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Unlocking the genomic taxonomy of the Prochlorococcus collective
Tschoeke, D.; Salazar, V.W.; Vidal, L.; Campeão, M.; Swings, J.; Thompson, F.; Thompson, C. (2020). Unlocking the genomic taxonomy of the Prochlorococcus collective. Microb. Ecol. 80(3): 546-558. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s00248-020-01526-5
In: Microbial Ecology. Springer: New York,. ISSN 0095-3628; e-ISSN 1432-184X, more
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Keywords
    Prochlorococcus S.W.Chisholm, S.L.Frankel, R.Goericke, R.J.Olson, B.Palenik, J.B.Waterbury, L.West-Johnsrud & E.R.Zettler, 1992 [WoRMS]
    Brackish water
Author keywords
    Prochlorococcus collective; Eco-genomics; Genomic taxonomy; Evolution

Authors  Top 
  • Tschoeke, D.
  • Salazar, V.W.
  • Vidal, L.
  • Campeão, M.
  • Swings, J., more
  • Thompson, F.
  • Thompson, C.

Abstract
    Prochlorococcus is the most abundant photosynthetic prokaryote on our planet. The extensive ecological literature on the Prochlorococcus collective (PC) is based on the assumption that it comprises one single genus comprising the species Prochlorococcus marinus, containing itself a collective of ecotypes. Ecologists adopt the distributed genome hypothesis of an open pan-genome to explain the observed genomic diversity and evolution patterns of the ecotypes within PC. Novel genomic data for the PC prompted us to revisit this group, applying the current methods used in genomic taxonomy. As a result, we were able to distinguish the five genera: Prochlorococcus, Eurycolium, Prolificoccus, Thaumococcus, and Riococcus. The novel genera have distinct genomic and ecological attributes.

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