Efficient CO2 fixation by surface Prochlorococcus in the Atlantic Ocean

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2280-2289

  Hartmann, Manuela ^a   Gomez Pereira, Paola ^a,c   Grob, Carolina ^b,d   Ostrowski, Martin ^b,e   Scanlan, David J ^b   Zubkov, Mikhail V ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

14C radiolabelling; chlorophyll autofluorescence; flow cytometric cell sorting; primary production

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIXATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OPEN OCEAN; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PROTIST; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

SEA WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON CYCLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON CYCLE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEAWATER; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84908236616     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.56     Document Type: Article

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