Project description:Global metaproteomic analyses of microbial biomass from the upper water column of the Central Pacific Ocean. This dataset was used as a discovery dataset to identify peptide biomarkers for cyanobacterial populations for use in targeted metaproteomic calibrated multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) analyses published in in Saito et al., 2014 and 2015. Saito, M. A., McIlvin, M. R., Moran, D. M., Goepfert, T. J., DiTullio, G. R., Post, A. F., and Lamborg, C. H.: Multiple nutrient stresses at intersecting Pacific Ocean biomes detected by protein biomarkers, Science, 345, 1173-1177, 2014. Saito, M. A., Dorsk, A., Post, A. F., McIlvin, M., Rappé, M. S., DiTullio, G., and Moran, D.: Needles in the Blue Sea: Sub‐Species Specificity in Targeted Protein Biomarker Analyses Within the Vast Oceanic Microbial Metaproteome, PROTEOMICS, 15, 3521-3531, 2015.
Project description:In this study we explored the metabolism of unicellular eukaryotic organisms (protists) across a 4,600 km meridional transect in the central Pacific Ocean. The region contains a natural biogeochemical gradient spanning from low nitrogen, oligotrophic waters to a productive equatorial upwelling system. We used a combined geochemical and 'omic approach to characterize the metabolic strategies these organisms rely upon to adapt to changes in their chemical environment. Samples were collected using underwater pumps, capable of filtering hundreds of liters of seawater, from seven stations and 3-13 different depths spanning 20-1,900 m in the water column.
