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

Marine phytoplankton blooms are annual spring events that sustain active and diverse
bloom-associated bacterial populations. Blooms vary considerably in terms of eukaryotic …

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

Phytoplankton blooms characterize temperate ocean margin zones in spring. We
investigated the bacterioplankton response to a diatom bloom in the North Sea and …

Abstract Marine Rhodobacteraceae (Alphaproteobacteria) are key players of
biogeochemical cycling, comprise up to 30% of bacterial communities in pelagic …

Unicellular eukaryotic phytoplankton, such as diatoms, rely on microbial communities for
survival despite lacking specialized compartments to house microbiomes (eg, animal gut) …

About half the carbon fixed by phytoplankton in the ocean is taken up and metabolized by
marine bacteria, a transfer that is mediated through the seawater dissolved organic carbon …

Biological interactions underpin the functioning of marine ecosystems, be it via competition,
predation, mutualism or symbiosis processes. Microbial phototroph–heterotroph interactions …

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a large and complex mixture of molecules that fuels
microbial metabolism and regulates biogeochemical cycles. Individual DOM molecules have …

Emiliania huxleyi, an environmentally important marine microalga, has a bloom-and-bust
lifestyle in which massive algal blooms appear and fade. Phaeobacter gallaeciensis …