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Oceanic 18S rDNA sequences from picoplankton reveal unsuspected eukaryotic diversity.
Nature - 1 Feb 2001
Moon-van der Staay S Y, De Wachter R, Vaulot D
Abstract excerpt
Picoplankton--cells with a diameter of less than 3 microm--are the dominant contributors to both primary production and biomass in open oceanic regions. However, compared with the prokaryotes, the eukaryotic component of picoplankton is still poorly known. Recent discoveries of new eukaryotic algal taxa based on picoplankton cultures suggest the existence of many undiscovered taxa. Conventional approaches based...
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