Cyanobacterial symbionts diverged in the late Cretaceous towards lineage-specific nitrogen fixation factories in single-celled phytoplankton

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Cornejo Castillo, Francisco M ^a   Cabello, Ana M ^a   Salazar, Guillem ^a   Sánchez Baracaldo, Patricia ^b   Lima Mendez, Gipsi ^c,d,e   Hingamp, Pascal ^f   Alberti, Adriana ^g   Sunagawa, Shinichi ^h   Bork, Peer ^h,i   De Vargas, Colomban ^j,k   Raes, Jeroen ^c,d,e   Bowler, Chris ^l   Wincker, Patrick ^g,m,n   Zehr, Jonathan P ^o   Gasol, Josep M ^a   Massana, Ramon ^a   Acinas, Silvia G ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f CNRS Aix Marseille University   (France)

^g CEA Fontenay aux Roses Bâtiment 61   (France)

^h EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

ⁱ MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^j STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^k SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^l ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^m UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

ⁿ CNRS   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CRETACEOUS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIVERGENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMBIONT;

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; ALLOPATRY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GENOME; GENOMICS; HAPTOPHYTA; JURASSIC; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT; PURIFYING SELECTION; SYMBIONT; UPPER CRETACEOUS; CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SYMBIOSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

CYANOBACTERIA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

SEA WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CYANOBACTERIA; GENOMICS; HAPTOPHYTA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84961658202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11071     Document Type: Article

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