Strong chemotaxis by marine bacteria towards polysaccharides is enhanced by the abundant organosulfur compound DMSP

EE Clerc, JB Raina, JM Keegstra, Z Landry… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The ability of marine bacteria to direct their movement in response to chemical gradients
influences inter-species interactions, nutrient turnover, and ecosystem productivity. While …

A reduction of transcriptional regulation in aquatic oligotrophic microorganisms enhances fitness in nutrient-poor environments

SE Noell, FL Hellweger, B Temperton… - Microbiology and …, 2023 - journals.asm.org
In this review, we consider the regulatory strategies of aquatic oligotrophs, microbial cells
that are adapted to thrive under low-nutrient concentrations in oceans, lakes, and other …

Concurrent enhancement of biomass production and phycocyanin content in salt-stressed Arthrospira platensis: A glycine betaine-supplementation approach

C Yu, Y Hu, Y Zhang, W Luo, J Zhang, P Xu, J Qian… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
In industrial-scale cultivation of microalgae, salinity stress often stimulates high-value
metabolites production but decreases biomass yield. In this research, we present an …

Tritium and carbon-14 contamination resha** the microbial community structure, metabolic network, and element cycle in the seawater environment

J Lai, Z Li, Y Wang, H **, X Luo - Environmental science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The potential ecological risks caused by entering radioactive wastewater containing tritium
and carbon-14 into the sea require careful evaluation. This study simulated seawater's …

Novel order-level lineage of ammonia-oxidizing archaea widespread in marine and terrestrial environments

Y Zheng, B Wang, P Gao, Y Yang, B Xu, X Su… - The ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are among the most ubiquitous and abundant archaea
on Earth, widely distributed in marine, terrestrial, and geothermal ecosystems. However, the …

Microbial metabolomic responses to changes in temperature and salinity along the western Antarctic Peninsula

HM Dawson, E Connors, NG Erazo, JS Sacks… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Seasonal cycles within the marginal ice zones in polar regions include large shifts in
temperature and salinity that strongly influence microbial abundance and physiology …

Multiple biotic interactions establish phytoplankton community structure across environmental gradients

S Dutkiewicz, CL Follett, MJ Follows… - Limnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The combination of taxa and size classes of phytoplankton that coexist at any location affects
the structure of the marine food web and the magnitude of carbon fluxes to the deep ocean …

Metabolite diversity among representatives of divergent Prochlorococcus ecotypes

EB Kujawinski, R Braakman, K Longnecker… - Msystems, 2023 - journals.asm.org
The euphotic zone of the surface ocean contains distinct physical-chemical regimes that
vary in light and nutrient concentrations as an inverse function of depth. The most numerous …

The occurrence and biogeochemical cycling of quaternary, ternary and volatile amines in marine systems

MF Fitzsimons, R Airs, Y Chen - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
This review provides a critical assessment of knowledge regarding the occurrence and
behaviour of volatile, low molecular weight amines, particularly methylamines and …

Chemotaxonomic patterns in intracellular metabolites of marine microbial plankton

BP Durham, AK Boysen, KR Heal… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Most biological diversity on Earth is contained within microbial communities. In the ocean,
these communities dominate processes related to carbon fixation and nutrient recycling. Yet …