Microbial ecology of oxygen minimum zones amidst ocean deoxygenation

AM Long, SK Jurgensen, AR Petchel… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) have substantial effects on the global ecology and
biogeochemical processes of marine microbes. However, the diversity and activity of OMZ …

Genomic and metabolic adaptations of biofilms to ecological windows of opportunity in glacier-fed streams

SB Busi, M Bourquin, S Fodelianakis… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In glacier-fed streams, ecological windows of opportunity allow complex microbial biofilms to
develop and transiently form the basis of the food web, thereby controlling key ecosystem …

Marine microeukaryote metatranscriptomics: sample processing and bioinformatic workflow recommendations for ecological applications

NR Cohen, H Alexander, AI Krinos, SK Hu… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microeukaryotes (protists) serve fundamental roles in the marine environment as
contributors to biogeochemical nutrient cycling and ecosystem function. Their activities can …

Eukaryotic genomes from a global metagenomic data set illuminate trophic modes and biogeography of ocean plankton

H Alexander, SK Hu, AI Krinos, M Pachiadaki, BJ Tully… - mBio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Metagenomics is a powerful method for interpreting the ecological roles and physiological
capabilities of mixed microbial communities. Yet, many tools for processing metagenomic …

Microeukaryote metabolism across the western North Atlantic Ocean revealed through autonomous underwater profiling

NR Cohen, AI Krinos, RM Kell, RJ Chmiel… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microeukaryotes are key contributors to marine carbon cycling. Their physiology, ecology,
and interactions with the chemical environment are poorly understood in offshore …

VEBA: a modular end-to-end suite for in silico recovery, clustering, and analysis of prokaryotic, microeukaryotic, and viral genomes from metagenomes

JL Espinoza, CL Dupont - BMC bioinformatics, 2022 - Springer
Background With the advent of metagenomics, the importance of microorganisms and how
their interactions are relevant to ecosystem resilience, sustainability, and human health has …

Time-series metagenomics reveals changing protistan ecology of a temperate dimictic lake

AI Krinos, RM Bowers, RR Rohwer, KD McMahon… - Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
Background Protists, single-celled eukaryotic organisms, are critical to food web ecology,
contributing to primary productivity and connecting small bacteria and archaea to higher …

Declines in ice cover are accompanied by light limitation responses and community change in freshwater diatoms

BN Zepernick, EE Chase, ER Denison… - The ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The rediscovery of diatom blooms embedded within and beneath the Lake Erie ice cover
(2007–2012) ignited interest in psychrophilic adaptations and winter limnology. Subsequent …

Missing microbial eukaryotes and misleading meta-omic conclusions

AI Krinos, M Mars Brisbin, SK Hu, NR Cohen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Meta-omics is commonly used for large-scale analyses of microbial eukaryotes, including
species or taxonomic group distribution mapping, gene catalog construction, and inference …

Climate change-related warming reduces thermal sensitivity and modifies metabolic activity of coastal benthic bacterial communities

L Seidel, E Broman, E Nilsson, M Ståhle… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Besides long-term average temperature increases, climate change is projected to result in a
higher frequency of marine heatwaves. Coastal zones are some of the most productive and …