{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Chen S"],"funding":["Austrian Science Fund FWF"],"pagination":["eadj8184"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11114224"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(21)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Sinking particles are a critical conduit for the transport of surface microbes to the ocean's interior. Vertical connectivity of phylogenetic composition has been shown; however, the functional vertical connectivity of microbial communities has not yet been explored in detail. We investigated protein and taxa profiles of both free-living and particle-attached microbial communities from the surface to 3000 m depth using a combined metaproteomic and 16<i>S</i> rRNA amplicon sequencing approach. A clear compositional and functional vertical connectivity of microbial communities was observed throughout the water column with Oceanospirillales, Alteromonadales, and Rhodobacterales as key taxa. The surface-derived particle-associated microbes increased the expression of proteins involved in basic"],"journal":["Science advances"],"pubmed_title":["Functional vertical connectivity of microbial communities in the ocean."],"pmcid":["PMC11114224"],"funding_grant_id":["P 35587"],"pubmed_authors":["Fan GY","Chen JW","Herndl GJ","Wu PF","Yan KQ","Li DX","Dong CM","Xie ZX","Liu SQ","Zhao Z","Wang DZ","Chen S","Peng L","Lin L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Functional vertical connectivity of microbial communities in the ocean.","description":"Sinking particles are a critical conduit for the transport of surface microbes to the ocean's interior. Vertical connectivity of phylogenetic composition has been shown; however, the functional vertical connectivity of microbial communities has not yet been explored in detail. We investigated protein and taxa profiles of both free-living and particle-attached microbial communities from the surface to 3000 m depth using a combined metaproteomic and 16<i>S</i> rRNA amplicon sequencing approach. A clear compositional and functional vertical connectivity of microbial communities was observed throughout the water column with Oceanospirillales, Alteromonadales, and Rhodobacterales as key taxa. The surface-derived particle-associated microbes increased the expression of proteins involved in basic","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 May","modification":"2026-06-03T04:26:09.273Z","creation":"2026-04-24T03:09:32.269Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11114224","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38781332"],"doi":["10.1126/sciadv.adj8184"]}}