High rate of uptake of organic nitrogen compounds by Prochlorococcus cyanobacteria as a key to their dominance in oligotrophic oceanic waters.
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SUBMITTER: Zubkov MV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC143617 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Feb
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High rate of uptake of organic nitrogen compounds by Prochlorococcus cyanobacteria as a key to their dominance in oligotrophic oceanic waters.
Zubkov Mikhail V MV Fuchs Bernhard M BM Tarran Glen A GA Burkill Peter H PH Amann Rudolf R
Applied and environmental microbiology 20030201 2
Direct evidence that marine cyanobacteria take up organic nitrogen compounds in situ at high rates is reported. About 33% of the total bacterioplankton turnover of amino acids, determined with a representative [(35)S]methionine precursor and flow sorting, can be assigned to Prochlorococcus spp. and 3% can be assigned to Synechococcus spp. in the oligotrophic and mesotrophic parts of the Arabian Sea, respectively. This finding may provide a mechanism for Prochlorococcus' competitive dominance ove ...[more]
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