Corals live in a complex, multipartite symbiosis with diverse microbes across kingdoms,
some of which are implicated in vital functions, such as those related to resilience against …

The scarcity of water resources and environmental pollution have highlighted the need for
sustainable wastewater treatment. Existing conventional treatment systems are energy …

The capacity of planktonic marine microorganisms to actively seek out and exploit
microscale chemical hotspots has been widely theorized to affect ocean-basin scale …

Unicellular eukaryotic phytoplankton, such as diatoms, rely on microbial communities for
survival despite lacking specialized compartments to house microbiomes (eg, animal gut) …

Mutualism between Synechococcus and heterotrophic bacteria has been found to support
their prolonged survival in nutrient-depleted conditions. However, environmental …

Emiliania huxleyi is a unicellular micro-alga that forms massive oceanic blooms and plays
key roles in global biogeochemical cycles. Mounting studies demonstrate various …

Quorum sensing (QS) describes a process by which bacteria can sense the local cell density
of their own species, thus enabling them to coordinate gene expression and physiological …

Unicellular algae, termed phytoplankton, greatly impact the marine environment by serving
as the basis of marine food webs and by playing central roles in the biogeochemical cycling …

Diverse ecologically important metabolites, such as allelochemicals, infochemicals and
volatile organic chemicals, are involved in marine organismal interactions. Chemically …

Bacteria play a crucial role in marine biogeochemistry by releasing, consuming and
transforming organic matter. Far from being isolated entities, bacteria are involved in …