Thesis

There is a myriad of microorganisms on Earth contributing to global biogeochemical cycles. In the surface ocean, the smallest microbes …

Marine heterotrophic flagellates (HF) are very small (2-5 μm) unpigmented protists that are dominant bacterial grazers in the ocean, …

The oceans are ecosystems dominated by microbes, in which bacteria and archaea play key roles in biogeochemical cycling. In temperate …

The world’s oceans sustain the life for an estimated total of 10 microbial cells. Marine bacteria are responsible for most part of the …

In the vast network of the ocean, microbes are abundant and unevenly distributed. As an important microbial component, the protists …

In the last few decades, novel approaches have been applied to the study of marine microorganism aiming to retrieve taxa that escape …

Marine viruses are key components of marine microbial communities, as they influence the cellular abundances and the community …

The dark ocean contains about 70% of the ocean’s microbial cells and 60% of its heterotrophic activity, which is mainly fueled by the …