Genomics,metagenomics,and microbial oceanography—A sea of opportunities  

作　　者：FANG JiaSong 1,2 &ZHANG Li 3 1 State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology,Tongji University,Shanghai 200092,China 2 College of Natural and Computational Sciences,Hawaii Pacific University,Kaneohe,HI 96744,USA 3State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources,Faculty of Earth Sciences,China University of Geosciences,Wuhan 430074,China 

出　　处：《Science China Earth Sciences》2011年第4期473-480,共8页中国科学（地球科学英文版）

摘　　要：Microbial oceanography is an emerging discipline resulted from the interaction,cross-fertilization and integration of life science and ocean science.Microbial oceanography integrates the principles of marine microbiology,microbial ecology and oceanography to study the role of microorganisms in the biogeochemical dynamics of natural marine ecosystems.The application of genomics tools to study marine microbes is resulting in rapid advancements in microbial oceanography that has important implications in global carbon cycle,climate change,and ecosystem function.Here we review the application of genomics and metagenomics in microbial oceanography and suggest future directions in microbial oceanography research.Microbial oceanography is an emerging discipline resulted from the interaction, cross-fertilization and integration of life science and ocean science. Microbial oceanography integrates the principles of marine microbiology, microbial ecology and oceanography to study the role of microorganisms in the biogeochemical dynamics of natural marine ecosystems. The application of genomics tools to study marine microbes is resulting in rapid advancements in microbial oceanography that has important implications in global carbon cycle, climate change, and ecosystem function. Here we review the application of genomics and metagenomics in microbial oceanography and suggest future directions in microbial oceanography research.

关 键 词：microbial oceanography GENOMICS METAGENOMICS genes biomass bacteria archaea EUKARYA phylogeny physiology metabolism ecology BIOGEOCHEMISTRY microbiology ecosystem function 

分 类 号：Q78[生物学—分子生物学]