Abstract
Marine Microbiome Bucketsful of genome data for marine microorganisms are available. Although taxonomic patterns in the data are carefully sifted for meaning, Louca et al. show that taxonomy alone does not represent community structure. Meta-analysis of the data gathered during the Tara Oceans project classified over 30,000 bacteria and archaea into functional metabolic groups ranging from photoautotrophy and nitrogen fixation to sulfate respiration. Disentangling functional variation from taxonomic variation indicates that environmental conditions select from a global marine “seedbank” for function, not taxonomy. ![Figure][1] Functional and taxonomic variation can be distinguished in Tara Oceans microbiome data. PHOTO: CHRISTIAN SARDET Science , this issue p. [1272][2] [1]: pending:yes [2]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.aaf4507
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