Lysogeny in nature: mechanisms, impact and ecology of temperate phages

C Howard-Varona, KR Hargreaves, ST Abedon… - The ISME …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Viruses that infect bacteria (phages) can influence bacterial community dynamics, bacterial
genome evolution and ecosystem biogeochemistry. These influences differ depending on …

[HTML][HTML] DNA sequencing as a tool to monitor marine ecological status

KD Goodwin, LR Thompson, B Duarte… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Many ocean policies mandate integrated, ecosystem-based approaches to marine
monitoring, driving a global need for efficient, low-cost bioindicators of marine ecological …

Compendium of 530 metagenome-assembled bacterial and archaeal genomes from the polar Arctic Ocean

M Royo-Llonch, P Sánchez, C Ruiz-González… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The role of the Arctic Ocean ecosystem in climate regulation may depend on the responses
of marine microorganisms to environmental change. We applied genome-resolved …

[HTML][HTML] Designer diatom episomes delivered by bacterial conjugation

BJ Karas, RE Diner, SC Lefebvre, J McQuaid… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Eukaryotic microalgae hold great promise for the bioproduction of fuels and higher value
chemicals. However, compared with model genetic organisms such as Escherichia coli and …

[HTML][HTML] Moisture modulates soil reservoirs of active DNA and RNA viruses

R Wu, MR Davison, Y Gao, CD Nicora… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Soil is known to harbor viruses, but the majority are uncharacterized and their responses to
environmental changes are unknown. Here, we used a multi-omics approach …

[HTML][HTML] Gene expression changes and community turnover differentially shape the global ocean metatranscriptome

G Salazar, L Paoli, A Alberti, J Huerta-Cepas… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Ocean microbial communities strongly influence the biogeochemistry, food webs, and
climate of our planet. Despite recent advances in understanding their taxonomic and …

Metatranscriptome analyses indicate resource partitioning between diatoms in the field

H Alexander, BD Jenkins… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Diverse communities of marine phytoplankton carry out half of global primary production.
The vast diversity of the phytoplankton has long perplexed ecologists because these …

Dinoflagellates alter their carbon and nutrient metabolic strategies across environmental gradients in the central Pacific Ocean

NR Cohen, MR McIlvin, DM Moran, NA Held… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Marine microeukaryotes play a fundamental role in biogeochemical cycling through the
transfer of energy to higher trophic levels and vertical carbon transport. Despite their global …

Functional group-specific traits drive phytoplankton dynamics in the oligotrophic ocean

H Alexander, M Rouco, ST Haley… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
A diverse microbial assemblage in the ocean is responsible for nearly half of global primary
production. It has been hypothesized and experimentally demonstrated that nutrient loading …

[HTML][HTML] Interplay of staphylococcal and host proteases promotes skin barrier disruption in Netherton syndrome

MR Williams, L Cau, Y Wang, D Kaul, JA Sanford… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Netherton syndrome (NS) is a monogenic skin disease resulting from loss of function of
lymphoepithelial Kazal-type-related protease inhibitor (LEKTI-1). In this study we examine if …