Planktonic Bacteria and Eradicate Biofilm Superstructure With Persistent Effect During Total Hip Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2022 07; 37(7S):S647-S652.
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Microbial communities of the Laurentian Great Lakes reflect connectivity and local biogeochemistry. Environ Microbiol. 2020 01; 22(1):433-446.
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Detection of large numbers of novel sequences in the metatranscriptomes of complex marine microbial communities. PLoS One. 2008 Aug 22; 3(8):e3042.