Algal blooms in the ocean: hot spots for chemically mediated microbial interactions

C Kuhlisch, A Shemi, N Barak-Gavish… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The cycling of major nutrients in the ocean is affected by large-scale phytoplankton blooms,
which are hot spots of microbial life. Diverse microbial interactions regulate bloom dynamics …

Progress and challenges in exploring aquatic microbial communities using non-targeted metabolomics

M Thukral, AE Allen, D Petras - The ISME Journal, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Advances in bioanalytical technologies are constantly expanding our insights into complex
ecosystems. Here, we highlight strategies and applications that make use of non-targeted …

Bacterial lifestyle switch in response to algal metabolites

N Barak-Gavish, B Dassa, C Kuhlisch, I Nussbaum… - elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
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 …

A new dimethylsulfoniopropionate lyase of the cupin superfamily in marine bacteria

SY Wang, N Zhang, ZJ Teng, XD Wang… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is a marine organosulfur compound with important
roles in stress protection, marine biogeochemical cycling, chemical signalling and …

Aerobic methylation of hydrogen sulfide to dimethylsulfide in diverse microorganisms and environments

CY Li, HY Cao, Q Wang, O Carrión, X Zhu… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Dimethylsulfide (DMS) is the major biosulfur source emitted to the atmosphere with key roles
in global sulfur cycling and potentially climate regulation. The main precursor of DMS is …

Programmed cell death process in freshwater Microcystis aeruginosa and marine Phaeocystis globosa induced by a plant derived allelochemical

C Xu, S Yu, J Hu, K Effiong, Z Ge, T Tang… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Harmful algal blooms (HAB) are a serious problem worldwide. Allelochemicals from natural
plants were recently thought to be promising anti-algaecide in controlling harmful algae …

Herbicide leakage into seawater impacts primary productivity and zooplankton globally

L Yang, X He, S Ru, Y Zhang - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Predicting the magnitude of herbicide impacts on marine primary productivity remains
challenging because the extent of worldwide herbicide pollution in coastal waters and the …

Functional modulation of chemical mediators in microbial communities

P Stallforth, M Mittag, AA Brakhage, C Hertweck… - Trends in Biochemical …, 2023 - cell.com
Interactions between microorganisms are often mediated by specialized metabolites.
Although the structures and biosynthesis of these compounds may have been elucidated …

SAR92 clade bacteria are potentially important DMSP degraders and sources of climate-active gases in marine environments

XY He, NH Liu, JQ Liu, M Peng, ZJ Teng, TJ Gu… - mBio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is one of Earth's most abundant organosulfur
molecules, which can be catabolized by marine bacteria to release climate-active gases …

Phylogeny and biogeography of the algal DMS-releasing enzyme in the global ocean

A Shemi, S Ben-Dor, R Rotkopf, O Dym… - ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Phytoplankton produce the volatile dimethyl sulfide (DMS), an important infochemical
mediating microbial interactions, which is also emitted to the atmosphere and affecting the …