The Wilhelm and Talmy research groups in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join an interdisciplinary project exam...

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Harmful cyanobacterial blooms frequently develop in aquatic systems, causing significant ecological and commercial impact, motivating research into factors influencing bloom formation, persistence, an...

<p><em>By Sara Elliott&nbsp;</em></p> <p>University of Windsor researchers have partnered with global experts to write a five-year action plan aimed at understanding the risk of highly toxic blue-gre...

Harmful cyanobacterial blooms are increasing worldwide, threatening freshwater ecosystems, animal health, and human well-being. To guide research need…

<p><em>By Sara Elliott </em></p> <p>As climate change strips ice from the Great Lakes, something less visible is also changing: the underwater world of light that microscopic life depends on.  </p> ...

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

Microbiology doctoral candidate Jason Olavesen sailed to the Southern Ocean with an international team investigating microscopic organisms that drive global carbon cycles. Microbiology research took a...

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In a new study of viral abundance over a short time frame in the Sargasso Sea, researchers found that almost all viruses with cyclical changes in abundance were most active at night – somewhat surpris...

Schultz et al. show that polar algae harbor extensive endogenous giant virus elements that are transcriptionally active, stress responsive, and integrated into host regulatory networks, highlighting v...

Viruses are often studied in disease settings, but in the ocean they outnumber cells and shape ecosystems, yet their dynamics remain poorly understood. In this study, high-resolution sampling of blue-...

Cultural eutrophication has triggered lake regime shifts and cyanobacterial blooms, causing losses of key ecosystem services (e.g., water supply) and necessitating costly remediation. While nutrient e...

Great Lakes scientist Mike McKay says he was caught off guard by how much ice coverage was added so quickly. He estimates roughly 20,000 square kilometres of ice was gained over a six-day stretch in J...

Marine viruses attack cells, but the material that spills out helps fuels marine life around the world.

DNA methylation can epigenetically alter gene expression and serve as a mechanism for genomic stabilization. Advancements in long-read sequencing technology have allowed for increased exploration into...

Stephanodiscus binderanus is a bloom-forming diatom abundant in winter and persisting into spring in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Climate change impacts these blooms by altering ice cover, turbidity, ...

Abstract. Cyanobacterial blooms dominated by Microcystis spp. pose significant ecological challenges, including the release of toxins and disruption of aqu

UT research into a pink algae bloom that closed the popular swimming area at Ijams Nature Center in 2024 is providing insight into how the organisms thrive.  Researchers from the University of Tenness...

Planktothrix rubescens is distinct from other cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom (cHAB) genera: the crimson-red cHAB thrives in the cold, low-light, n…

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Abstract. While resequencing Microcystis aeruginosa (PCC7806) and its nontoxigenic mutant (PCC7806 ΔmcyB), we discovered identical unreported plasmids in b

Ocean microbes contribute to biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem function, but they do so under top-down pressure imposed by viruses. While viruses are increasingly understood spatially and beginning ...