Microbes are dominant drivers of biogeochemical processes, yet drawing a global picture of
functional diversity, microbial community structure, and their ecological determinants …

Although molecular data have revealed the vast scope of microbial diversity 1 , two fundamental
questions remain unanswered even for well-defined natural microbial communities: …

Marine plankton support global biological and geochemical processes. Surveys of their
biodiversity have hitherto been geographically restricted and have not accounted for the full …

Species interaction networks are shaped by abiotic and biotic factors. Here, as part of the
Tara Oceans project, we studied the photic zone interactome using environmental factors and …

The contribution of PCR artifacts to 16S rRNA gene sequence diversity from a complex
bacterioplankton sample was estimated. Taq DNA polymerase errors were found to be the …

The level of sequence heterogeneity among rrn operons within genomes determines the
accuracy of diversity estimation by 16S rRNA-based methods. Furthermore, the occurrence of …

A planetary-scale understanding of the ocean ecosystem, particularly in light of climate
change, is crucial. Here, we review the work of Tara Oceans, an international, multidisciplinary …

Viruses influence ecosystems by modulating microbial population size, diversity, metabolic
outputs, and gene flow. Here, we use quantitative double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viral-…

The biological carbon pump is the process by which CO 2 is transformed to organic carbon
via photosynthesis, exported through sinking particles, and finally sequestered in the deep …

Ocean microbes drive biogeochemical cycling on a global scale 1 . However, this cycling is
constrained by viruses that affect community composition, metabolic activity, and …