In situ community transcriptomics illuminates CO 2 -fixation potentials and supporting roles of phagotrophy and proton pump in plankton in a subtropical marginal sea

Abstract

Lineage-wise physiological activities of plankton communities in the ocean are important but challenging to characterize. Here, we conducted whole-assemblage metatranscriptomic profiling at continental shelf and slope sites in the South China Sea to investigate carbon fixation potential in different lineages.