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Metabolite diversity among representatives of divergent Prochlorococcus ecotypes

mSystems, 2023
The euphotic zone of the surface ocean contains distinct physical-chemical regimes that vary in light and nutrient concentrations as an inverse function of depth.
Elizabeth B. Kujawinski, Rogier Braakman, Krista Longnecker, Jamie W. Becker, Sallie W. Chisholm, Keven Dooley, Melissa C. Kido Soule, Gretchen J. Swarr, Kathryn Halloran   +8 more
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Strong genome-wide selection early in the evolution of Prochlorococcus resulted in a reduced genome through the loss of a large number of small effect genes.

PLoS ONE, 2014
The smallest genomes of any photosynthetic organisms are found in a group of free-living marine cyanobacteria, Prochlorococcus. To determine the underlying evolutionary mechanisms, we developed a new method to reconstruct the steps leading to the ...
Zhiyi Sun, Jeffrey L Blanchard
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Metagenomic Analysis Reveals Microbial Community Structure and Metabolic Potential for Nitrogen Acquisition in the Oligotrophic Surface Water of the Indian Ocean

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Despite being the world’s third largest ocean, the Indian Ocean is one of the least studied and understood with respect to microbial diversity as well as biogeochemical and ecological functions.
Yayu Wang, Yayu Wang, Shuilin Liao, Shuilin Liao, Yingbao Gai, Yingbao Gai, Guilin Liu, Tao Jin, Huan Liu, Huan Liu, Lone Gram, Mikael Lenz Strube, Guangyi Fan, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Shanshan Liu, Shuheng Gan, Zhangxian Xie, Lingfen Kong, Pengfan Zhang, Xin Liu, Xin Liu, Da-Zhi Wang   +22 more
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In Situ Bacterioplankton Growth Partitioning by High-Resolution Metatranscriptomics. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
Bacterial growth and primary production are key ecological indicators, yet often measured in bulk. Using metatranscriptomics, the authors identify FtsZ expression to track dividing cells (A, B). Phylogenetic placement of transcripts (C–E) enables linking growth activity to specific taxa (E, F), potentially bridging bulk measurements with fine‐scale ...
Ignacio-Espinoza JC, Zou Y, Long A, Hou S, Needham DM, Fuhrman JA.   +5 more
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Heterotroph Interactions Alter Prochlorococcus Transcriptome Dynamics during Extended Periods of Darkness

mSystems, 2018
Microbes evolve within complex ecological communities where biotic interactions impact both individual cells and the environment as a whole. Here we examine how cellular regulation in the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus is influenced by a ...
Steven J. Biller, Allison Coe, Sara E. Roggensack, Sallie W. Chisholm   +3 more
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T4 genes in the marine ecosystem: studies of the T4-like cyanophages and their role in marine ecology [PDF]

, 2010
From genomic sequencing it has become apparent that the marine cyanomyoviruses capable of infecting strains of unicellular cyanobacteria assigned to the genera Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus are not only morphologically similar to T4, but are also ...
N. H. Mann (7607588), Martha RJ Clokie, Nicholas H Mann, Clokie, Martha R. J., Millard, Andrew D., Millard Andrew D, Mann, Nicholas H., Mann Nicholas H, A. D. Millard (7607663), Andrew D Millard, Clokie Martha RJ, Martha R. J. Clokie (6901562)   +11 more
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Prochlorococcus Cells Rely on Microbial Interactions Rather than on Chlorotic Resting Stages To Survive Long-Term Nutrient Starvation

mBio, 2020
Many microorganisms produce resting cells with very low metabolic activity that allow them to survive phases of prolonged nutrient or energy stress. In cyanobacteria and some eukaryotic phytoplankton, the production of resting stages is accompanied by a ...
Dalit Roth-Rosenberg, Dikla Aharonovich, Tal Luzzatto-Knaan, Angela Vogts, Luca Zoccarato, Falk Eigemann, Noam Nago, Hans-Peter Grossart, Maren Voss, Daniel Sher   +9 more
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Diverse Subclade Differentiation Attributed to the Ubiquity of Prochlorococcus High-Light-Adapted Clade II

mBio, 2022
Prochlorococcus is the key primary producer in marine ecosystems, and the high-light-adapted clade II (HLII) is the most abundant ecotype. However, the genomic and ecological basis of Prochlorococcus HLII in the marine environment has remained elusive ...
Wei Yan, Xuejin Feng, Ta-Hui Lin, Xingyu Huang, Le Xie, Shuzhen Wei, Kun Zhou, Yi-Lung Chen, Weicheng Luo, Wenqian Xu, Wei Zhang, Muhammad Zohaib Nawaz, Ya-Wei Luo, Qinglu Zeng, Rui Zhang, Nianzhi Jiao   +15 more
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Seawater carbonate chemistry and growth of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus strains

, 2020
Anthropogenic CO2 emissions are projected to lower the pH of the ocean 0.3 units by 2100. Previous studies suggested that Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus, the numerically dominant phytoplankton in the oceans, have different responses to elevated CO2 ...
Knight, Margaret A, Morris, J Jeffrey
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Linking Light-Dependent Life History Traits with Population Dynamics for Prochlorococcus and Cyanophage

mSystems, 2020
Prochlorococcus cyanobacteria grow in diurnal rhythms driven by diel cycles. Their ecology depends on light, nutrients, and top-down mortality processes, including lysis by viruses.
David Demory, Riyue Liu, Yue Chen, Fangxin Zhao, Ashley R. Coenen, Qinglu Zeng, Joshua S. Weitz   +6 more
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