Molecular characterization of dissolved organic matter (DOM): a critical review

A Nebbioso, A Piccolo - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2013 - Springer
Advances in water chemistry in the last decade have improved our knowledge about the
genesis, composition, and structure of dissolved organic matter, and its effect on the …

Exopolysaccharides from marine and marine extremophilic bacteria: structures, properties, ecological roles and applications

A Casillo, R Lanzetta, M Parrilli, MM Corsaro - Marine drugs, 2018 - mdpi.com
The marine environment is the largest aquatic ecosystem on Earth and it harbours
microorganisms responsible for more than 50% of total biomass of prokaryotes in the world …

Nano-and microplastics trigger secretion of protein-rich extracellular polymeric substances from phytoplankton

RF Shiu, CI Vazquez, CY Chiang, MH Chiu… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The substantial increase in plastic pollution in marine ecosystems raises concerns about its
adverse impacts on the microbial community. Microorganisms (bacteria, phytoplankton) are …

Marine microgels

MV Orellana, C Leck - Biogeochemistry of marine dissolved organic matter, 2015 - Elsevier
Polymer gels are cross-linked networks of marine polymers that self-assemble from
dissolved organic carbon (DOC) polymers. Of the DOC, 10-30% can self assemble as …

Marine microgels

P Verdugo - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The ocean plays a critical role in global carbon cycling: it handles half of the global primary
production, yielding the world's largest stock of reduced organic carbon (ROC) that supports …

Direct and indirect toxic effects of engineered nanoparticles on algae: role of natural organic matter

A Quigg, WC Chin, CS Chen, S Zhang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2013 - ACS Publications
In order to assess the overall risk posed by engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), the biological
effects of this emergent pollutant to aquatic ecosystems must be evaluated. We present …

Intriguing changes in molecular size and composition of dissolved organic matter induced by microbial degradation and self-assembly

H Xu, L Guo - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is ubiquitous and plays an important role in regulating
water quality, ecological function, and the fate and transport of trace elements and pollutants …

Can the protein/carbohydrate (P/C) ratio of exopolymeric substances (EPS) be used as a proxy for their 'stickiness' and aggregation propensity?

PH Santschi, C Xu, KA Schwehr, P Lin, L Sun, WC Chin… - Marine Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbially secreted exopolymeric substances (EPS), rich in polysaccharides and proteins,
make up an important part of natural organic matter in the ocean, especially marine snow …

Sea ice microorganisms: Environmental constraints and extracellular responses

M Ewert, JW Deming - Biology, 2013 - mdpi.com
Inherent to sea ice, like other high latitude environments, is the strong seasonality driven by
changes in insolation throughout the year. Sea-ice organisms are exposed to shifting …

Chemistry and release of gases from the surface ocean

LJ Carpenter, PD Nightingale - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The sea-surface layer is the very upper part of the sea surface where reduced mixing leads
to strong gradients in physical, chemical, and biological properties. 1 This surface layer is …