Globally Important Haptophyte Algae Use Exogenous Pyrimidine Compounds More Efficiently than Thiamin

Globally Important Haptophyte Algae Use Exogenous Pyrimidine Compounds More Efficiently than Thiamin

ABSTRACT Vitamin B1 (thiamin) is a cofactor for critical enzymatic processes and is scarce in surface oceans. Several eukaryotic marine algal species thought to rely on exogenous thiamin are now known to grow equally well on the precursor 4-amino-5-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpyrimidine (HMP), including t...

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Main Authors: Magdalena A. Gutowska, Brateen Shome, Sebastian Sudek, Darcy L. McRose, Maria Hamilton, Stephen J. Giovannoni, Tadhg P. Begley, Alexandra Z. Worden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-11-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
algal evolution
haptophytes
pathway gaps
phytoplankton ecology
thiamin
vitamin biosynthesis
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01459-17

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