Distinct dissolved organic matter sources induce rapid transcriptional responses in coexisting populations of Prochlorococcus, Pelagibacter and the OM60 clade

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2815-2830

  Sharma, Adrian K ^a,f   Becker, Jamie W ^b,f   Ottesen, Elizabeth A ^a,c,f   Bryant, Jessica A ^a,f   Duhamel, Solange ^b,d,f   Karl, David M ^e,f   Cordero, Otto X ^a   Repeta, Daniel J ^b,f   Delong, Edward F ^a,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS PELAGIBACTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER; TRANSCRIPTOME;

DNA SEQUENCE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METAGENOME; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84906944049     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12254     Document Type: Article

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