Diverse and Unique Picocyanobacteria in Chesapeake Bay, Revealed by 16S-23S rRNA Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequences

rRNA internal transcribed spacer phylogeny showed that Chesapeake Bay is populated with diverse Synechococcus strains, including members of the poorly studied marine cluster B. Marine cluster B prevailed in the upper bay, while marine cluster A was common in the lower bay. Interestingly, marine clus...

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Published inApplied and Environmental Microbiology Vol. 72; no. 3; pp. 2239 - 2243
Main Authors Chen, Feng, Wang, Kui, Kan, Jinjun, Suzuki, Marcelino T, Wommack, K. Eric
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.03.2006
Subjects
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Bacteria
Biological and medical sciences
Brackish
Cyanobacteria - classification
Cyanobacteria - genetics
Cyanobacteria - isolation & purification
DNA, Bacterial - analysis
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - analysis
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genetic diversity
Marine ecology
Maryland
Microbial Ecology
Microbiology
Molecular Sequence Data
Phytoplankton - microbiology
Ribonucleic acid
RNA
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics
RNA, Ribosomal, 23S - genetics
Seawater - microbiology
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Synechococcus
Synechococcus - classification
Synechococcus - genetics
Synechococcus - isolation & purification
Various environments (extraatmospheric space, air, water)
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
USA, Chesapeake Bay
ANW, USA, Chesapeake Bay
Ribosomal RNA
Cyanobacteria
16S-RNA
Bacteria
Spacer DNA
Phylogeny
23S-RNA
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Summary:rRNA internal transcribed spacer phylogeny showed that Chesapeake Bay is populated with diverse Synechococcus strains, including members of the poorly studied marine cluster B. Marine cluster B prevailed in the upper bay, while marine cluster A was common in the lower bay. Interestingly, marine cluster B Synechococcus included phycocyanin- and phycoerythrin-rich strains.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 701 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202. Phone: (410) 234-8866. Fax: (410) 234-8898. E-mail: chenf@umbi.umd.edu.
These authors made equal contributions as first author.
ISSN:0099-2240
1098-5336
DOI:10.1128/aem.72.3.2239-2243.2006