Microbial Ecology of Ocean Biogeochemistry: A Community Perspective

@article{citeulike:2826345, abstract = {The oceans harbor a tremendous diversity of marine microbes. Different functional groups of bacteria, archaea, and protists arise from this diversity to dominate various habitats and drive globally important biogeochemical cycles. Explanations for the distribution of microbial taxa and their associated activity often focus on resource availability and abiotic conditions. However, the continual reshaping of communities by mortality, allelopathy, symbiosis, and other processes shows that community interactions exert strong selective pressure on marine microbes. Deeper exploration of microbial interactions is now possible via molecular prospecting and taxon-specific experimental approaches. A holistic outlook that encompasses the full array of selective pressures on individuals will help elucidate the maintenance of microbial diversity and the regulation of biogeochemical reactions by planktonic communities. 10.1126/science.1153527}, author = {Strom, Suzanne L. }, citeulike-article-id = {2826345}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1153527}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {biogeochemistry, marine, microbial-ecology}, month = {May}, number = {5879}, pages = {1043--1045}, posted-at = {2008-05-23 17:24:50}, priority = {4}, title = {Microbial Ecology of Ocean Biogeochemistry: A Community Perspective}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1153527}, volume = {320}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2826345 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2826345 TI - Microbial Ecology of Ocean Biogeochemistry: A Community Perspective JF - Science VL - 320 IS - 5879 SP - 1043 EP - 1045 N2 - The oceans harbor a tremendous diversity of marine microbes. Different functional groups of bacteria, archaea, and protists arise from this diversity to dominate various habitats and drive globally important biogeochemical cycles. Explanations for the distribution of microbial taxa and their associated activity often focus on resource availability and abiotic conditions. However, the continual reshaping of communities by mortality, allelopathy, symbiosis, and other processes shows that community interactions exert strong selective pressure on marine microbes. Deeper exploration of microbial interactions is now possible via molecular prospecting and taxon-specific experimental approaches. A holistic outlook that encompasses the full array of selective pressures on individuals will help elucidate the maintenance of microbial diversity and the regulation of biogeochemical reactions by planktonic communities. 10.1126/science.1153527 KW - biogeochemistry KW - marine KW - microbial-ecology AU - Strom, Suzanne PY - 2008/05/23/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1153527 ER -