Predatory phytoplankton key to understanding ocean ecosystem
Reading time: 3 minutes A study revealed that a wide variety of phytoplankton are not just photosynthesizing; in many cases they are also voracious predators.
Experts warn: Must consider role of microbes in climate change
Reading time: 2 minutes More than 30 international microbiologists, including David Karl, call for the world to stop ignoring the “unseen majority” in Earth’s biodiversity.
UH’s only female National Academy of Sciences member reveals how animals select good microbes
Reading time: 4 minutes Margaret McFall-Ngai's inaugural article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals a newly discovered mechanism by which organisms select beneficial microbes and reject harmful ones.
New gene catalog of ocean microbiome reveals surprises
Reading time: 2 minutes UH researchers discovered nutrient limitation is a central driver in the evolution of ocean microbe genomes.
Viruses in the oceanic basement
Reading time: 4 minutes UH Mānoa researchers provide evidence that the viruses are actively infecting the many unusual microorganisms that live deep in the rocky crust of the seafloor.
New model reveals adaptations of world’s most abundant ocean microbe
Reading time: 3 minutes UH Mānoa researcher David Karl and Jens Nielsen from Chalmers University of Technology, developed a computer model to understand the survival of Prochlorococcus.
UH Mānoa partners in National Microbiome Initiative
Reading time: 4 minutes UH microbiome researchers are poised to get a helping hand from White House.
Piggybacking viruses
Reading time: 3 minutes In the microscopic life that thrives around coral reefs researchers have discovered an interplay between viruses and microbes that defies conventional wisdom.
Plankton network linked to ocean’s biological carbon pump revealed
Reading time: 3 minutes The research highlights the important role played by plankton in the climate system.
Undergrad helps discover new bacterium on way to marine biology degree
Reading time: 2 minutes Vanessa K. Zepeda was instrumental in the discovery of a spiral-shaped bacterium that is the only known representative of a new genus and species.
