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Tag: microbial ecology

S’not your typical carbon capture
Biological oceanography

S’not your typical carbon capture

This mucus-making microbe deploys a snotty strategy for cycling carbon in the ocean. Reference: Larsson, M.E., Bramucci, A.R., Collins, S.…
April 19, 2022April 12, 2022 Fayth Tan
Methane munchers: how will increases in ocean temperatures affect methane-eating archaea?
Biogeochemistry

Methane munchers: how will increases in ocean temperatures affect methane-eating archaea?

Tiny, single-celled archaea prevent the majority of sediment-trapped methane from reaching the atmosphere – but could warming waters change how…
January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 Sarah Brown
Diatom Dialogue
Ecology

Diatom Dialogue

Reference: Font-Muñoz, J. S., Sourisseau, M., Cohen-Sánchez, A., Tuval, I., & Basterretxea, G. (2021). Pelagic diatoms communicate through synchronized beacon…
January 27, 2022January 24, 2022 Fayth Tan
Think global, act local: how lake microbes respond to their environments
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Ecology Genetics genomics Microbiology

Think global, act local: how lake microbes respond to their environments

How do microbes in lake sediments respond to small and large scale influences, and what does it have to do…
December 25, 2019December 26, 2019 Nyla Husain
Microbe Mishap: Microplastic Pollution on the Coast of China
Plastic Pollution

Microbe Mishap: Microplastic Pollution on the Coast of China

Marine plastic pollution has vast negative effects on the environment and human health. Microbes on the plastic may be transferring…
April 24, 2018May 1, 2018 LeAundra Jeffs
Melting ice, shifting microbes
Sea Ice

Melting ice, shifting microbes

Polar bears have been the poster child for sea ice melting in the Arctic. But what does sea ice loss…
December 14, 2017December 14, 2017 Michael Graw
Corals get their auras read
Coral Microbiome

Corals get their auras read

Corals, depending on dominant cover type, can influence the microbial community living in the surrounding water. Read on to find…
December 13, 2017 Katherine Barrett
A blanket of oil: the role of bacteria in cleaning up after Deepwater Horizon
Microbiology

A blanket of oil: the role of bacteria in cleaning up after Deepwater Horizon

Nearly one million barrels of oil landed on the seafloor after the Deepwater Horizon spill - a feast if bacteria…
November 21, 2017 Michael Graw
The answer to starvation? Diversity
Microbiology

The answer to starvation? Diversity

Photosynthetic microorganisms can't go it alone, so they succeed by playing host to a diverse array of microbial partners
August 30, 2017August 28, 2017 Michael Graw
The ocean’s tiny, mysterious majority
Microbiology

The ocean’s tiny, mysterious majority

The earth has more viruses than the universe has stars - but we know far less about our tiny majority…
July 26, 2017 Michael Graw

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