The Bacteroidetes phylum is renowned for its ability to degrade a wide range of complex
carbohydrates, a trait that has enabled its dominance in many diverse environments. The …

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 …

Brown algae are important players in the global carbon cycle by fixing carbon dioxide into 1
Gt of biomass annually, yet the fate of fucoidan—their major cell wall polysaccharide …

The formation of sinking particles in the ocean, which promote carbon sequestration into
deeper water and sediments, involves algal polysaccharides acting as an adhesive, binding …

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

The communities of bacteria that assemble around marine microphytoplankton are
predictably dominated by Rhodobacterales, Flavobacteriales, and families within the …

Background Marine microalgae (phytoplankton) mediate almost half of the worldwide
photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation and therefore play a pivotal role in global carbon …

Brown macroalgae have attracted great attention as an alternative feedstock for biorefining.
Although direct conversion of ethanol from alginates (major components of brown …

The dynamics of the particulate organic carbon (POC) pool in the ocean are central to the
marine carbon cycle. POC is the link between surface primary production, the deep ocean …

PULs (p olysaccharide u tilization l oci) are discrete gene clusters of CAZymes (C
arbohydrate A ctive En Zymes) and other genes that work together to digest and utilize …