Biotic and abiotic surfaces in marine waters are rapidly colonized by microorganisms.
Surface colonization and subsequent biofilm formation and development provide numerous …

Marine phytoplankton blooms are annual spring events that sustain active and diverse
bloom-associated bacterial populations. Blooms vary considerably in terms of eukaryotic …

Abstract Marine Rhodobacteraceae (Alphaproteobacteria) are key players of
biogeochemical cycling, comprise up to 30% of bacterial communities in pelagic …

Members of the Roseobacter clade are equipped with a tremendous diversity of metabolic
capabilities, which in part explains their success in so many different marine habitats. Ideas …

ABSTRACT SAR11 is an ancient and diverse clade of heterotrophic bacteria that are
abundant throughout the world's oceans, where they play a major role in the ocean carbon …

Genomic and functional genomic methods applied to both model organisms and natural
communities have rapidly advanced understanding of bacterial dimethylsulfoniopropionate …

Antarctica is arguably the world's most important continent for influencing the Earth's climate
and ocean ecosystem function. The unique physico-chemical properties of the Southern …

Abstract Background The RCA (Roseobacter clade affiliated) cluster belongs to the family
Roseobacteracea and represents a major Roseobacter lineage in temperate to polar …

The genus Octadecabacter is a member of the ubiquitous marine Roseobacter clade. The
two described species of this genus, Octadecabacter arcticus and Octadecabacter …

Marine sponges are early-branched metazoans known to harbor dense and diverse
microbial communities. Yet the role of the so far uncultivable alphaproteobacterial lineages …