High-throughput environmental sequencing reveals high diversity of litter and moss associated protist communities along a gradient of drainage and tree productivity

Abstract

Frequent blooms of phytoplankton occur in coastal upwelling zones creating hotspots of biological productivity. These blooms are often dominated by diatoms, which when they sink to the seafloor form diatomaceous deposits. The biological turnover of sinking diatom aggregates is not well understood. Here we analyze the microbial communities associated with sinking diatom aggregates using metatranscriptomics.

Javier del Campo

Group Leader

My research aims at understanding the global diversity and distribution of eukaryotic and prokaryotic microbes employing curated phylogenetic frameworks focusing on novel environmental taxa.