Diatoms dominate the biomass of phytoplankton in nutrient-rich conditions and form the basis
of some of the world’s most productive marine food webs 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . The diatom nuclear …

Among eukaryotes, four major phytoplankton lineages are responsible for marine photosynthesis;
prymnesiophytes, alveolates, stramenopiles, and prasinophytes. Contributions by …

The understanding of marine microbial ecology and metabolism has been hampered by the
paucity of sequenced reference genomes. To this end, we report the sequencing of 137 …

Southern Ocean primary productivity plays a key role in global ocean biogeochemistry and
climate. At the Southern Ocean sea ice edge in coastal McMurdo Sound, we observed …

Bacterial community composition and functional potential change subtly across gradients in
the surface ocean. In contrast, while there are significant phylogenetic divergences between …

Oceanic harmful algal blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia diatoms produce the potent mammalian
neurotoxin domoic acid (DA). Despite decades of research, the molecular basis for its …

Environmental fluctuations affect distribution, growth and abundance of diatoms in nature,
with iron (Fe) availability playing a central role. Studies on the response of diatoms to low Fe …

In vast areas of the ocean, the scarcity of iron controls the growth and productivity of
phytoplankton 1 , 2 . Although most dissolved iron in the marine environment is complexed with …

The characterization of global marine microbial taxonomic and functional diversity is a primary
goal of the Global Ocean Sampling Expedition. As part of this study, 19 water samples …

Diatoms outcompete other phytoplankton for nitrate, yet little is known about the mechanisms
underpinning this ability. Genomes and genome-enabled studies have shown that diatoms …