Ecological genomics of marine picocyanobacteria

DJ Scanlan, M Ostrowski, S Mazard… - Microbiology and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Marine picocyanobacteria of the genera Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus numerically
dominate the picophytoplankton of the world ocean, making a key contribution to global …

Environmental control of open‐ocean phytoplankton groups: Now and in the future

PW Boyd, R Strzepek, F Fu… - Limnology and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change will alter concurrently many environmental factors that exert control over
oceanic phytoplankton. Recent laboratory culture work, shipboard experiments, and field …

The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Northwest Atlantic through Eastern Tropical Pacific

DB Rusch, AL Halpern, G Sutton, KB Heidelberg… - PLoS …, 2007 - journals.plos.org
The world's oceans contain a complex mixture of micro-organisms that are for the most part,
uncharacterized both genetically and biochemically. We report here a metagenomic study of …

Global picophytoplankton niche partitioning predicts overall positive response to ocean warming

P Flombaum, WL Wang, FW Primeau, AC Martiny - Nature Geoscience, 2020 - nature.com
Ocean phytoplankton biomass is predicted to decline in Earth system models, due in large
part to an expansion of nutrient-deplete ocean regions. However, the representation of …

Global phylogeography of marine Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus reveals a distinct partitioning of lineages among oceanic biomes

K Zwirglmaier, L Jardillier, M Ostrowski… - Environmental …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Marine cyanobacteria of the genera Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus are important
contributors to global primary production occupying a key position at the base of marine food …

Genomic analysis of oceanic cyanobacterial myoviruses compared with T4‐like myoviruses from diverse hosts and environments

MB Sullivan, KH Huang… - Environmental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
T4‐like myoviruses are ubiquitous, and their genes are among the most abundant
documented in ocean systems. Here we compare 26 T4‐like genomes, including 10 from …

Delineating ecologically significant taxonomic units from global patterns of marine picocyanobacteria

GK Farrant, H Doré… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus are the two most abundant and widespread
phytoplankton in the global ocean. To better understand the factors controlling their …

Sulfolipids dramatically decrease phosphorus demand by picocyanobacteria in oligotrophic marine environments

BAS Van Mooy, G Rocap… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
There is growing evidence that dissolved phosphorus can regulate planktonic production in
the oceans' subtropical gyres, yet there is little quantitative information about the …

Microbes and the marine phosphorus cycle

SNT DyhrMaN, JW Ammerman, BAS Van Mooy - Oceanography, 2007 - JSTOR
Phosphorus (P) is fundamental to life, and years of study in marine systems have built a
broad understanding of the marine P cycle. Various aspects of marine P biogeochemistry …

Wnt gradient formation requires retromer function in Wnt-producing cells

DYM Coudreuse, G Roël, MC Betist, O Destree… - Science, 2006 - science.org
Wnt proteins function as morphogens that can form long-range concentration gradients to
pattern developing tissues. Here, we show that the retromer, a multiprotein complex involved …