Recent advances in studying the dynamics of marine microbial communities have shown
that the composition of these communities follows predictable patterns and involves complex …

The marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus is the smallest and most abundant
photosynthetic organism on Earth. In this Review, we summarize our understanding of the …

Generalists can survive in many environments, whereas specialists are restricted to a single
environment. Although a classical concept in ecology, niche breadth has remained …

BACKGROUND Marine ecosystems are composed of a diverse array of life forms, the
majority of which are unicellular—archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes. The power of these …

Pangenomes offer detailed characterizations of core and accessory genes found in a set of
closely related microbial genomes, generally by clustering genes based on sequence …

Penetration of light into aquatic ecosystems is greatly affected by the absorption and
scattering processes that take place within the water. Thus within any water body, the …

Fluorescent oligonucleotide hybridization probes were used to label bacterial cells for
analysis by flow cytometry. The probes, complementary to short sequence elements within …

A fluorometric method is described which provides sensitive measurements of extracted
chlorophyll a free from the errors associated with conventional acidification techniques …

Communities of microscopic plant life, or phytoplankton, dominate the Earth's aquatic
ecosystems. This important new book by Colin Reynolds covers the adaptations, physiology …

This paper considers the structure of freshwater phytoplankton assemblages and promotes
a scheme of 'vegetation recognition', based upon the functional associations of species …