Microorganisms are physiologically diverse, possessing disparate genomic features and
mechanisms for adaptation (functional traits), which reflect on their associated life strategies …

With rapidly improving sequencing technologies, scientists have recently gained the ability
to examine diverse microbial communities at high genomic resolution, revealing that both …

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 …

Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus are the two most abundant and widespread
phytoplankton in the global ocean. To better understand the factors controlling their …

Marine microbes exhibit seasonal cycles in community composition, yet the key drivers of
these patterns and microbial population fidelity to specific environmental conditions remain …

The photosynthetic picocyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus are models for
dissecting how ecological niches are defined by environmental conditions, but how …

Marine picocyanobacteria of the genera Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus are the most
abundant photosynthetic organisms on Earth, an ecological success thought to be linked to …

Nitrogen (N) is a limiting nutrient in vast regions of the world's oceans, yet the sources of N
available to various phytoplankton groups remain poorly understood. In this study, we …

Phylogenetic trees are an important analytical tool for evaluating community diversity and
evolutionary history. In the case of microorganisms, the decreasing cost of sequencing has …

The emergence of cyanobacterial species (speciation) is driven by mutation, selection, gene
flow, and geographical and ecological isolation. Population genomics explores the process …