Cyanobacteria can form dense and sometimes toxic blooms in freshwater and marine
environments, which threaten ecosystem functioning and degrade water quality for …

The diversity of the morphologies, propulsion mechanisms, flow environments, and
behaviors of planktonic microorganisms has long provided inspiration for fluid physicists …

Discrepancies between estimates of oceanic N 2 fixation and nitrogen (N) losses through
denitrification have focused research on identifying N 2-fixing cyanobacteria and quantifying …

Cyanobacteria of the genus Oscillatoria (Trichodesmium) account for annual inputs of
nitrogen to the world's oceans of about 4.8× 1012 grams while benthic environments …

Diazotrophs are widespread microorganisms that alleviate nitrogen limitation in 60% of our
oceans, thereby regulating marine productivity. Yet, the group-specific contribution of …

The last several decades have witnessed dramatic advances in unfolding the diversity and
commonality of oceanic diazotrophs and their N2-fixing potential. More recently, substantial …

Methylphosphonate is an organic phosphorus compound used by microorganisms when
phosphate, a key nutrient limiting growth in most marine surface waters, becomes …

For over four decades, aggregations of phytoplankton known as thin layers have been
observed to harbor large amounts of photosynthetic cells within narrow horizontal bands …

The dominant process adding nitrogen (N) to the ocean, di-nitrogen (N2) fixation, is
mediated by prokaryotes (diazotrophs) sensitive to a variety of environmental factors. In …

The ocean's nitrogen is largely fixed by cyanobacteria, including Trichodesmium, which
forms aggregates comprising hundreds of filaments arranged in organized architectures …