Polysaccharides are major components of macroalgal and phytoplankton biomass and
constitute a large fraction of the organic matter produced and degraded in the ocean. Until …

Extracellular enzymes initiate microbial remineralization of organic matter by hydrolyzing
substrates to sizes sufficiently small to be transported across cell membranes. As much of …

Akkermansia muciniphila, a mucophilic member of the gut microbiota, protects its host
against metabolic disorders. Because it is genetically intractable, the mechanisms …

Heterotrophic microbial communities process much of the carbon fixed by phytoplankton in
the ocean, thus having a critical role in the global carbon cycle. A major fraction of the …

Microbial hydrolysis of polysaccharides is critical to ecosystem functioning and is of great
interest in diverse biotechnological applications, such as biofuel production and …

In Arctic marine bacterial communities, members of the phylum Verrucomicrobia are
consistently detected, although not typically abundant, in 16S rRNA gene clone libraries and …

Identifying the roles played by individual heterotrophic bacteria in the degradation of high
molecular weight (HMW) substrates is critical to understanding the constraints on carbon …

Extracellular enzymes produced by heterotrophic microbial communities are major drivers of
carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments. Although …

We compared the function and composition of free-living and particle-associated microbial
communities at an inshore site in coastal North Carolina and across a depth profile on the …

Heterotrophic microbial communities in seawater and sediments metabolize much of the
organic carbon produced in the ocean. Although carbon cycling and preservation depend …