Biotic and abiotic surfaces in marine waters are rapidly colonized by microorganisms.
Surface colonization and subsequent biofilm formation and development provide numerous …

Marine particles are key to the cycling of major elements on Earth and play an important role
in the balance of nutrients in the ocean. Three main categories of marine particles link the …

The sinking of organic particles formed in the photic layer is a main vector of carbon export
into the deep ocean. Although sinking particles are heavily colonized by microbes, so far it …

The bacterioplankton diversity in large rivers has thus far been under‐sampled despite the
importance of streams and rivers as components of continental landscapes. Here, we …

Many studies on bacterial community composition (BCC) do not distinguish between particle-
associated (PA) and free-living (FL) bacteria or neglect the PA fraction by pre-filtration …

We determined the taxonomic composition of the bacterioplankton of the epipelagic zone of
the Atlantic Ocean along a latitudinal transect (51° S–47° N) using Illumina sequencing of …

Depending on their relationship with the pelagic particulate matter, planktonic prokaryotes
have traditionally been classified into two types of communities: free-living (FL) or attached …

It is generally recognized that phages are a mortality factor for their bacterial hosts. This
could be particularly true in spring phytoplankton blooms, which are known to be closely …

In eutrophic lakes, heterotrophic bacteria are closely associated with algal detritus and play
a crucial role in nutrient cycling. However, the seasonal and spatial dynamics of free‐living …

Sinking particles are a critical conduit for the transport of surface microbes to the ocean's
interior. Vertical connectivity of phylogenetic composition has been shown; however, the …