SAR11 is a group of small, carbon-oxidizing bacteria that reach a global estimated
population size of 2.4× 1028 cells—approximately 25% of all plankton. They are found …

A microbe's growth rate helps to set its ecological success and its contribution to food web
dynamics and biogeochemical processes. Growth rates at the community level are …

The surface layer of the oceans and other aquatic environments contains many bacteria that
range in activity, from dormant cells to those with high rates of metabolism. However, little …

Chemoheterotrophic marine bacteria of the SAR11 clade are Earth's most abundant
organisms. Following the first cultivation of a SAR11 bacterium,'Candidatus Pelagibacter …

Phytoplankton and heterotrophic prokaryotes are major components of the microbial food
web and interact continuously: heterotrophic prokaryotes utilize the dissolved organic …

Abstract The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil well blowout generated an enormous plume of
dispersed hydrocarbons that substantially altered the Gulf of Mexico's deep-sea microbial …

Growth rates are central to understanding microbial interactions and community dynamics.
Metagenomic growth estimators have been developed, specifically codon usage bias (CUB) …

Multiyear comparisons of bacterioplankton succession reveal that environmental conditions
drive community shifts with repeatable patterns between years. However, corresponding …

Resolving the ecological niches of coexisting marine microbial taxa is challenging due to the
high species richness of microbial communities and the apparent functional redundancy in …

Heterotrophic bacteria play a major role in organic matter cycling in the ocean. Although the
high abundances and relatively fast growth rates of coastal surface bacterioplankton make …