Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean. Guidi, L., Chaffron, S., Bittner, L., Eveillard, D., Larhlimi, A., Roux, S., Darzi, Y., Audic, S., Berline, L., Brum, J., Coelho, L. P., Espinoza, J. C. I., Malviya, S., Sunagawa, S., Dimier, C., Kandels-Lewis, S., Picheral, M., Poulain, J., Searson, S., Tara Oceans, c., Stemmann, L., Not, F., Hingamp, P., Speich, S., Follows, M., Karp-Boss, L., Boss, E., Ogata, H., Pesant, S., Weissenbach, J., Wincker, P., Acinas, S. G., Bork, P., de Vargas, C., Iudicone, D., Sullivan, M. B., Raes, J., Karsenti, E., Bowler, C., & Gorsky, G. Nature, 532(7600):465-470, 2016. Guidi, Lionel Chaffron, Samuel Bittner, Lucie Eveillard, Damien Larhlimi, Abdelhalim Roux, Simon Darzi, Youssef Audic, Stephane Berline, Leo Brum, Jennifer Coelho, Luis Pedro Espinoza, Julio Cesar Ignacio Malviya, Shruti Sunagawa, Shinichi Dimier, Celine Kandels-Lewis, Stefanie Picheral, Marc Poulain, Julie Searson, Sarah Stemmann, Lars Not, Fabrice Hingamp, Pascal Speich, Sabrina Follows, Mick Karp-Boss, Lee Boss, Emmanuel Ogata, Hiroyuki Pesant, Stephane Weissenbach, Jean Wincker, Patrick Acinas, Silvia G Bork, Peer de Vargas, Colomban Iudicone, Daniele Sullivan, Matthew B Raes, Jeroen Karsenti, Eric Bowler, Chris Gorsky, Gabriel eng 294823/European Research Council/International Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England Nature. 2016 Apr 28;532(7600):465-470. doi: 10.1038/nature16942. Epub 2016 Feb 10.
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The biological carbon pump is the process by which CO2 is transformed to organic carbon via photosynthesis, exported through sinking particles, and finally sequestered in the deep ocean. While the intensity of the pump correlates with plankton community composition, the underlying ecosystem structure driving the process remains largely uncharacterized. Here we use environmental and metagenomic data gathered during the Tara Oceans expedition to improve our understanding of carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean. We show that specific plankton communities, from the surface and deep chlorophyll maximum, correlate with carbon export at 150 m and highlight unexpected taxa such as Radiolaria and alveolate parasites, as well as Synechococcus and their phages, as lineages most strongly associated with carbon export in the subtropical, nutrient-depleted, oligotrophic ocean. Additionally, we show that the relative abundance of a few bacterial and viral genes can predict a significant fraction of the variability in carbon export in these regions.
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   author = {Guidi, L. and Chaffron, S. and Bittner, L. and Eveillard, D. and Larhlimi, A. and Roux, S. and Darzi, Y. and Audic, S. and Berline, L. and Brum, J. and Coelho, L. P. and Espinoza, J. C. I. and Malviya, S. and Sunagawa, S. and Dimier, C. and Kandels-Lewis, S. and Picheral, M. and Poulain, J. and Searson, S. and Tara Oceans, coordinators and Stemmann, L. and Not, F. and Hingamp, P. and Speich, S. and Follows, M. and Karp-Boss, L. and Boss, E. and Ogata, H. and Pesant, S. and Weissenbach, J. and Wincker, P. and Acinas, S. G. and Bork, P. and de Vargas, C. and Iudicone, D. and Sullivan, M. B. and Raes, J. and Karsenti, E. and Bowler, C. and Gorsky, G.},
   title = {Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean},
   journal = {Nature},
   volume = {532},
   number = {7600},
   pages = {465-470},
   note = {Guidi, Lionel
Chaffron, Samuel
Bittner, Lucie
Eveillard, Damien
Larhlimi, Abdelhalim
Roux, Simon
Darzi, Youssef
Audic, Stephane
Berline, Leo
Brum, Jennifer
Coelho, Luis Pedro
Espinoza, Julio Cesar Ignacio
Malviya, Shruti
Sunagawa, Shinichi
Dimier, Celine
Kandels-Lewis, Stefanie
Picheral, Marc
Poulain, Julie
Searson, Sarah
Stemmann, Lars
Not, Fabrice
Hingamp, Pascal
Speich, Sabrina
Follows, Mick
Karp-Boss, Lee
Boss, Emmanuel
Ogata, Hiroyuki
Pesant, Stephane
Weissenbach, Jean
Wincker, Patrick
Acinas, Silvia G
Bork, Peer
de Vargas, Colomban
Iudicone, Daniele
Sullivan, Matthew B
Raes, Jeroen
Karsenti, Eric
Bowler, Chris
Gorsky, Gabriel
eng
294823/European Research Council/International
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
England
Nature. 2016 Apr 28;532(7600):465-470. doi: 10.1038/nature16942. Epub 2016 Feb 10.},
   abstract = {The biological carbon pump is the process by which CO2 is transformed to organic carbon via photosynthesis, exported through sinking particles, and finally sequestered in the deep ocean. While the intensity of the pump correlates with plankton community composition, the underlying ecosystem structure driving the process remains largely uncharacterized. Here we use environmental and metagenomic data gathered during the Tara Oceans expedition to improve our understanding of carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean. We show that specific plankton communities, from the surface and deep chlorophyll maximum, correlate with carbon export at 150 m and highlight unexpected taxa such as Radiolaria and alveolate parasites, as well as Synechococcus and their phages, as lineages most strongly associated with carbon export in the subtropical, nutrient-depleted, oligotrophic ocean. Additionally, we show that the relative abundance of a few bacterial and viral genes can predict a significant fraction of the variability in carbon export in these regions.},
   keywords = {Aquatic Organisms/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism
Carbon/*metabolism
Chlorophyll/metabolism
Dinoflagellida/genetics/isolation & purification/metabolism
*Ecosystem
Expeditions
Genes, Bacterial
Genes, Viral
Geography
Oceans and Seas
Photosynthesis
Plankton/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism
Seawater/*chemistry/microbiology/parasitology
Synechococcus/genetics/isolation & purification/metabolism/virology},
   ISSN = {1476-4687 (Electronic)
0028-0836 (Linking)},
   DOI = {10.1038/nature16942},
   url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26863193},
   year = {2016},
   type = {Journal Article}
}

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