The minute photosynthetic prokaryote Prochlorococcus, which was discovered about 10
years ago, has proven exceptional from several standpoints. Its tiny size (0.5 to 0.7 μm in …

A microbe's growth rate helps to set its ecological success and its contribution to food web
dynamics and biogeochemical processes. Growth rates at the community level are …

1. Picophytoplankton are planktonic photosynthetic O2‐evolvers that can pass through 2 μm‐
diameter pores; they include prokaryotic (eubacterial) and eukaryotic members and occur in …

Seeps, spills and other oil pollution introduce hydrocarbons into the ocean. Marine
cyanobacteria also produce hydrocarbons from fatty acids, but little is known about the size …

DNA synthesis and cell division of Prochlorococcus are tightly synchronized to the daily light
cycle, therefore, cell division rates can be estimated from the fraction of cells in each cell …

Hydrocarbons are ubiquitous in the ocean, where alkanes such as pentadecane and
heptadecane can be found even in waters minimally polluted with crude oil. Populations of …

Autotrophic picoplankton (APP) are distributed worldwide and are ubiquitous in all types of
lakes of varying trophic state. APP are major players in carbon production in all aquatic …

Growth rates are central to understanding microbial interactions and community dynamics.
Metagenomic growth estimators have been developed, specifically codon usage bias (CUB) …

Studies on the picocyanobacteria, the major non-bloom forming group in lakes, have
increased markedly in the past two decades. These cyanobacteria fall into two major groups …

Dynamics of autotrophic and heterotrophic prokaryotes and their consumption by
nanoflagellates were studied in the euphotic zone at nine stations located from the …