BACKGROUND Microbial communities—microbiomes—are intricately linked to human
health and critical ecosystem services. New technologies allow the rapid characterization of …

The marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus is the smallest and most abundant
photosynthetic organism on Earth. In this Review, we summarize our understanding of the …

Biodiversity of phytoplankton is important for ecosystem stability and marine
biogeochemistry. However, the large-scale patterns of diversity are not well understood and …

Extensive genomic diversity within coexisting members of a microbial species has been
revealed through selected cultured isolates and metagenomic assemblies. Yet, the cell-by …

Communities of microscopic plant life, or phytoplankton, dominate the Earth's aquatic
ecosystems. This important new book by Colin Reynolds covers the adaptations, physiology …

The timing and magnitude of rainfall events are expected to change in future decades,
resulting in longer drought periods and larger rainfall events. Although microbial community …

A central question in biology is how biodiversity influences ecosystem functioning.
Underlying this is the relationship between organismal phylogeny and the presence of …

Small subunit rRNA sequence data were generated for 27 strains of cyanobacteria and
incorporated into a phylogenetic analysis of 1,377 aligned sequence positions from a …

Microbial community responses to environmental change are largely associated with
ecological processes; however, the potential for microbes to rapidly evolve and adapt …

Alien Ocean immerses readers in worlds being newly explored by marine biologists, worlds
usually out of sight and reach: the deep sea, the microscopic realm, and oceans beyond …