The ability of vegetated coastal ecosystems to sequester high rates of “blue” carbon over
millennial time scales has attracted the interest of national and international policy makers …

Nowadays, the logarithmic production of existing well-known food materials is unable to
keep up with the demand caused by the exponential growth of the human population in …

Background Microbes have fundamental roles underpinning the functioning of our planet,
they are involved in global carbon and nutrient cycling, and support the existence of …

Coral-associated bacteria play critical roles in the regulation of coral health and function.
Environmental perturbations that alter the bacterial community structure can render the coral …

Despite their recognized importance in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, marine fungi,
especially those associated with host organisms, remain poorly studied. Corals contain …

The fungal communities provide the nutrients and drive the cycles of elements in nature, and
the rare fungal taxa are proved to be crucial for these communities in many environments …

The large canopy-forming macroalga, Sargassum ilicifolium, provides shelter and food for
numerous coral reef species, but it can also be detrimental at high abundances where it …

Plant-microbe relationships play critical roles in the functioning and health of terrestrial
plants, but little is known about this relationship in marine angiosperms such as seagrasses …

Distributed across both the tropical Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the seagrass Halophilia
ovalis stabilizes coastal sediment, thereby preventing shoreline erosion and is also an …

Background The processes that shape microbial biogeography are not well understood, and
concepts that apply to macroorganisms, like dispersal barriers, may not affect …