Extracellular vesicle-mediated metabolic exchange shapes the seasonal assembly of aquatic bacterial communities
Qiansheng Huang
Nature Water, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s44221-026-00605-0 Microorganisms release extracellular vesicles, but their ecological roles in natural environments remain unclear. A year-long multi-omics study reveals that environmental extracellular vesicles mediate metabolite exchange central to carbon and nitrogen cycling while stabilizing microbial communities.