Sea surface microlayers: A unified physicochemical and biological perspective of the air–ocean interface

M Cunliffe, A Engel, S Frka, B Gašparović… - Progress in …, 2013 - Elsevier
The sea surface microlayer (SML) covers more than 70% of the Earth's surface and is the
boundary layer interface between the ocean and the atmosphere. This important …

Lipopolysaccharide detection by the innate immune system may be an uncommon defence strategy used in nature

AE Gauthier, RD Rotjan, JC Kagan - Open Biology, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Since the publication of the Janeway's Pattern Recognition hypothesis in 1989, study of
pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and their immuno-stimulatory activities …

The ocean's vital skin: Toward an integrated understanding of the sea surface microlayer

A Engel, HW Bange, M Cunliffe, SM Burrows… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Despite the huge extent of the ocean's surface, until now relatively little attention has been
paid to the sea surface microlayer (SML) as the ultimate interface where heat, momentum …

Microbial life on the surface of microplastics in natural waters

O Stabnikova, V Stabnikov, A Marinin, M Klavins… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Major water-polluting microplastics (for example, polyethylene, polypropylene and others)
have lower density than water. Therefore, they are concentrated in the neustonic layer near …

Global phylogenetic community structure and β-diversity patterns in surface bacterioplankton metacommunities

A Barberán, EO Casamayor - Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 2010 - int-res.com
We aimed to identify phylogenetic community patterns in abundant planktonic bacteria
(Alpha-, Beta-, and Gammaproteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Cyanobacteria, and …

Diversity and biogeography of marine actinobacteria

AC Ward, N Bora - Current opinion in microbiology, 2006 - Elsevier
The actinomycetes, although not all the Actinobacteria, are easy to isolate from the marine
environment. However, their ecological role in the marine ecosystem is largely neglected …

Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov.

NR Krieg, W Ludwig, J Euzéby, WB Whitman - Bergey's manual® of …, 2010 - Springer
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Microbiology of aquatic surface microlayers

M Cunliffe, RC Upstill-Goddard… - FEMS microbiology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aquatic surface microlayers are unique microbial ecosystems found at the air–water
interface of all open water bodies and are often referred to as the neuston. Unambiguous …

The organic sea-surface microlayer in the upwelling region off the coast of Peru and potential implications for air–sea exchange processes

A Engel, L Galgani - Biogeosciences, 2016 - bg.copernicus.org
The sea-surface microlayer (SML) is at the uppermost surface of the ocean, linking the
hydrosphere with the atmosphere. The presence and enrichment of organic compounds in …

Viability and potential for immigration of airborne bacteria from Africa that reach high mountain lakes in Europe

A Hervàs, L Camarero, I Reche… - Environmental …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We have analysed the diversity of the bacteria, which grow after addition of concentrated
airborne particles and desert dust in different microcosms combinations with water samples …