Whether a small cell, a small genome or a minimal set of chemical reactions with self-
replicating properties, simplicity is beguiling. As Leonardo da Vinci reportedly said,'simplicity …

The marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus is the smallest and most abundant
photosynthetic organism on Earth. In this Review, we summarize our understanding of the …

Pangenomes offer detailed characterizations of core and accessory genes found in a set of
closely related microbial genomes, generally by clustering genes based on sequence …

Despite the impressive advances that have been made in assessing the diversity of marine
microorganisms, the mechanisms that underlie the participation of microorganisms in marine …

The world's oceans contain a complex mixture of micro-organisms that are for the most part,
uncharacterized both genetically and biochemically. We report here a metagenomic study of …

Microbes have central roles in ocean food webs and global biogeochemical processes, yet
specific ecological relationships among these taxa are largely unknown. This is in part due …

Captive breeding is used to supplement populations of many species that are declining in
the wild. The suitability of and long-term species survival from such programs remain largely …

Marine picocyanobacteria of the genera Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus numerically
dominate the picophytoplankton of the world ocean, making a key contribution to global …

The marine unicellular cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus is the smallest-known oxygen-
evolving autotroph. It numerically dominates the phytoplankton in the tropical and …

Prochlorococcus is the numerically dominant phytoplankter in the oligotrophic oceans,
accounting for up to half of the photosynthetic biomass and production in some regions …