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With the 2030 deadline approaching, much work remains, necessitating innovative solutions for ocean health and sustainability that can be upscaled and implemented globally. The metabolic versatility of microorganisms makes them powerful, yet currently underutilized tools that can be leveraged to advance SDG 14. Here, we synthesize current microbial technologies that align with primary targets of SDG 14: plastic reduction (14.1), nutrient removal (14.1), coastal restoration (14.2) and sustainable aquaculture (14.7). Diverse microbial groups are involved in these functions in natural and human\u2010perturbed ecosystems, including plastic\u2010degrading bacteria, denitrifying communities, host\u2010associated microbes, biofloc and periphyton systems, as well as photosynthetic microorganisms. 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