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2007, Oceanography 20(2):14–15, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2007.68
FROM THE GUEST EDITORS |
Introduction to "A Sea of Microbes" Special Issue
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Authors
Lita M. Proctor | University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, and currently Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, Directorate of Biosciences, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, USA
David M. Karl | Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
Opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are those
of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.
First Paragraph
In 1688, after seeing a copy of Robert Hooke's Micrographia, Antony van Leuwenhoek, a Dutchman who worked as a fabric merchant, surveyor, and wine assessor, was inspired to take up lens grinding to observe that which could not be seen by the naked eye. Among other things, he observed bacteria and protists from seawater and other natural habitats. Direct observation of microbes from the marine environment would not be perfected for another 300 years until Hobbie et al. (1977) provided a method for the quantitative estimation of bacteria in the sea. This special issue of Oceanography on "A Sea of Microbes" captures the extraordinary and unimagined advances that have occurred in the few short years since that paper was published.
Full Article
Citation
Proctor, L.M., and D.M. Karl. 2007. From the Guest Editors: Introduction to "A Sea of Microbes" special issue. Oceanography 20(2):14–15, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2007.68.