Diverse Subclade Differentiation Attributed to the Ubiquity of Prochlorococcus High-Light-Adapted Clade II
Author(s) -
Wei Yan,
Xuejin Feng,
Ta-Hui Lin,
Xingyu Huang,
Le Xie,
Shuzhen Wei,
Kun Zhou,
YiLung Chen,
Weicheng Luo,
Wenqian Xu,
Wei Zhang,
Muhammad Zohaib Nawaz,
YaWei Luo,
Qinglu Zeng,
Rui Zhang,
Nianzhi Jiao
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
mbio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.562
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 2161-2129
pISSN - 2150-7511
DOI - 10.1128/mbio.03027-21
Subject(s) - subclade , ecotype , prochlorococcus , clade , biology , ecology , dominance (genetics) , phylogenetics , synechococcus , gene , genetics , cyanobacteria , bacteria
Prochlorococcus is the most abundant oxygenic photosynthetic microorganism on Earth, and high-light-adapted clade II (HLII) is the dominant ecotype. However, the factors behind the dominance of HLII in the vast oligotrophic oceans are still unknown.
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