Biotic and abiotic surfaces in marine waters are rapidly colonized by microorganisms.
Surface colonization and subsequent biofilm formation and development provide numerous …

Polysaccharides are major components of macroalgal and phytoplankton biomass and
constitute a large fraction of the organic matter produced and degraded in the ocean. Until …

High-throughput sequencing of small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) genes from
marine environments is a widely applied method used to uncover the composition of …

Marine phytoplankton perform approximately half of global carbon fixation, with their blooms
contributing disproportionately to carbon sequestration 1, and most phytoplankton …

SAR11 is a group of small, carbon-oxidizing bacteria that reach a global estimated
population size of 2.4× 1028 cells—approximately 25% of all plankton. They are found …

Abstract Marine Group II (MGII) archaea represent the most abundant planktonic archaeal
group in ocean surface waters, but our understanding of the group has been limited by a …

Carbon is a keystone element in global biogeochemical cycles. It plays a fundamental role
in biotic and abiotic processes in the ocean, which intertwine to mediate the chemistry and …

Microplastics (MPs) pollution in the marine environment has attracted considerable global
attention. However, the colonization of microorganisms on mariculture-derived MPs and …

Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) supports a significant amount of heterotrophic production
in the ocean. Yet, to date, the identity and diversity of microbial groups that transform DON …

Archaea are ubiquitous and abundant members of the marine plankton. Once thought of as
rare organisms found in exotic extremes of temperature, pressure, or salinity, archaea are …