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Dependence of the Cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus on Hydrogen Peroxide Scavenging Microbes for Growth at the Ocean's Surface

The phytoplankton community in the oligotrophic open ocean is numerically dominated by the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus, accounting for approximately half of all photosynthesis. In the illuminated euphotic zone where Prochlorococcus grows, reactive oxygen species are continuously generated via pho...

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Autores principales: Morris, J. Jeffrey, Johnson, Zackary I., Szul, Martin J., Keller, Martin, Zinser, Erik R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3033426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21304826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016805