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Water mass age structures the auxiliary metabolic gene content of free-living and particle-attached deep ocean viral communities
Abstract Background Viruses play important roles in the ocean’s biogeochemical cycles. Yet, deep ocean viruses are one of the most …
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Disentangling temporal associations in marine microbial networks
Abstract Background Microbial interactions are fundamental for Earth’s ecosystem functioning and biogeochemical cycling. Nevertheless, …
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Abiotic selection of microbial genome size in the global ocean
Strong purifying selection is considered a major evolutionary force behind small microbial genomes in the resource-poor photic ocean. …
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Impact of particle flux on the vertical distribution and diversity of size-fractionated prokaryotic communities in two East Antarctic polynyas
Antarctic polynyas are highly productive open water areas surrounded by ice where extensive phytoplankton blooms occur, but little is …
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A consensus protocol for the recovery of mercury methylation genes from metagenomes
Mercury (Hg) methylation genes (hgcAB) mediate the formation of the toxic methylmercury and have been identified from diverse …
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A robust approach to estimate relative phytoplankton cell abundances from metagenomes
Abstract Phytoplankton account for textgreater45% of global primary production, and have an enormous impact on aquatic food webs and …
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Automated flow cytometry as a tool to obtain a fine-grain picture of marine prokaryote community structure along an entire oceanographic cruise
On a standard oceanographic cruise, flow cytometry data are usually collected sparsely through a bottle-based sampling and with …
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Functional responses of key marine bacteria to environmental change – toward genetic counselling for coastal waters
Coastal ecosystems deteriorate globally due to human-induced stress factors, like nutrient loading and pollution. Bacteria are critical …
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Shared and contrasting associations in the dynamic nano- and picoplankton communities of two close but contrasting sites from the Bay of Biscay
Abstract Pico- and nanoplankton are key players in the marine ecosystems due to their implication in the biogeochemical cycles, …
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Global beta diversity patterns of microbial communities in the surface and deep ocean
Abstract Aim Dispersal and environmental gradients shape marine microbial communities, yet the relative importance of these factors …
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