Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome

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

doi:10.1126/science.1261359

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Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome

SSShinichi Sunagawa LPLuís Pedro Coelho SCSamuel Chaffron JRJens Roat Kultima KLKarine Labadie

European Molecular Biology Laboratory · Vrije Universiteit Brussel · +30 more institutions

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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 epipelagic and mesopelagic waters across the globe to generate an ocean microbial reference gene catalog with >40 million nonredundant, mostly novel sequences from viruses, prokaryotes, and picoeukaryotes. Using 139 prokaryote-enriched samples, containing >35,000 species, we show vertical stratification with epipelagic community composition mostly driven by temperature rather than other environmental factors or…

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Pelagic zone
Mesopelagic zone
Metagenomics
Microbiome
Biogeochemical cycle
Ecology
Biology
Prokaryote

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

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