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 …

The last two decades have seen geomicrobiology evolve into a broad field encompassing a
wide range of environmentally significant processes such as proton and metal adsorption …

Recent discoveries reveal that polymer gel particles are abundant and important in the
microbial loop, sedimentation processes, biogeochemical cycling, marine carbohydrate …

Microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are widely distributed in marine
environments and are found in free dissolved form, colloids, discreet particles like TEP …

The bioavailability of iron to microorganisms and its underlying mechanisms have far
reaching repercussions to many natural systems and diverse fields of research, including …

Microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) is an important process in the synthesis
of carbonate minerals, and thus, it is widely explored as a novel approach with potential for …

The ecological implications of metal binding properties of bacterial EPS and its possible role
in the bioaccumulation of pollutants in the marine food-chain was investigated using a …

Thorium-234 is increasingly used as a tracer of ocean particle flux, primarily as a means to
estimate particulate organic carbon export from the surface ocean. This requires …

Colloids, conventionally defined as macromolecules and nanoparticles with sizes ranging
between 1 and 1000 nm, are known to be abundant in aquatic systems. In fact, the mass …

Marine particles play key roles in the cycling of most elements in the ocean. Here we present
full water column sections of size-fractionated (1–51 μm;> 51 μm) concentrations of …