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

The finding that total viral abundance is higher than total prokaryotic abundance and that a
significant fraction of the prokaryotic community is infected with phages in aquatic systems …

The “biological pump” is the process by which photosynthetically-produced organic matter in
the ocean descends from the surface layer to depth by a combination of sinking particles …

Microbial cells (ie, bacteria, archaea, microeukaryotes) in oceans secrete a diverse array of
large molecules, collectively called extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) or simply …

Despite the impressive advances that have been made in assessing the diversity of marine
microorganisms, the mechanisms that underlie the participation of microorganisms in marine …

Culture-dependent and-independent studies have found that prokaryotic assemblages are
quite diverse in aquatic habitats and contain representatives of virtually all of the roughly 40 …

Photosynthesis fixes carbon into organic matter in the ocean. Biological forces then paint
intricate flux patterns for carbon in ocean space and in time, as it flows through the food web …

Despite more than a decade of worldwide research on membrane fouling in membrane
bioreactors (MBRs), many questions still remain unanswered. In the light of the complexity of …

Since the development of methods to quantify transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) 1993,
it has been shown that these gel-particles are not only ubiquitous and abundant, but also …

Macroscopic organic aggregates, which are> 500 μm and known as marine and lake snow,
are important components in the turnover, decomposition and sinking flux of both organic …