The function of cells in their native habitat often cannot be reliably predicted from genomic
data or from physiology studies of isolates. Traditional experimental approaches to study the …

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 …

To understand the biogeochemical roles of microorganisms in the environment, it is
important to determine when and under which conditions they are metabolically active …

Microscopic and spectroscopic techniques are commonly applied to study microbial cells but
are typically used on separate samples, resulting in population-level datasets that are …

Cultivated bacterioplankton representatives from diverse lineages and locations are
essential for microbiology, but the large majority of taxa either remain uncultivated or lack …

Marine bacterial and archaeal communities control global biogeochemical cycles through
nutrient acquisition processes that are ultimately dictated by the metabolic requirements of …

Technological advances have largely driven the revolution in our understanding of the
structure and function of microbial communities. Culturing, long the primary tool to probe …

The composition of the intestinal bacterial community is well described, but recent research
suggests that the metabolism of these bacteria plays a larger role in health than which …

Recent developments in community and single-cell genomic approaches have provided an
unprecedented amount of information on the ecology of microbes in the aquatic …

Microbial community metabolism and functionality play a key role modulating global
biogeochemical processes. However, the metabolic activities and contribution of actively …