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Phytoplankton Microbiome
A phytoplankton microbiome is the community of microorganisms—mainly bacteria, but also including fungi and viruses—that live in association with phytoplankton. These microbiomes play a critical role in marine ecosystems by supporting phytoplankton health, facilitating nutrient cycling, sustaining food webs, and contributing to climate regulation. Microbial partners help decompose organic matter and recycle key nutrients like nitrogen and carbon, sustaining primary production, and supporting ocean productivity and phytoplankton community structure.Falkowski, P. G., Barber, R. T., & Smetacek, V. (1998). Biogeochemical Controls and Feedbacks on Ocean Primary Production. ''Science'', ''281''(5374), 200–206. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.281.5374.200 Diazotrophic cyanobacteria, for example, fix atmospheric nitrogen, boosting productivity in nutrient-poor waters. As primary producers, phytoplankton absorb CO₂ through photosynthesis, contributing to the biological carbon pump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine Microbiome
All animals on Earth form associations with microorganisms, including protists, bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses. In the ocean, animal–microbial relationships were historically explored in single host–symbiont systems. However, new explorations into the diversity of marine microorganisms associating with diverse Marine life#Origin of animals, marine animal hosts is moving the field into studies that address interactions between the animal host and a more multi-member microbiome. The potential for microbiomes to influence the health, physiology, behavior, and ecology of marine animals could alter current understandings of how marine animals adapt to change, and especially the growing climate-related and anthropogenic-induced changes already impacting the ocean environment. In the oceans, it is challenging to find eukaryotic organisms that do not live in close relationship with a microbial partner. Host-associated microbiomes also influence Marine biogeochemical cycles, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
