Characterization of particle-associated and free-living bacterial and archaeal communities along the water columns of the South China Sea

Li, Jiangtao; Gu, Lingyuan; Bai, Shijie; Wang, Jie; Su, Lei; Wei, Bingbing; Zhang, Li; Fang, Jiasong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-113-2021

Articles | Volume 18, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-113-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-113-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 1

Research article

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08 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 08 Jan 2021

Characterization of particle-associated and free-living bacterial and archaeal communities along the water columns of the South China Sea

Jiangtao Li, Lingyuan Gu, Shijie Bai, Jie Wang, Lei Su, Bingbing Wei, Li Zhang, and Jiasong Fang

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RC1: 'Reviewing comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 May 2020
- AC5: 'Response to RC1's comments', Jiang Tao Li, 09 Sep 2020
AC1: 'Updating of the manuscript', Jiang Tao Li, 19 Jun 2020
RC2: 'comment on “Characterization of particle-associated and free-living bacterial and archaeal communities along the water columns of the South China Sea” by Jiangtao Li et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Jul 2020
- AC3: 'Response to RC2's comments', Jiang Tao Li, 09 Sep 2020
RC3: 'Characterization of particle-associated and free-living bacterial and archaeal communities along the water columns of the South China Sea', Anonymous Referee #3, 21 Jul 2020
- AC4: 'Response to RC3's comments', Jiang Tao Li, 09 Sep 2020
AC2: 'Response to 1st reviewer's comments', Jiang Tao Li, 09 Sep 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (25 Sep 2020) by Carol Robinson

AR by Jiang Tao Li on behalf of the Authors (27 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Nov 2020) by Carol Robinson

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (15 Nov 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Nov 2020)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Nov 2020) by Carol Robinson

AR by Jiang Tao Li on behalf of the Authors (16 Nov 2020) Author's response Manuscript

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Few studies have focused on the particle-attached (PA) and free-living (FL) microbes of the deep ocean. Here we determined PA and FL microbial communities along depth profiles of the SCS. PA and FL fractions accommodated divergent microbial compositions, and most of them are potentially generalists with PA and FL dual lifestyles. A potential vertical connectivity between surface-specific microbes and those in the deep ocean was indicated, likely through microbial attachment to sinking particles.