Laura GomezConsarnau @lauraconsarnau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026@csic.es @imedea.bsky.social @uib.cat 000
Laura GomezConsarnau @lauraconsarnau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Proteorhodopsin lets abundant marine microbes use sunlight for energy—yet we’re only beginning to understand what this means for plankton ecology and the ocean carbon cycle. 25 years of discoveries, and still so many questions open. 011
Laura GomezConsarnau @lauraconsarnau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Our new review is out 🌊☀️ Beyond an Ocean of Chlorophyll: The Role of Proteorhodopsin Phototrophy in Plankton Ecology www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...annualreviews.orgBeyond an Ocean of Chlorophyll: The Role of Proteorhodopsin Phototrophy in Plankton EcologyUntil the early 2000s, light-driven energy capture in the ocean was viewed almost exclusively through the lens of chlorophyll-based photosynthesis. The discovery of proteorhodopsins (PRs) in marine ba... 261
Laura GomezConsarnau @lauraconsarnau.bsky.social · 22/12/2025@imedea.bsky.social @csic.es @usc.edu 000
Laura GomezConsarnau @lauraconsarnau.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Curious which microbial groups explain this pattern? www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comUnexpected microbial rhodopsin dynamics in sync with phytoplankton blooms - Nature CommunicationsIn this study, the authors show that microbial rhodopsins, proteins that drive the ocean’s most widespread light-driven microbial metabolism, display overlapping distributions with algal blooms in nut... 100
Laura GomezConsarnau @lauraconsarnau.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Microbial rhodopsins are everywhere in the surface ocean, but were assumed to play a role mainly when nutrients are scarce. Our new study reveals unexpected rhodopsin dynamics tightly linked to phytoplankton blooms. 2188
