… Synechococcus has developed efficient ways to cope with light and UV stress, Prochlorococcus
… by launching a minimal set of protection mechanisms and by temporarily bringing down …

… understanding the mechanisms and tempo of genome evolution, … diversification and adaptation
in Prochlorococcus, we … genomes for Prochlorococcus and marine Synechococcus, our …

… of Prochlorococcus over Synechococcus in oligotrophic oceans. … This means that
Prochlorococcus has to cope with the … the main forces driving the evolution of Prochlorococcus …

… of the Synechococcus genus compared to Prochlorococcus (… result, most cyanobacteria
have evolved an efficient carbon-… are the contrasting mechanisms and physiological properties …

… have different functions, possibly linked to adaptation to their … marine Synechococcus—with
which Prochlorococcus share … in the carbon concentration mechanism, namely, homologs of …

… Prochlorococcus therefore probably evolved a number of adaptive mechanisms to cope with
… photoautotrophic lineages including Synechococcus, green and red algae, which evolved …

… Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus, quantitative niche models have not been developed.
… In this way, niche models do not address mechanisms such as predation or biotic …

… If we assume a similar molecular mechanism for both … excretion rate) have increased over
the course of the evolution [9]… ideas regarding the adaptive strategies of Prochlorococcus to …

… ethers through an unknown mechanism, with the best-studied … the need of microorganisms
to deal with excess arsenate (27). … WH8102 and none in some Prochlorococcus strains. Gene …

… Among the Synechococcus SC 5.1 and Prochlorococcus … be related to Synechococcus
adaptation to specific niches, we … explore the adaptive strategies of these clades to cope with low …