High vertical and low horizontal diversity of Prochlorococcus ecotypes in the Mediterranean Sea in summer

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-206

  Garczarek, Laurence ^a   Dufresne, Alexis ^a   Rousvoal, Sylvie ^a   West, Nyree J ^b,f   Mazard, Sophie ^b   Marie, Dominique ^a   Claustre, Hervé ^c   Raimbault, Patrick ^d   Post, Anton F ^e   Scanlan, David J ^b   Partensky, Frédéric ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^d STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^e The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^f LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

Ecotype; IsiA; Light harvesting complex; Mediterranean sea; Prochlorococcus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTYPE; HABITAT SELECTION; HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT EFFECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTIC ZONE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOTYPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SUMMER; THERMOCLINE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 34247115651     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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