Microbial surface colonization and biofilm development in marine environments

H Dang, CR Lovell - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Biotic and abiotic surfaces in marine waters are rapidly colonized by microorganisms.
Surface colonization and subsequent biofilm formation and development provide numerous …

Microbial metabolites in the marine carbon cycle

MA Moran, EB Kujawinski, WF Schroer, SA Amin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
One-quarter of photosynthesis-derived carbon on Earth rapidly cycles through a set of short-
lived seawater metabolites that are generated from the activities of marine phytoplankton …

Decoupling function and taxonomy in the global ocean microbiome

S Louca, LW Parfrey, M Doebeli - Science, 2016 - science.org
Microbial metabolism powers biogeochemical cycling in Earth's ecosystems. The taxonomic
composition of microbial communities varies substantially between environments, but the …

Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean

L Guidi, S Chaffron, L Bittner, D Eveillard, A Larhlimi… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
The biological carbon pump is the process by which CO2 is transformed to organic carbon
via photosynthesis, exported through sinking particles, and finally sequestered in the deep …

Environmental DNA reveals seasonal shifts and potential interactions in a marine community

A Djurhuus, CJ Closek, RP Kelly, KJ Pitz… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis allows the simultaneous examination of organisms
across multiple trophic levels and domains of life, providing critical information about the …

A network approach to elucidate and prioritize microbial dark matter in microbial communities

T Zamkovaya, JS Foster, V de Crécy-Lagard… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Microbes compose most of the biomass on the planet, yet the majority of taxa remain
uncharacterized. These unknown microbes, often referred to as “microbial dark matter,” …

Multifaceted applications of microbial pigments: current knowledge, challenges and future directions for public health implications

C Ramesh, NV Vinithkumar, R Kirubagaran, CK Venil… - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
Microbial oddities such as versatile pigments are gaining more attention in current research
due to their widely perceived applications as natural food colorants, textiles, antimicrobial …

Fungal community demonstrates stronger dispersal limitation and less network connectivity than bacterial community in sediments along a large river

J Chen, P Wang, C Wang, X Wang… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the essential functions of sedimentary bacterial and fungal communities in
biogeochemical cycling, little is known about their biogeographic patterns and driving …

Microbiome multi-omics network analysis: statistical considerations, limitations, and opportunities

D Jiang, CR Armour, C Hu, M Mei, C Tian… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The advent of large-scale microbiome studies affords newfound analytical opportunities to
understand how these communities of microbes operate and relate to their environment …

Biological composition and microbial dynamics of sinking particulate organic matter at abyssal depths in the oligotrophic open ocean

D Boeuf, BR Edwards, JM Eppley… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Sinking particles are a critical conduit for the export of organic material from surface waters
to the deep ocean. Despite their importance in oceanic carbon cycling and export, little is …