mSystems (Jun 2021)

Particulate Metabolites and Transcripts Reflect Diel Oscillations of Microbial Activity in the Surface Ocean

  • Angela K. Boysen,
  • Laura T. Carlson,
  • Bryndan P. Durham,
  • Ryan D. Groussman,
  • Frank O. Aylward,
  • François Ribalet,
  • Katherine R. Heal,
  • Angelicque E. White,
  • Edward F. DeLong,
  • E. Virginia Armbrust,
  • Anitra E. Ingalls

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00896-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3

Abstract

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Fueled by light, phytoplankton produce the organic matter that supports ocean ecosystems and carbon sequestration. Ocean change impacts microbial metabolism with repercussions for biogeochemical cycling.