Discovery of a SAR11 growth requirement for thiamin's pyrimidine precursor and its distribution in the Sargasso Sea

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1727-1738

  Carini, Paul ^a,d   Campbell, Emily O ^a   Morré, Jeff ^a   Sañudo Wilhelmy, Sergio A ^b   Cameron Thrash, J ^a,e   Bennett, Samuel E ^a   Temperton, Ben ^a,f   Begley, Tadhg ^c   Giovannoni, Stephen J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

auxotrophy; B1; micronutrient; phytoplankton; thiamine; vitamins

Indexed keywords

4-AMINO-5-HYDROXYMETHYL-2-METHYLPYRIMIDINE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; THIAMINE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; PYRIMIDINES; SEAWATER; THIAMINE;

EID: 84904984023     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.61     Document Type: Article

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