2019
DOI: 10.1002/lno.11382
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Linking metagenomics to aquatic microbial ecology and biogeochemical cycles

Abstract: Microbial communities are essential components of aquatic ecosystems through their contribution to food web dynamics and biogeochemical processes. Aquatic microbial diversity is immense and a general challenge is to understand how metabolism and interactions of single organisms shape microbial community dynamics and ecosystemscale biogeochemical transformations. Metagenomic approaches have developed rapidly, and proven to be powerful in linking microbial community dynamics to biogeochemical processes. In this … Show more

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“…Fungi and protists in particular are thought to play a significant role in the ecology of mangrove forests ( 36 ) and can be bioindicators of pollutants ( 37 , 38 ). Unlike prokaryotes, their activity and function in natural ecosystems are not based on a large flexibility of their metabolic capacities but on the exploration of innovations in their structural complexity and behaviors ( 39 ). Fungi are capable of converting complex organic compounds into more easily accessible forms and provide infrastructure (i.e., fungal highways) along which bacteria migrate to areas with preferential nutrients, substrates, and redox conditions ( 40 , 41 ).…”
Section: Priority Research Areasmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fungi and protists in particular are thought to play a significant role in the ecology of mangrove forests ( 36 ) and can be bioindicators of pollutants ( 37 , 38 ). Unlike prokaryotes, their activity and function in natural ecosystems are not based on a large flexibility of their metabolic capacities but on the exploration of innovations in their structural complexity and behaviors ( 39 ). Fungi are capable of converting complex organic compounds into more easily accessible forms and provide infrastructure (i.e., fungal highways) along which bacteria migrate to areas with preferential nutrients, substrates, and redox conditions ( 40 , 41 ).…”
Section: Priority Research Areasmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Today's researchers wield a powerful toolbox of omics technologies and bioinformatic methods which allow them to probe the structure and function of microbial communities that form the foundation of marine ecosystems (Grossart et al, 2020).…”
Section: Omics Technologies Enable New Biogeochemical Discoveriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Omics tools enable researchers to obtain a more complete picture of marine microbial communities by interpreting DNA, RNA, and other molecular information from environmental samples (Grossart et al, 2020). Much like reading a book about a plant or animal without having to rear it in captivity, omics information provides researchers with critical insights about an organism, such as what it does metabolically, its evolutionary history, and how it fits into its community and ecosystem.…”
Section: Omics Technologies Enable New Biogeochemical Discoveriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Though microbial community data can provide explanatory power for predicting ecosystem processes, community changes do not always coincide with processes being measured 66 . At higher resolutions, -omics strategies capable of characterizing functional genes, transcripts, pathways, and draft genomes can link sequence data with processes and characterize ecosystem changes 67 , or even apply these data into biogeochemical models to infer the presence of cryptic cycles 68 . Further studies could apply the framework discussed here towards interpreting the biogeochemistry of seep ecosystems at other locations, or to other microbially-mediated cycles constrained by distinct mechanisms of solute transport.…”
Section: Summary and Prospectivementioning
confidence: 99%