Fungi are phylogenetically and functionally diverse ubiquitous components of almost all
ecosystems on Earth, including aquatic environments stretching from high montane lakes …

Fungi are considered terrestrial and oceans are a “fungal desert”. However, with the
considerable progress made over past decades, fungi have emerged as morphologically …

Unicellular eukaryotic phytoplankton, such as diatoms, rely on microbial communities for
survival despite lacking specialized compartments to house microbiomes (eg, animal gut) …

Abstract The Arctic Ocean features extreme seasonal differences in daylight, temperature,
ice cover, and mixed layer depth. However, the diversity and ecology of microbes across …

Identifying the roles played by individual heterotrophic bacteria in the degradation of high
molecular weight (HMW) substrates is critical to understanding the constraints on carbon …

Algal polysaccharides are an important bacterial nutrient source and central component of
marine food webs. However, cellular and ecological aspects concerning the bacterial …

Ecological differentiation between strains of bacterial species is shaped by genomic and
metabolic variability. However, connecting genotypes to ecological niches remains a major …

The functional roles that marine mycoplankton fulfil are poorly understood, resulting in a lack
of knowledge of their ecology. Here we show, using DNA Stable Isotope Probing with 13 C …

Phytoplankton contribute almost half of the world's total primary production. The exudates
and viral lysates of phytoplankton are two important forms of dissolved organic matter (DOM) …

The twilight zone (from the base of the euphotic zone to the depth of 1,000 m) is the major
area of particulate organic carbon (POC) remineralization in the ocean, and heterotrophic …