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I stayed on board, however, got accustomed to the leisurely roll and pitch of Winchester's prose, and eventually reached an Atlantic creature without any economic role: Prochlorococcus, a floating cynobacterium so tiny that it was not discovered until 1986, when it was realised that this was the most numerous species on the planet.
Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester – review Kevin Rushby 2010
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As these cells are small (about a micrometer across) the most likely consumers of Synechococcus or Prochlorococcus are flagellate and ciliate protists.
Marine microbes 2009
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Among the prokaryotes, the most abundant and important primary producers are species of the genera Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus.
Marine microbes 2009
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In the oceans cyanobacteria are the main primary producers: species from the genera Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus, about 1-2 μm in diameter, are responsible for about two thirds of oceanic primary production, i.e., one third of the total primary production of organic material on Earth.
Marine biodiversity 2007
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The marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus marinus, having multiple ecotypes of distinct genotypic/phenotypic traits and being the first documented example of genome shrinkage in free-living organisms, offers an ideal system for studying niche-driven molecular micro-diversity in closely related microbes.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Sandip Paul 2010
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Strains of different Prochlorococcus groups are characterized by distinct compositional, physicochemical and structural traits that are not mere remnants of a continuous genetic drift, but are potential outcomes of a grand scheme of niche-oriented stepwise diversification, that might have driven them chronologically towards greater stability/fidelity and invoked upon them a special ability to inhabit diverse oceanic environments.
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Until now they have been thought to dominate carbon fixation in the open ocean, with species belonging to the genera Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus being particularly abundant.
Global Warming RSS Newsfeed Physorg: none given 2010
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The marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus marinus, having multiple ecotypes of distinct genotypic/phenotypic traits and being the first documented example of genome shrinkage in free-living organisms, offers an ideal system for studying niche-driven molecular micro-diversity in closely related microbes.
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Until now they have been thought to dominate carbon fixation in the open ocean, with species belonging to the genera Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus being particularly abundant.
Global Warming RSS Newsfeed Physorg: none given 2010
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Strains of different Prochlorococcus groups are characterized by distinct compositional, physicochemical and structural traits that are not mere remnants of a continuous genetic drift, but are potential outcomes of a grand scheme of niche-oriented stepwise diversification, that might have driven them chronologically towards greater stability/fidelity and invoked upon them a special ability to inhabit diverse oceanic environments.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Sandip Paul 2010
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