Protists, which are single-celled eukaryotes, critically influence the ecology and chemistry of
marine ecosystems, but genome-based studies of these organisms have lagged behind …

The third edition of this bestselling text has been rigorously updated to reflect major new
discoveries and concepts since 2011, especially progress due to extensive application of …

Mixotrophy, understood as food ingestion and photosynthesis occurring in the same
organism, is a nutrition mode relatively common in marine protists. Among these, pigmented …

Plankton‐derived, microscopic, and macroscopic sinking aggregates constitute most of the
particulate organic carbon (POC) flux in the oceans. While the flux of particulate organic …

Iron (Fe) is a paradox in the modern ocean–it is central to many life-critical enzymes but is
scarce across most surface waters. The high cellular demand and low bioavailability of Fe …

Biotic interactions are known as a major control on microbial diversity. However, biotic
interactions have rarely been quantified in an adequate manner, often leaving much …

The aggregation of phytoplankton leads to the settling of particulate organic carbon in the
form of marine snow, making it an important process in marine biogeochemical cycles …

Symbioses between eukaryotic algae and nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria have been
recognized in recent years as a key source of new nitrogen in the oceans. We investigated …

Background Ocean microbes constitute~ 70% of the marine biomass, are responsible for~
50% of the Earth's primary production and are crucial for global biogeochemical cycles …

The morphology and infraciliature of a new ciliate, Metopus yantaiensis n. sp., discovered in
coastal soil of northern China, were investigated. It is distinguished from its congeners by a …