Metagenomic Analysis of the Indian Ocean Picocyanobacterial Community: Structure, Potential Function and Evolution

Unicellular cyanobacteria are ubiquitous photoautotrophic microbes that contribute substantially to global primary production. Picocyanobacteria such as Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus depend on chlorophyll a-binding protein complexes to capture light energy. In addition, Synechococcus has accesso...

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Main Authors: Díez, Beatriz, Nylander, Johan A. A., Ininbergs, Karolina, Dupont, Christopher L., Allen, Andrew E., Yooseph, Shibu, Rusch, Douglas B., Bergman, Birgitta
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4890579/