We present two standards developed by the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) for
reporting bacterial and archaeal genome sequences. Both are extensions of the Minimum …

By controlling nutrient cycling and biomass production at the base of the food web,
interactions between phytoplankton and bacteria represent a fundamental ecological …

In the ongoing debates about eukaryogenesis—the series of evolutionary events leading to
the emergence of the eukaryotic cell from prokaryotic ancestors—members of the Asgard …

Generalists can survive in many environments, whereas specialists are restricted to a single
environment. Although a classical concept in ecology, niche breadth has remained …

Literature covered: early 2000s to late 2017 Bacteria frequently exchange metabolites with
other micro-and macro-organisms. In these often obligate cross-feeding interactions, primary …

Large-scale recovery of genomes from isolates, single cells, and metagenomic data has
been made possible by advances in computational methods and substantial reductions in …

Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotes that inhabit diverse aquatic and terrestrial
environments. However, the evolutionary mechanisms involved in the cyanobacterial habitat …

Mixotrophs are important components of the bacterioplankton, phytoplankton,
microzooplankton, and (sometimes) zooplankton in coastal and oceanic waters. Bacterivory …

Whether a small cell, a small genome or a minimal set of chemical reactions with self-
replicating properties, simplicity is beguiling. As Leonardo da Vinci reportedly said,'simplicity …

Carbon fixation by chemoautotrophic microorganisms in the dark ocean has a major impact
on global carbon cycling and ecological relationships in the ocean's interior, but the relevant …