Suggestion and functional investigation of key material " glycocalyx" in marine organic matter

我们试图通过检测海洋有机质中的“糖萼”，本研究的目的是从糖萼的化学性质来阐明其对海洋有机质资源库的作用。糖衣菌应保护海水中溶解的和颗粒状的有机物不被分解，并为它们的稳定存在发挥重要作用。我们观察到一些表明化学行为的分子，如简单蛋白质具有以碳水化合物链为主结构的短链和中链多肽。这些分子可能在海洋生态系统有机质库保存机制中起主要作用。

We attempted to detect "glycocalyx" in marine organic matter, and the purpose of this study is the elucidation of the role to achieve for a marine organic matter pool from the chemical property of glycocalyx. Glycocalyx should protect disoolved and particulate organic matter in seawater from the decomposition and play an important role to make them exist stably. We observed some molecules indicating the chemical behavior like the simple protein to have a peptide group of the short and mid chains with main structure with a carbohydrate chain. These molecules may play a main role in the preservation mechanism of organic matter pool in marine ecosystem.