Microbiomes of bloom-forming Phaeocystis algae are stable and consistently recruited, with both symbiotic and opportunistic modes

M Mars Brisbin, S Mitarai, MA Saito… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Phaeocystis is a cosmopolitan, bloom-forming phytoplankton genus that contributes
significantly to global carbon and sulfur cycles. During blooms, Phaeocystis species produce …

Phycosphere bacterial composition and function in colony and solitary Phaeocystis globosa strains providing novel insights into the algal blooms

J Zhu, Z Yu, L He, X Cao, W Wang, X Song - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Phycosphere bacteria can regulate the dynamics of different algal blooms that impact
marine ecosystems. Phaeocystis globosa can alternate between solitary free-living cells and …

Iron limitation of heterotrophic bacteria in the California Current System tracks relative availability of organic carbon and iron

LE Manck, TH Coale, BM Stephens, KO Forsch… - The ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Iron is an essential nutrient for all microorganisms of the marine environment. Iron limitation
of primary production has been well documented across a significant portion of the global …

Dissecting host‐microbiome interaction effects on phytoplankton microbiome composition and diversity

JW Yang, VJ Denef - Environmental Microbiology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Phytoplankton and their associated microbiomes of heterotrophic bacteria are foundational
to primary production, energy transfer, and biogeochemical cycling in aquatic systems …

Oxygen intrusions sustain aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in anoxic marine zones

PJ Buchanan, X Sun, JL Weissman, D McCoy… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Anoxic marine zones (AMZs) are host to anaerobic metabolisms that drive losses of
bioavailable nitrogen from the ocean. The discovery of active nitrite-oxidising bacteria …

Characterization of the metalloproteome of Pseudoalteromonas (BB2-AT2): biogeochemical underpinnings for zinc, manganese, cobalt, and nickel cycling in a …

MG Mazzotta, MR McIlvin, DM Moran, DT Wang… - Metallomics, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Pseudoalteromonas (BB2-AT2) is a ubiquitous marine heterotroph, often
associated with labile organic carbon sources in the ocean (eg phytoplankton blooms and …

Phytoplankton responses to bacterially regenerated iron in a Southern Ocean eddy

M Fourquez, RF Strzepek, MJ Ellwood, C Hassler… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the Subantarctic sector of the Southern Ocean, vertical entrainment of iron (Fe) triggers
the seasonal productivity cycle but diminishing physical supply during the spring to summer …

Regenerated iron: How important are different zooplankton groups to oceanic productivity?

L Ratnarajah - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
The scarcity of iron limits phytoplankton growth in large areas of the global ocean.
Zooplankton may contribute to the cycling of iron via excretion and egestion. Despite …

Cross-domain diversity effects: linking diatom species richness, intraspecific richness, and biomass production to host-associated bacterial diversity

M Jacob, PK Thomas, HA Giebel… - ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Interactions between bacteria and microalgae are important for the functioning of aquatic
ecosystems, yet interactions based on the biodiversity of these two taxonomic domains have …

Spatial and seasonal variations of the island mass effect at the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands Archipelago

T Lamont, T Toolsee - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
At the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands (PEIs) in the Southern Ocean, the Island Mass
Effect (IME) plays an important role in maintaining an ecosystem able to support diverse …