title: Marine metaproteomics: deciphering the microbial metabolic food web.
abstract: Metaproteomics can be applied to marine systems to discover metabolic processes in the ocean. This review describes current breakthroughs regarding marine microbes in the areas of microbial procurement of nutrients, important and previously unrecognized metabolic processes, functional roles for proteins with previously unknown functions, and intricate networks of metabolic interactions between symbiotic microbes and their hosts. By recognizing that metaproteomics empowers our understanding of the roles that marine microbes play in global biogeochemical cycles, the achievements to date from this advancing field highlight the enormous potential that the future holds.
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia.
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia. Electronic address: r.cavicchioli@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cavicchioli
mesh_terms: D059001:Aquatic Organisms / Q000382:microbiology*; D020387:Food Chain; D008660:Metabolism; D020543:Proteome / Q000032:analysis*; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D020543:Proteome
keywords: ecophysiology; marine ecology; marine microbiology; marine nutrient cycle; metagenomics; proteomics