Comparable light stimulation of organic nutrient uptake by SAR11 and Prochlorococcus in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 603-614

  Gómez Pereira, Paola R ^a,e   Hartmann, Manuela ^a   Grob, Carolina ^b   Tarran, Glen A ^c   Martin, Adrian P ^a   Fuchs, Bernhard M ^d   Scanlan, David J ^b   Zubkov, Mikhail V ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Phillips Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATP and amino acid uptake; flow cytometric sorting; light stimulation; Prochlorococcus; radioisotope tracing; SAR11

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ISOTOPE; METHIONINE; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GYRE; LIGHT EFFECT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RADIONUCLIDE; SOLAR RADIATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; WATER FLOW;

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; ISOTOPES; LIGHT; METHIONINE; PHOSPHORUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 84876502404     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.126     Document Type: Article

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