Gradients of bacteria in the oceanic water column reveal finely-resolved vertical distributions

• Rachel C. Harbeitner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States of America, Ocean EcoSystems Biology Unit, RD3, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, DE, Germany

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• Fabian Wittmers,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ocean EcoSystems Biology Unit, RD3, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, DE, Germany, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United States of America

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• Charmaine C. M. Yung,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ocean EcoSystems Biology Unit, RD3, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, DE, Germany

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• Charlotte A. Eckmann,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States of America, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United States of America

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• Elisabeth Hehenberger,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ocean EcoSystems Biology Unit, RD3, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, DE, Germany

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• Marguerite Blum,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States of America

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• David M. Needham,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ocean EcoSystems Biology Unit, RD3, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, DE, Germany

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• Alexandra Z. Worden

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: azworden@mbl.edu

  Affiliations Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States of America, Ocean EcoSystems Biology Unit, RD3, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, DE, Germany, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9888-9324

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