In the Anthropocene, in which we now live, climate change is impacting most life on Earth.
Microorganisms support the existence of all higher trophic life forms. To understand how …

Biofilms are a form of collective life with emergent properties that confer many advantages
on their inhabitants, and they represent a much higher level of organization than single cells …

A census of the biomass on Earth is key for understanding the structure and dynamics of the
biosphere. However, a global, quantitative view of how the biomass of different taxa …

Marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) contains more carbon than the combined stocks of
Earth's biota. Organisms in the ocean continuously release a myriad of molecules that …

Growth rate maximization is an important fitness strategy for microbes. However, the wide
distribution of slow-growing oligotrophic microbes in ecosystems suggests that rapid growth …

Timely adaptation to nutrient downshift is crucial for bacteria to maintain fitness during feast
and famine cycle in the natural niche. However, the molecular mechanism that ensures the …

The leakage of cold, methane-rich fluids from subsurface reservoirs to the sea floor at
specific sites on continental slopes, termed cold seeps, sustains some of the richest …

In marine sediments, DNA occurs both inside and outside living organisms. DNA not
enclosed in living cells may account for the largest fraction of total DNA, and include …

Develo** efficient methods for deep desulphurization of commercial fuel is of utmost
importance due to the environmental impact of sulphur and stringent government …

Hadal trenches are the deepest and most remote regions of the ocean. The 11-kilometer
deep Challenger Deep is the least explored due to the technical challenges of sampling …