A novel clade of Prochlorococcus found in high nutrient low chlorophyll waters in the South and Equatorial Pacific Ocean

• Published in: The ISME Journal Vol. 5; no. 6; pp. 933 - 944
• Main Authors: West, Nyree J, Lebaron, Philippe, Strutton, Pete G, Suzuki, Marcelino T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.06.2011; Oxford University Press; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/158/2446/2447; 631/158/852; 631/181/757; Ammonium; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Chlorophyll; Chlorophyll - analysis; Correlation analysis; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - genetics; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Inorganic Chemicals - analysis; Life Sciences; Microbial Ecology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; Nutrients; Original; original-article; Pacific Ocean; Phylogeny; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Prochlorococcus; Prochlorococcus - classification; Prochlorococcus - genetics; Prochlorococcus - isolation & purification; Prochlorococcus - physiology; RNA, Bacterial - genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Seawater - chemistry; Seawater - microbiology; Pacific Ocean; IS, South Pacific; IS, Equatorial Pacific; 16S rRNA; ITS; qPCR; HNLC; Equatorial Pacific

A novel high-light (HL)-adapted Prochlorococcus clade was discovered in high nutrient and low chlorophyll (HNLC) waters in the South Pacific Ocean by phylogenetic analyses of 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and 16S–23S internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences. This clade, named HNLC fell within the HL-a...