Fouling of maritime infrastructure is pervasive due to abundant biological and chemical
activity within the oceanic environment. Marine biofilms and their successional growths are …

Biofouling is the growth of organisms on wet surfaces. Biofouling includes micro-(bacteria
and unicellular algae) and macrofouling (mussels, barnacles, tube worms, bryozoans, etc.) …

Microbial colonization on plastic polymers has been extensively explored, however the
temporal dynamics of biofilm community in Antarctic environments are almost unknown. As a …

Upon entering the marine environment, plastics are colonized by a plethora of
microorganisms to form a plastisphere, influencing the fate and transport of the plastic debris …

Cyanobacteria are new sources of value-added compounds but also ubiquitous and harmful
microfoulers on marine biofouling. In this work, the isolation and identification of two …

Since 2014, corals throughout Florida's Coral Reef have been plagued by an epizootic of
unknown etiology, colloquially termed stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). Although in …

Marine biofilms on ship hulls increase frictional drag, which has economic and
environmental consequences. It is hypothesised that biofilm mechanics, such as …

Microbial communities within oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) play crucial roles in the
marine biogeochemical cycling. Arabian Sea (AS) has one of the largest OMZs among the …

In the ocean, phytoplankton are dependent on communities of bacteria living in the
phycosphere, a hot spot of metabolic and genetic exchange. Many types of interactions …

The effects of fresh and spray-dried microalgal diets on the growth, digestive enzymatic
activity, and gut microbial community were investigated in juveniles of the winged pearl …