Genomic islands and the ecology and evolution of Prochlorococcus

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5768, 2006, Pages 1768-1770

  Coleman, Maureen L ^a   Sullivan, Matthew B ^a   Martiny, Adam C ^a   Steglich, Claudia ^a,c   Barry, Kerrie ^b   DeLong, Edward F ^a   Chisholm, Sallie W ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE TRANSFER; NUTRITION; RNA; STRESS ANALYSIS;

NUTRIENT STRESS; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; RNA SEQUENCES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

RNA 16S;

EVOLUTION; GENOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOTYPE; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC ISLAND; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIOPHAGES; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 33645232361     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1122050     Document Type: Article

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