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Molecular diversity among marine picophytoplankton as revealed by psbA analyses.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2003
Zeidner Gil, Preston Christina M, Delong Edward F, Massana Ramon, Post Anton F, Scanlan David J, Béjà Oded
Abstract excerpt
Photosynthetic microorganisms play a crucial role in the marine environment. In vast areas of the oceans, marine primary productivity is performed by cells smaller than 2-3 micro m (picoplankton). Here, we report on molecular analyses of the conserved photosynthetic psbA gene (coding for protein D1 of photosystem II reaction centre) as a diversity indicator of naturally occurring marine oxygenic...
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