Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology
A planetary-scale understanding of the ocean ecosystem, particularly in light of climate
change, is crucial. Here, we review the work of Tara Oceans, an international …
change, is crucial. Here, we review the work of Tara Oceans, an international …
[HTML][HTML] Human health and ocean pollution
PJ Landrigan, JJ Stegeman, LE Fleming… - Annals of global …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Pollution–unwanted waste released to air, water, and land by human activity–is
the largest environmental cause of disease in the world today. It is responsible for an …
the largest environmental cause of disease in the world today. It is responsible for an …
Verrucomicrobia use hundreds of enzymes to digest the algal polysaccharide fucoidan
A Sichert, CH Corzett, MS Schechter, F Unfried… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Brown algae are important players in the global carbon cycle by fixing carbon dioxide into 1
Gt of biomass annually, yet the fate of fucoidan—their major cell wall polysaccharide …
Gt of biomass annually, yet the fate of fucoidan—their major cell wall polysaccharide …
Minimum information about a biosynthetic gene cluster
A wide variety of enzymatic pathways that produce specialized metabolites in bacteria, fungi
and plants are known to be encoded in biosynthetic gene clusters. Information about these …
and plants are known to be encoded in biosynthetic gene clusters. Information about these …
Ultrafast and accurate 16S rRNA microbial community analysis using Kraken 2
J Lu, SL Salzberg - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Background For decades, 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing has been the primary means for
identifying the bacterial species present in a sample with unknown composition. One of the …
identifying the bacterial species present in a sample with unknown composition. One of the …
A strong link between marine microbial community composition and function challenges the idea of functional redundancy
Marine microbes have tremendous diversity, but a fundamental question remains
unanswered: why are there so many microbial species in the sea? The idea of functional …
unanswered: why are there so many microbial species in the sea? The idea of functional …
[HTML][HTML] Overview of integrative assessment of marine systems: the ecosystem approach in practice
Traditional and emerging human activities are increasingly putting pressures on marine
ecosystems and impacting their ability to sustain ecological and human communities. To …
ecosystems and impacting their ability to sustain ecological and human communities. To …
The European nucleotide archive in 2019
C Amid, BTF Alako… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The European Nucleotide Archive (ENA, https://www. ebi. ac. uk/ena) at the
European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute provides open …
European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute provides open …
Phytoplankton in the Tara Ocean
JJ Pierella Karlusich, FM Ibarbalz… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Photosynthesis evolved in the ocean more than 2 billion years ago and is now performed by
a wide range of evolutionarily distinct organisms, including both prokaryotes and …
a wide range of evolutionarily distinct organisms, including both prokaryotes and …
The environment ontology in 2016: bridging domains with increased scope, semantic density, and interoperation
Abstract Background The Environment Ontology (ENVO; http://www. environmentontology.
org/), first described in 2013, is a resource and research target for the semantically …
org/), first described in 2013, is a resource and research target for the semantically …