How bacterial chemotaxis is performed is much better understood than why. Traditionally,
chemotaxis has been understood as a foraging strategy by which bacteria enhance their …

Most swimming bacteria are capable of following gradients of nutrients, signaling molecules
and other environmental factors that affect bacterial physiology. This tactic behavior became …

Behaviours such as chemotaxis can facilitate metabolic exchanges between phytoplankton
and heterotrophic bacteria, which ultimately regulate oceanic productivity and …

Bacterial chemotaxis is a biased movement of bacteria toward the beneficial chemical
gradient or away from a toxic chemical gradient. This movement is achieved by sensing a …

Particulate organic carbon settling through the marine water column is a key process that
regulates the global climate by sequestering atmospheric carbon. The initial colonization of …

Optimal foraging theory provides a framework to understand how organisms balance the
benefits of harvesting resources within a patch with the sum of the metabolic, predation, and …

Bacterial degradation of sinking diatom aggregates is key for the availability of organic
matter in the deep-ocean. Yet, little is known about the impact of aggregate colonization by …

The factors that govern the geographical distribution of nitrogen fixation are fundamental to
providing accurate nitrogen budgets in aquatic environments. Model-based insights have …

Sperm of marine invertebrates have to find eggs cells in the ocean. Turbulent flows mix
sperm and egg cells up to the millimeter scale; below this, active swimming and chemotaxis …

Introduction In marine ecosystems, microbial communities are important drivers of material
circulation and energy flow. The complex interactions between phytoplankton and bacterial …