The Podcast has the objective of discussing the role of the Atlantic microbiome in driving the dynamics of Atlantic ecosystems, focussing on three pillars of research: microbiomes, plastic and the plastisphere, and seascape connectivity, in the scope of improving knowledge for a better management of the Atlantic Ocean and its ecosystem services.

• Ms. Eloïse Trabut, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - SZN, Italy, AtlantECO project manager

• Dr. Hugo Sarmento, Federal University of São Carlos - USFSCar, Brazil, Professor at the Laboratory of Microbial Processes & Biodiversity

• Dr. Linda Amaral-Zettler, Research Leader at the Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research - NIOZ, Netherlands,

• Dr. Marcello Vichi, University of Cape Town - UCT, South Africa, Professor at the department of Oceanography and Director at the Marine and Antarctic Research centre for Innovation and Sustainability (MARIS)