Microbial communities perform metabolic processes that sustain life on Earth and promote
human health. Microbial consortia sustain these functions in the face of constant structural …

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 …

Many biogeochemical functions involve bacteria utilizing solid substrates. However, little is
known about the coordination of bacterial growth with the kinetics of attachment to and …

Bacteria in nature often thrive in fragmented environments, like soil pores, plant roots or
plant leaves, leading to smaller isolated habitats, shared with fewer species. This spatial …

Oceanic submesoscale processes are ubiquitous in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
(NPSG), where the biological carbon pump is generally ineffective. Due to difficulties in …

The ability of marine bacteria to direct their movement in response to chemical gradients
influences inter-species interactions, nutrient turnover, and ecosystem productivity. While …

Phytoplankton forms the base of aquatic food webs and element cycling in diverse aquatic
systems. The fate of phytoplankton-derived organic matter, however, often remains …

Carbon near the Earth's surface cycles between the production and consumption of organic
carbon; the former sequesters carbon dioxide while the latter releases it. Microbes attempt to …

Microbial community dynamics on sinking particles control the amount of carbon that
reaches the deep ocean and the length of time that carbon is stored, with potentially …

A persistent microbial seed bank is postulated to sustain the marine biosphere, and recent
findings show that prokaryotic taxa present in the ocean's surface dominate prokaryotic …