Fundamental differences in diversity and genomic population structure between Atlantic and Pacific Prochlorococcus

ISME Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1997-2011

  Kashtan, Nadav ^a,b   Roggensack, Sara E ^b   Berta Thompson, Jessie W ^b   Grinberg, Maor ^a   Stepanauskas, Ramunas ^c   Chisholm, Sallie W ^b,d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

SEA WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HAWAII; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GENOMICS; HAWAII; METAGENOMICS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEAWATER;

EID: 85030660298     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2017.64     Document Type: Article

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