Co-culture and biogeography of Prochlorococcus and SAR11

Prochlorococcus and SAR11 are among the smallest and most abundant organisms on Earth. With a combined global population of about 2.7 × 1028 cells, they numerically dominate bacterioplankton communities in oligotrophic ocean gyres and yet they have never been grown together in vitro. Here we describ...

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Main Authors: Becker, Jamie William, Hogle, Shane Lahman, Rosendo, Kali M, Chisholm, Sallie (Penny)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125545