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Priorities for ocean microbiome research

  • Andre Abreu
  • , Etienne Bourgois
  • , Adam Gristwood
  • , Romain Troublé
  • , Silvia G. Acinas
  • , Peer Bork
  • , Emmanuel Boss
  • , Chris Bowler*
  • , Marko Budinich
  • , Samuel Chaffron
  • , Vargas C de
  • , Tom O. Delmont
  • , Damien Eveillard
  • , Lionel Guidi
  • , Daniele Iudicone
  • , Stephanie Kandels
  • , Hélène Morlon
  • , Fabien Lombard
  • , Rainer Pepperkok
  • , Juan José Pierella Karlusich
  • Gwenael Piganeau, Antoine Régimbeau, Guilhem Sommeria-Klein, Lars Stemmann, Matthew B. Sullivan, Shinichi Sunagawa, Patrick Wincker, Olivier Zablocki, Detlev Arendt, Josipa Bilic, Robert Finn, Edith Heard, Brendan Rouse, Jessica Vamathevan, Raffaella Casotti, Ibon Cancio, Michael Cunliffe, Anne Emmanuelle Kervella, Wiebe H.C.F. Kooistra, Matthias Obst, Nicolas Pade, Deborah M. Power, Ioulia Santi, Tatiana Margo Tsagaraki, Jan Vanaverbeke
*Corresponding author for this work
  • Tara Ocean Foundation
  • CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM)
  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory
  • University of Maine
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
  • Research Federation (FR2022) Tara Oceans GO-SEE
  • Ecole Centrale de Nantes
  • Université Paris-Saclay
  • Sorbonne Université
  • Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli
  • Institut universitaire de France
  • CNRS, UMR 7232, BIOM, Observatoire Océanologique
  • University of Turku
  • Ohio State University
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
  • University of the Basque Country
  • EMBRC ERIC
  • University of Gothenburg
  • Shanghai Ocean University
  • University of Algarve
  • Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
  • University of Bergen
  • Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

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Abstract

Microbial communities have essential roles in ocean ecology and planetary health. Microbes participate in nutrient cycles, remove huge quantities of carbon dioxide from the air and support ocean food webs. The taxonomic and functional diversity of the global ocean microbiome has been revealed by technological advances in sampling, DNA sequencing and bioinformatics. A better understanding of the ocean microbiome could underpin strategies to address environmental and societal challenges, including achievement of multiple Sustainable Development Goals way beyond SDG 14 'life below water'. We propose a set of priorities for understanding and protecting the ocean microbiome, which include delineating interactions between microbiota, sustainably applying resources from oceanic microorganisms and creating policy- and funder-friendly ocean education resources, and discuss how to achieve these ambitious goals.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)937-947
Number of pages0
JournalNature Microbiology
Volume7
Issue number7
Early online date30 Jun 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jun 2022

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  3. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  4. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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