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The microbial ocean from genomes to biomes
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Numerically, microbial species dominate the oceans, yet their population dynamics, metabolic complexity and synergistic interactions remain largely uncharted. A full understanding of life in the ocean requires more than knowledge of marine microbial taxa and their genome sequences. The latest experimental techniques and analytical approaches can provide a fresh perspective on the biological interactions within marine ecosystems, aiding in the construction of predictive models that can interrelate microbial dynamics with the biogeochemical matter and energy fluxes that make up the ocean ecosystem.
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“These techniques have demonstrated that microbial populations are highly complex and that we have only begun to elucidate the full extent and capabilities of microbial life (DeLong, 2009).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- DeLong, E. F.
- Affiliations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- DeLong, Edward F.
- ORCID
- DeLong, Edward F.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2009-05
- Volume
- 459
- Issue
- 7244
- Pages
- 200-206
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W1996821789
- Cited by
- 217
- References
- 80
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 21
- FWCI
- 2.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-sa
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy (DEFG0207ER64506)
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine Plankton and Biogeochemistry
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Keywords
- marine microbiology, microbial communities, microbial population dynamics, microbial interactions, microbial metabolism, marine biomes, biogeochemical cycles, microbial genomics
- MeSH terms
- Marine Biology, Oceans and Seas, Phylogeny, Water Microbiology, Ecosystem, Gene Expression Profiling, Genomics
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