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Marine microbe communities can evolve rapidly in response to environmental shifts and could be used as indicators of ocean change. In fact, marine microbes are “the canary in the coal mine” for the marine environment. In addition, they are also drivers of change in the ocean.
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The ocean is a marine environment. And a single drop of seawater can contain millions of marine microbes. These tiny living things help supply oxygen and food to other organisms that live in the ocean. They even help keep the ocean clean.
Marine bacteria, unicellular prokaryotic plankton usually less than 0.5–1 μm in their longest dimension, are the smallest autonomous organisms in the sea – or perhaps in the biosphere. The nature of their roles in marine food webs and the difficulty of studying them both stem from their small size.
Do marine microorganisms really exist? And if so, what distinguishes them from freshwater- or terrestrial microorganisms, or from microorganisms living in any other specialized habitat? The marine environment—particularly the ocean—is the largest continuous habitat on Earth.
Jun 4, 2016 · Bacteria and Archaea represent major drivers of the biogeochemical cycles in the marine environment due to their large abundance, high cell-specific activity, and their unique metabolic capabilities that include, among others, nitrogen fixation, (anaerobic) ammonia oxidation, and methane oxidation.
Research on the ocean microbiome is not only important for gaining a better basic understanding of marine ecosystems, it is also an essential tool for mobilizing wider action to protect the global Ocean.
