Patterns and Implications of Gene Gain and Loss in the Evolution of Prochlorococcus

Prochlorococcus is a marine cyanobacterium that numerically dominates the mid-latitude oceans and is the smallest known oxygenic phototroph. Numerous isolates from diverse areas of the world's oceans have been studied and shown to be physiologically and genetically distinct. All isolates descr...

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Main Authors: Kettler, Gregory C, Martiny, Adam C, Huang, Katherine, Zucker, Jeremy, Coleman, Maureen L, Rodrigue, Sebastien, Chen, Feng, Lapidus, Alla, Ferriera, Steven, Johnson, Justin, Steglich, Claudia, Church, George M, Richardson, Paul, Chisholm, Sallie W
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2007
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2151091/