Prochlorococcus: Advantages and limits of minimalism

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 305-331

  Partensky, Frédéric ^a,b   Garczarek, Laurence ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Evolution; Genome streamlining; Marine cyanobacteria; Niche adaptation; Oligotrophy; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOME; GYRE; NICHE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEA;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84862195254     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-120308-081034     Document Type: Article

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