• Grazing on Marine Viruses and Its Biogeochemical Implications 

      Mayers, Kyle; Kuhlisch, Constanze; Basso, Jonelle T. R.; Saltvedt, Marius Rydningen; Buchan, Alison; Sandaa, Ruth-Anne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Viruses are the most abundant biological entities in the ocean and show great diversity in terms of size, host specificity, and infection cycle. Lytic viruses induce host cell lysis to release their progeny and thereby ...
    • Microbial hydrogen consumption leads to a significant pH increase under high-saline-conditions: implications for hydrogen storage in salt caverns 

      Dopffel, Nicole; Mayers, Kyle; Kedir, Abduljelil; Alagic, Edin; An-Stepec, Biwen; Djurhuus, Ketil; Boldt, Dabiel; Beeder, Janiche; Hoth, Silvan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Salt caverns have been successfully used for natural gas storage globally since the 1940s and are now under consideration for hydrogen (H2) storage, which is needed in large quantities to decarbonize the economy to finally ...
    • The Possession of Coccoliths Fails to Deter Microzooplankton Grazers 

      Mayers, Kyle; Poulton, Alex J.; Bidle, Kay D.; Thamatrakoln, Kimberlee; Schieler, Brittany; Giering, Sarah L.C.; Wells, Seona R.; Tarran, Glen A.; Mayor, Dan; Johnson, Matthew; Riebesell, Ulf; Larsen, Aud; Vardi, Assaf; Harvey, Elizabeth L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Phytoplankton play a central role in the regulation of global carbon and nutrient cycles, forming the basis of the marine food webs. A group of biogeochemically important phytoplankton, the coccolithophores, produce calcium ...
    • Removal of large viruses and their dispersal through fecal pellets of the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica during Emiliania huxleyi bloom conditions 

      Mayers, Kyle; Lawrence, Janice; Skaar, Katrine Sandnes; Töpper, Joachim Paul; Petelenz-Kurdziel, Elzbieta Anna; Saltvedt, Marius Rydningen; Sandaa, Ruth-Anne; Larsen, Aud; Bratbak, Gunnar; Ray, Jessica Louise (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Despite their importance in shaping the structure and function of marine microbial food webs, little is known about factors regulating marine virus abundance. Previous work demonstrated clearance of laboratory-cultured ...
    • Viral infection switches the balance between bacterial and eukaryotic recyclers of organic matter during coccolithophore blooms 

      Vincent, Flora; Gralka, Matti; Schleyer, Guy; Schatz, Daniella; Cabrera-Brufau, Miguel; Kuhlisch, Constanze; Sichert, Andreas; Vidal-Melgosa, Silvia; Mayers, Kyle; Barak-Gavish, Noa; Flores, J. Michel; Masdeu-Navarro, Marta; Egge, Jorun Karin; Larsen, Aud; Hehemann, Jan-Hendrik; Marrasé, Celia; Simó, Rafel; Cordero, Otto X.; Vardi, Assaf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Algal blooms are hotspots of marine primary production and play central roles in microbial ecology and global elemental cycling. Upon demise of the bloom, organic carbon is partly respired and partly transferred to either ...