Micro-organisms account for more than two-thirds of the biomass of the world's oceans. Plant plankton, animal plankton, viruses, bacteria... This microbiome is little-known, yet it captures carbon, produces oxygen, forms the basis of the food chain and can even produce light. Our three guests explore it and share their discoveries with us.
Guests:
- Sophie Bonnet, Director of Research at the IRD and co-director of the Tonga mission in search of submarine volcanoes in the Pacific, MIO-CYBELE
- Emilie Villar, consultant in environmental genomics and initiator of the Street science walks
- Laurie Casalot, IRD researcher, MIO-MEB, specialising in the bioluminescence of marine bacteria