Production and cross-feeding of nitrite within Prochlorococcus populations

Production and cross-feeding of nitrite within Prochlorococcus populations

ABSTRACT Prochlorococcus is an abundant photosynthetic bacterium in the open ocean, where nitrogen (N) often limits phytoplankton growth. In the low-light-adapted LLI clade of Prochlorococcus, nearly all cells can assimilate nitrite (NO2−), with a subset capable of assimilating nitrate (NO3−). LLI c...

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Main Authors: Paul M. Berube, Tyler J. O'Keefe, Anna Rasmussen, Trent LeMaster, Sallie W. Chisholm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-08-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
Prochlorococcus
Synechococcus
primary nitrite maximum
nitrogen cycle
cross-feeding
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01236-23

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