Ecology of uncultured Prochlorococcus clades revealed through single-cell genomics and biogeographic analysis

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 184-198

  Malmstrom, Rex R ^a,b   Rodrigue, Sébastien ^a,c   Huang, Katherine H ^a,d   Kelly, Libusha ^a   Kern, Suzanne E ^a   Thompson, Anne ^a   Roggensack, Sara ^a   Berube, Paul M ^a   Henn, Matthew R ^d   Chisholm, Sallie W ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

HNLC; Prochlorococcus; siderophore

Indexed keywords

IRON; SEA WATER; SIDEROPHORE;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CELL ORGANELLE; CLADISTICS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; IRON; METAGENOMICS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEAWATER; SIDEROPHORES; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 84871375552     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.89     Document Type: Article

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