Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome

Sunagawa, Shinichi; Pedro Coelho, Luís; Chaffron, Samuel; Roat Kultima, Jens; Labadie, Karine; Salazar, Guillem; Djahanschiri, Bardya; Zeller, Georg; R. Mende, Daniel; Alberti, Adriana; M. Cornejo‐Castillo, Francisco; Igor Costea, Paul; Cruaud, Corinne; d’Ovidio, Francesco; Engelen, Stéfan; Ferrera, Isabel; M. Gasol, Josep; Guidi, Lionel; Hildebrand, Falk; Kokoszka, Florian; Lepoivre, Cyrille; Lima‐Mendez, Gipsi; Poulain, Julie; T. Poulos, Bonnie; Royo‐Llonch, Marta; Sarmento, Hugo; Vieira‐Silva, Sara; Dimier, Céline; Picheral, Marc; Searson, Sarah; Kandels‐Lewis, Stefanie; Oceans coordinators, Tara; Bowler, Chris; de Vargas, Colomban; Gorsky, Gabriel; Grimsley, Nigel; Hingamp, Pascal; Iudicone, Daniele; Jaillon, Olivier; Not, Fabrice; Ogata, Hiroyuki; Pesant, Stéphane; Speich, Sabrina; Stemmann, Lars; B. Sullivan, Matthew; Weissenbach, Jean; Wincker, Patrick; Karsenti, Eric; Raes, Jeroen; G. Acinas, Silvia; Bork, Peer; Boss, Emmanuel; Bowler, Chris; Follows, Michael; Karp‐Boss, Lee; Kržič, Uroš; G. Reynaud, Emmanuel; Sardet, Christian; Sieracki, Mike; Velayoudon, Didier

doi:10.1126/science.1261359

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Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome

Published in Science • May 22, 2015

Authors:

Shinichi Sunagawa

Luís Pedro Coelho

Samuel Chaffron

Abstract

Microbes are dominant drivers of biogeochemical processes, yet drawing a global picture of functional diversity, microbial community structure, and their ecological determinants remains a grand challenge. We analyzed 7.2 terabases of metagenomic data from 243 Tara Oceans samples from 68 locations in...

Subject

Pelagic zone

Mesopelagic zone

Metagenomics

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