Niche adaptation in ocean cyanobacteria (original) (raw)

Nature volume 396, pages 226–228 (1998) Cite this article

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Small unicellular cyanobacteria (Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus ) are the most abundant photosynthetic microorganisms in the world's oceans, yet we know little of the genetic structure of these populations. Here we show that distinct clades of Prochlorococcus, and possibly of Synechococcus, are adapted to their specific surface and deep oceanic niches.

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Figure 1: The relationships between cyanobacteria from different environments.

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  1. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0202, California, USA
    Michael J. Ferris & Brian Palenik

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  1. Michael J. Ferris
  2. Brian Palenik

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Ferris, M., Palenik, B. Niche adaptation in ocean cyanobacteria.Nature 396, 226–228 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/24297

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