Unlocking the Genomic Taxonomy of the Prochlorococcus Collective
| Autor: | Fabiano L. Thompson, Mariana E. Campeão, Vinícius W. Salazar, Cristiane C. Thompson, Diogo A. Tschoeke, Jean Swings, Livia Vidal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
Ecology biology Ecotype 030106 microbiology Soil Science Prokaryote Genomics biology.organism_classification Genome 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Prochlorococcus marinus Microbial ecology Genus Evolutionary biology Taxonomy (biology) Prochlorococcus Life History Traits Genome Bacterial Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Microbial Ecology. 80:546-558 |
| ISSN: | 1432-184X 0095-3628 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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