A key player in the jellyfish life cycle The microbiome, the community of bacteria that live in and on a multicellular organism, plays a critical role in the fitness and health of many marine ...

For BAS marine and fisheries scientist Kate Owen ... larval fish at the water’s surface at night. This stage in the life cycle of icefish and toothfish remains poorly understood.

The complex life cycle begins with tiny larvae that settle ... The new study illustrates how closely the development of a marine organism is linked to its microbial partners.