A reduction of transcriptional regulation in aquatic oligotrophic microorganisms enhances fitness in nutrient-poor environments

SE Noell, FL Hellweger, B Temperton… - Microbiology and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
In this review, we consider the regulatory strategies of aquatic oligotrophs, microbial cells
that are adapted to thrive under low-nutrient concentrations in oceans, lakes, and other …

Environmentally relevant concentrations of titanium dioxide nanoparticles pose negligible risk to marine microbes

CJ Dedman, AM King, JA Christie-Oleza… - Environmental Science …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nano-sized titanium dioxide (nTiO2) represents the highest produced nanomaterial by mass
worldwide and, due to its prevalent industrial and commercial use, it inevitably reaches the …

Metabolic evolution and the self-organization of ecosystems

R Braakman, MJ Follows… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Metabolism mediates the flow of matter and energy through the biosphere. We examined
how metabolic evolution shapes ecosystems by reconstructing it in the globally abundant …

Do phytoplankton require oxygen to survive? A hypothesis and model synthesis from oxygen minimum zones

JCY Wong, JA Raven, M Aldunate… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is commonly known that phytoplankton have a pivotal role in marine biogeochemistry and
ecosystems as carbon fixers and oxygen producers, but their response to deoxygenation …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of silver nanoparticle toxicity on the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus under environmentally-relevant conditions

CJ Dedman, GC Newson, GL Davies… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Global demand for silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), and their inevitable release into the
environment, is rapidly increasing. AgNPs display antimicrobial properties and have …

The impact of elevated CO2 on Prochlorococcus and microbial interactions with 'helper' bacterium Alteromonas

GMM Hennon, JJ Morris, ST Haley, ER Zinser… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Prochlorococcus is a globally important marine cyanobacterium that lacks the gene catalase
and relies on 'helper'bacteria such as Alteromonas to remove reactive oxygen species …

The effects of decomposing invasive jellyfish on biogeochemical fluxes and microbial dynamics in an ultraoligotrophic sea

T Guy-Haim, M Rubin-Blum, E Rahav… - Biogeosciences …, 2020 - bg.copernicus.org
Over the past several decades, jellyfish blooms have intensified spatially and temporally,
affecting functions and services of ecosystems worldwide. At the demise of a bloom, an …

Diverse CO2-Induced Responses in Physiology and Gene Expression among Eukaryotic Phytoplankton

GMM Hennon, MD Hernández Limón… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
With rising atmospheric CO2, phytoplankton face shifts in ocean chemistry including
increased dissolved CO2 and acidification that will likely influence the relative competitive …

Gene Expression Patterns during Light and Dark Infection of Prochlorococcus by Cyanophage

LR Thompson, Q Zeng, SW Chisholm - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Cyanophage infecting the marine cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus
require light and host photosystem activity for optimal reproduction. Many cyanophages …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal plasticity of growth and chain formation of the dinoflagellates Alexandrium affine and Alexandrium pacificum with respect to ocean acidification

CH Lee, J Min, HG Lee, KY Kim, CH Lee, J Min… - Algae, 2021 - e-algae.org
The amount of CO 2 absorbed by the oceans continues to rise, resulting in further
acidification, altering some functional traits of phytoplankton. To understand the effect of …