Microbial ecology of organic aggregates in aquatic ecosystems

By M. Simon, Hans-Peter Grossart, B. Schweitzer, H. Ploug. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography

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Diversity and functions of microscopic fungi: a missing component in pelagic food webs (2010, background): “Fungi colonizing aggregates and particles such as pollen or zooplankton carcasses have also been observed in a few studies, but their functional importance has never been investigated (Simon et al. 2002; Raghukumar 2004; Tang et al. 2006).”
Theory of Island Biogeography on a Microscopic Scale: Organic Aggregates as Islands for Aquatic Pathogens (2010, background): “…aggregation (Eisma et al. 1991, Jackson & Burd 1998, Burd & Jackson 2009) and the microbial ecology of aggregates (Alldredge & Silver 1988, Simon et al. 2002, Turner 2002) have summarized the breadth of information regarding these ubiquitous and dynamic conglomerations of living and…”
Copepods as microbial hotspots in the ocean: effects of host feeding activities on attached bacteria (2005, background): “The presence of various types of particles, such as detritus and marine snow, creates locally elevated concentrations of organic substrates, representing favorable microhabitats for bacteria (Alldredge & Silver 1988, Smith et al. 1992, Simon et al. 2002, Turner 2002).”
Distribution of abundant prokaryotic organisms in the water column of the central Baltic Sea with an oxic-anoxic interface (2007, background): “Strains of Pseudoalteromonas have been repeatedly described as algicidal bacteria (Skerratt et al. 2002, Giovannoni & Stingl 2005), and it is known that Gammaproteobacteria can be dominant colonizers of marine snow aggregates (Simon et al. 2002).”
Toward an ecological classification of soil bacteria. (2007, background): “In aquatic environments, b-Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes are commonly associated with substrates rich in organic carbon (Kirchman 2002, Simon et al. 2002, Fazi et al. 2005).”
Linkage between crustacean zooplankton and aquatic bacteria (2010, background): “Readers who are familiar with current aggregate research will realize the importance of bacterial attachment and surface colonization in aquatic microbial ecology (Simon et al. 2002, Carrias & SimeNgando 2009).”
Abundance, size distribution and bacterial colonization of exopolymer particles in Antarctic sea ice (Bellingshausen Sea) (2004, background): “In the present study, the total number of bacteria attached to individual EP ranged between 1 and 220 bacteria EP–1 and was within the range reported in pelagic studies (Passow & Alldredge 1994, Mari & Kiørboe 1996, Simon et al. 2002).”
Seasonal study of sea-ice exopolymeric substances on the Mackenzie shelf: implications for transport of sea-ice bacteria and algae (2006, background): “EPS constitute a carbon-rich substrate for bacteria, potentially supporting bacterial production and metabolic activity (Simon et al. 2002).”
Emerging concepts on microbial processes in the bathypelagic ocean-ecology, biogeochemistry, and genomics (2010, background): “In the upper ocean, several studies have documented differences in the composition of Bacteria between particle-associated and freeliving communities (DeLong et al., 1993; Simon et al., 2002).”
Extracellular enzymes in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments: perspectives on system variability and common research needs (2013, background): “DOM can form transient surfaces such as marine snow, lake snow, or river snow (Simon et al. 2002), which increase available surface area and provide ‘‘hotspots’’ for biogeochemical reactions and elevated enzyme activities (Smith et al.”
Viruses in aquatic ecosystems: important advancements of the last 20 years and prospects for the future in the field of microbial oceanography and limnology (2010, background): “Potential inactivation of viruses due to attachment was suggested for both marine and freshwater aggregates [234,235,236].”
Mini-review: A priori considerations for bacteria–algae interactions in algal biofuel systems receiving municipal wastewaters (2014, background): “Availability of nutrients and abundance of metabolically highly active bacteria make such sediment aggregates a key site for energy fluxes, biogeochemical cycling and food web dynamics [102].”
Vertical distribution of exopolymer particles in sea ice of the Fram Strait (Arctic) during autumn (2003, background): “On the other hand, bacteria attached to particles show high metabolic rates and may act in the degradation of exopolymer particles (Smith et al. 1992, review by Simon et al. 2002).”
Spatio-temporal patterns of bacterioplankton production and community composition related to phytoplankton composition and protistan bacterivory in a dam reservoir (2008, background): “…phytoplankton biomass may represent an important carbon pool for bac- 258 2imek et al.: Factors controlling reservoir bacterioplankton teria (e.g. Simon et al. 2002) and significant amounts of DOC can be released through the processes of sloppy feeding and excretion by zooplankton that…”