All The Microbiologist articles in Protecting Our Oceans
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NewsRule-breaking anoxic bacteria infected with viruses
Researchers investigating why green and purple bacteria in northeast Washington didn’t obey the usual rules found they had genes in their metagenome that came from viruses.
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NewsScientists reveal how Captain Cook microbe forms clumps
Researchers have described for the first time how the marine microorganism Trichodesmium filaments form aggregates through a simple yet exquisitely effective behavioural strategy.
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NewsPreviously overlooked algae toxin widespread in Florida lagoon
A study of algae blooms and domoic acid finds a potential threat to the southern Indian River Lagoon’s ecosystem health.
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NewsFish farm poo can generate biogas
Digesting fish waste can allow circular fish and vegetable farms (aquaponics) to produce biogas that can be fed back into the energy system of these farms.
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NewsNew research centre to calculate gas impact of microbes on atmosphere
One of the first research centres in the world to specialise in how much gas is released by plants, soil, fungi and bacteria has opened at the University of Copenhagen.
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NewsDisturbance could boost microbe protection of mangroves
Engineering disturbance in mangrove sediments could help to conserve these habitats by boosting their microbiome, a new study suggests.
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CareersCreating the right climate for a marine biotechnologist
Over the past decade, Mike Allen has been trying to help solve the three challenges he sees as the major threats to humanity and our way of life: energy, water and food security.
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OpinionYour voyage may vary - so let’s open up the oceans to everyone
All too often we go about our days in science forgetting what other people’s journeys are like - so let’s fight for belonging.
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NewsViruses hidden in coral symbiont’s genetic material pose threat to reefs
Microscopic algae that corals need for survival harbour a common and possibly disease-causing virus in their genetic material, an international study has found.
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NewsResearchers reveal sulphate assimilation pathway for methanogen
Study uncovers how a methanogenic microbe reassembles a metabolic pathway piece by piece to transform sulphate into a cellular building block.
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FeaturesLessons learned from microbes that stick to plastic
Lower density plastics tend to float or remain in the upper 30 meters of aquatic environments, interacting with biota in ways still being deciphered.
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NewsScientists uncover mechanism used by archaea to break down crude oil
Researchers have demonstrated that archaea use a previously unknown mechanism to degrade liquid petroleum alkanes at high temperatures without the presence of oxygen.
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NewsWarming climate could turn plankton microbes into carbon emitters
New research finds that a warming climate could flip globally abundant microbial communities from carbon sinks to carbon emitters, potentially triggering climate change tipping points.
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NewsMicroplastics changing gut microbiomes of wild seabirds
An international team of scientists has found evidence that microplastics in the digestive tract of seabirds altered the microbiome of the gut – increasing the presence of pathogens and antibiotic-resistant microbes, while decreasing the beneficial bacteria found in the intestines.
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NewsPandemic wipes out all black sea urchins in Gulf of Eilat within 2 months
New studies reveal a deadly epidemic causing mass mortality of black sea urchins has wiped out the entire population in the Gulf of Eilat over a couple of months and threatens the coral reef.
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NewsStudy of bacterial division yields surprising results
A new study focusing on the number of dividing bacterial cells in the North Sea challenges some dogmas about marine microbial life.
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NewsChlamydia-like bacteria discovered in Great Barrier Reef
A Chlamydia-like bacteria hs been found in corals of the Great Barrier Reef that could help scientists understand the coral microbiome and its potential impact on coral reef health.
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NewsSticky Vibrio teams with seaweed and plastic to stir up perfect storm
A new study uncovers how the interplay between Sargassum spp., plastic marine debris and Vibrio bacteria creates the perfect “pathogen” storm that has implications for both marine life and public health. Source: Photo by Naja Bertolt Jensen on Unsplash Vibrio bacteria are found in waters around ...
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NewsResearchers uncover how PETases go about recovering monomers
A new study has revealed the details, at the molecular level, of the PET degradation process by polyester hydrolases - aka PETases.
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NewsProchlorococcus ancestors rafted out to sea on chitin particles
Scientists propose that ancestors of Prochlorococcus hitched a ride on passing exoskeleton particles, using the particles as rafts to venture further out to sea. These chitin rafts may have also provided essential nutrients, fueling and sustaining the microbes along their journey.
