Microbial metabolism in laboratory reared marine snow as revealed by a multi-omics approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Marine snow represents an organic matter-rich habitat and provides substrates for diverse microbial populations in the marine ecosystem. However, the functional diversity and metabolic interactions within the microbial community inhabiting marine snow remain largely underexplored, particularly for specific metabolic pathways involved in marine snow degradation. Here, we used a multi-omics approach to explore the microbial response to laboratory-reared phytoplankton-derived marine snow.

Results

Our results demonstrated a dramatic shift in both taxonomic and functional profiles of the microbial community after the formation of phytoplankton-derived marine snow using a rolling tank system. The changes in microbial metabolic processes were more pronounced in the metap

SUBMITTER: Hou L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12054258 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature