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Diversity and Evolutionary History of Iron Metabolism Genes in Diatoms.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Groussman Ryan D, Parker Micaela S, Armbrust E Virginia
Abstract excerpt
Ferroproteins arose early in Earth's history, prior to the emergence of oxygenic photosynthesis and the subsequent reduction of bioavailable iron. Today, iron availability limits primary productivity in about 30% of the world's oceans. Diatoms, responsible for nearly half of oceanic primary production, have evolved molecular strategies for coping with variable iron concentrations. Our understanding of the...
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