Microbial metabolites in the marine carbon cycle

MA Moran, EB Kujawinski, WF Schroer, SA Amin… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
One-quarter of photosynthesis-derived carbon on Earth rapidly cycles through a set of short-
lived seawater metabolites that are generated from the activities of marine phytoplankton …

Scientists' warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change

R Cavicchioli, WJ Ripple, KN Timmis, F Azam… - Nature Reviews …, 2019‏ - nature.com
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 …

Cryptic and abundant marine viruses at the evolutionary origins of Earth's RNA virome

AA Zayed, JM Wainaina, G Dominguez-Huerta… - Science, 2022‏ - science.org
Whereas DNA viruses are known to be abundant, diverse, and commonly key ecosystem
players, RNA viruses are insufficiently studied outside disease settings. In this study, we …

[HTML][HTML] The new tree of eukaryotes

F Burki, AJ Roger, MW Brown, AGB Simpson - Trends in ecology & …, 2020‏ - cell.com
For 15 years, the eukaryote Tree of Life (eToL) has been divided into five to eight major
grou**s, known as 'supergroups'. However, the tree has been profoundly rearranged …

Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology

S Sunagawa, SG Acinas, P Bork, C Bowler… - Nature Reviews …, 2020‏ - nature.com
A planetary-scale understanding of the ocean ecosystem, particularly in light of climate
change, is crucial. Here, we review the work of Tara Oceans, an international …

The biomass distribution on Earth

YM Bar-On, R Phillips, R Milo - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2018‏ - pnas.org
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 …

Mirusviruses link herpesviruses to giant viruses

M Gaïa, L Meng, E Pelletier, P Forterre, C Vanni… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
DNA viruses have a major influence on the ecology and evolution of cellular organisms,,–,
but their overall diversity and evolutionary trajectories remain elusive. Here we carried out a …

[HTML][HTML] Marine DNA viral macro-and microdiversity from pole to pole

AC Gregory, AA Zayed, N Conceição-Neto… - Cell, 2019‏ - cell.com
Microbes drive most ecosystems and are modulated by viruses that impact their lifespan,
gene flow, and metabolic outputs. However, ecosystem-level impacts of viral community …

Revisions to the classification, nomenclature, and diversity of eukaryotes

SM Adl, D Bass, CE Lane, J Lukeš… - Journal of Eukaryotic …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
This revision of the classification of eukaryotes follows that of Adl et al., 2012 [J. Euk.
Microbiol. 59 (5)] and retains an emphasis on protists. Changes since have improved the …

Algal blooms in the ocean: hot spots for chemically mediated microbial interactions

C Kuhlisch, A Shemi, N Barak-Gavish… - Nature Reviews …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The cycling of major nutrients in the ocean is affected by large-scale phytoplankton blooms,
which are hot spots of microbial life. Diverse microbial interactions regulate bloom dynamics …