High sucrose content is a crucial breeding objective in sugarcane, with significant differences in sucrose accumulation patterns between early and late-maturing varieties during different growth stages. This study aimed to determine how differences in cane maturation affect proteins involved in sucrose metabolism. The isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) technique was employed to analyze intraspecific a...

Bacterivores play a key role in transferring energy through microbial food webs and are broadly classified as heterotrophic or mixotrophic based on the presence of inherent chloroplasts. Mixotrophs, especially in low-latitude regions, have recently gained attention due to their dual roles as primary producers and bacterial grazers, which enable them to thrive in nutrient-poor, stratified waters where traditional autotrophs or...