Prochlorococcus is a key member of open-ocean primary producer communities. Despite its
importance, little is known about the predators that consume this cyanobacterium and make …

Since the discovery of the first “giant virus,” particular attention has been paid toward
isolating and culturing these large DNA viruses through Acanthamoeba spp. bait systems …

Universal primers for SSU rRNA genes allow profiling of natural communities by
simultaneously amplifying templates from Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryota in a single PCR …

Planktonic communities constitute the basis of life in marine environments and have
profound impacts in geochemical cycles. In the North Atlantic, seasonality drives annual …

Critical questions exist regarding the abundance and, especially, the export of
picophytoplankton (≤ 2 µm diameter) in the Arctic. These organisms can dominate …

Microbial observatories can track phytoplankton at frequencies that resolve monthly,
seasonal, and multiyear trends in environmental change from short-lived events. Using 4 …

Mixotrophic protists combine photosynthesis with the ingestion of prey to thrive in resource-
limited conditions in the ocean. Yet, how they fine-tune resource investments between their …

Protists represent the majority of the eukaryotic diversity in the oceans. They have different
functions in the marine food web, playing essential roles in the biogeochemical cycles …

Phagotrophy is a key nutritional mode for many bloom-forming dinoflagellates that can
supplement their carbon and nutrient requirements. However, the environmental drivers and …

The smallest phytoplankton species are key actors in oceans biogeochemical cycling and
their abundance and distribution are affected with global environmental changes. Among …