C. Pedros-Alio

The paper analyzes a metagenomic time series from Arctic seawater, showing that Bacteroidetes dominate during marine spring blooms by specializing in polysaccharide degradation.

This paper introduces a framework to quantify microbial guilds using metagenomic data, focusing on functional protein sequences and their ecological roles in marine ecosystems.

The paper shows that a significant portion of deep ocean heterotrophic bacteria can be cultured, with isolates matching abundant 16S ASVs in bathypelagic samples.

This study identifies general assembly principles of microbial communities by analyzing cross-biome data, revealing functional redundancy and links between genome reduction and cooperation.

The paper examines iron competition among bacterioplankton taxa in the Arctic Ocean during early spring-summer, finding Bacteroidetes act as cheaters by relying on siderophores synthesized by Gammaproteobacteria.

The paper reconstructs metagenomic bins from Arctic Ocean samples to characterize microbial communities and their metabolic capabilities, identifying novel species and active MAGs that may serve as climate change sentinels.

The paper analyzes deep ocean microbial metagenomes to reveal functional diversity and metabolic strategies in the dark ocean.

The paper examines how intra-species diversity, or microdiversity, contributes to microbial community stability across changing environmental conditions in temperate bog lakes.