marine metagenome South Atlantic gyre

Microbial communities in the open ocean play key roles in global carbon and nutrient cycles. In the surface ocean gradients in light, temperature and nutrient and metal availability determine the vertical distribution of different microbial community members with depth. This project seeks to understand the genetic diversity, evolutionary relationships and functional capacities of marine microbes at different depths in a South Atlantic water column.

开阔大洋中的微生物群落，在全球碳循环与营养盐循环中发挥着核心作用。表层大洋中，光照、温度、营养盐与金属可利用性的梯度变化，决定了不同微生物类群随水深的垂直分布格局。本研究旨在解析南大西洋水柱不同深度海洋微生物的遗传多样性、演化关系与功能潜能。