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Microbial community genomics in the ocean.

Edward F DeLong1

  • 1Division of Biological Engineering and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Room 48-427, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. delong@mit.edu

Nature Reviews. Microbiology
|May 12, 2005
PubMed
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Marine microbial genomics offers a clearer view of ocean life. These studies reveal uncultivated species and fundamental ecological principles driving microbial evolution at sea.

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Area of Science:

  • Marine microbiology
  • Genomics
  • Oceanography

Background:

  • Marine microbial communities are foundational to oceanic ecosystems.
  • Cultivation-independent genomic approaches have revolutionized microbial studies.
  • Ocean-going genomic studies are expanding our understanding of marine life.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a comprehensive description of marine microbial communities using genomic approaches.
  • To elucidate the organisms and processes shaping microbial community structure, function, and dynamics in the ocean.
  • To reveal fundamental ecological and evolutionary principles governing marine microbes.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing cultivation-independent genomic approaches.
  • Conducting ocean-going genomic studies.
  • Analyzing microbial community genomics data.

Main Results:

  • Gaining a more comprehensive view of uncultivated microbial species.
  • Detailed understanding of gene and biochemical pathway distributions in marine environments.
  • Sharpened focus on naturally occurring genomic variability within marine microbial communities.

Conclusions:

  • Genomic studies provide unprecedented insights into oceanic microbial communities.
  • These approaches are key to understanding microbial ecological and evolutionary processes.
  • Marine microbial genomics is poised to reveal fundamental principles of life in the sea.

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