Genome sequencing projects are revealing new information about the distribution and
evolution of photosynthesis and phototrophy. Although coverage of the five phyla containing …

Although genomics has classically focused on pure, easy-to-obtain samples, such as
microbes that grow readily in culture or large animals and plants, these organisms represent …

The world's oceans contain a complex mixture of micro-organisms that are for the most part,
uncharacterized both genetically and biochemically. We report here a metagenomic study of …

The species complexity of microbial communities and challenges in culturing representative
isolates make it difficult to obtain assembled genomes. Here we characterize and compare …

Bacteria in the 16S rRNA clade SAR86 are among the most abundant uncultivated
constituents of microbial assemblages in the surface ocean for which little genomic …

The application of whole-genome shotgun sequencing to microbial communities represents
a major development in metagenomics, the study of uncultured microbes via the tools of …

The recognition of a new family of rhodopsins in marine planktonic bacteria, proton-pumping
proteorhodopsin, expanded the known phylogenetic range, environmental distribution, and …

Proteorhodopsins are bacterial light-dependent proton pumps. Their discovery within
genomic material from uncultivated marine bacterioplankton caused considerable …

The ocean–atmosphere exchange of CO2 largely depends on the balance between marine
microbial photosynthesis and respiration. Despite vast taxonomic and metabolic diversity …

Abstract Planktonic Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya reside and compete in the ocean's
photic zone under the pervasive influence of light. Bacteria in this environment were recently …