Marine Viruses Exploit Their Host's Two-Component Regulatory System in Response to Resource Limitation

Phosphorus (P) availability, which often limits productivity in marine ecosystems, shapes the P-acquisition gene content of the marine cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus [ [1], [2], [3] and [4]] and its viruses (cyanophages) [ [5] and [6]]. As in other bacteria, in Prochlorococcus these genes are regulat...

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Main Authors: Zeng, Qinglu, Chisholm, Sallie (Penny)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69047