Ecological genomics of marine picocyanobacteria

DJ Scanlan, M Ostrowski, S Mazard… - Microbiology and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Marine picocyanobacteria of the genera Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus numerically
dominate the picophytoplankton of the world ocean, making a key contribution to global …

[HTML][HTML] Ultraviolet radiation and cyanobacteria

RP Rastogi, RP Sinha, SH Moh, TK Lee… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria are the dominant photosynthetic prokaryotes from an ecological, economical,
or evolutionary perspective, and depend on solar energy to conduct their normal life …

Prochlorococcus: Advantages and Limits of Minimalism

F Partensky, L Garczarek - Annual review of marine science, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Prochlorococcus is the key phytoplanktonic organism of tropical gyres, large ocean regions
that are depleted of the essential macronutrients needed for photosynthesis and cell growth …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies for psbA gene expression in cyanobacteria, green algae and higher plants: from transcription to PSII repair

P Mulo, I Sakurai, EM Aro - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2012 - Elsevier
The Photosystem (PS) II of cyanobacteria, green algae and higher plants is prone to light-
induced inactivation, the D1 protein being the primary target of such damage. As a …

Cyanorak v2. 1: a scalable information system dedicated to the visualization and expert curation of marine and brackish picocyanobacteria genomes

L Garczarek, U Guyet, H Doré, GK Farrant… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Cyanorak v2. 1 (http://www. sb-roscoff. fr/cyanorak) is an information system
dedicated to visualizing, comparing and curating the genomes of Prochlorococcus …

Cyanobacterial psbA gene family: optimization of oxygenic photosynthesis

P Mulo, C Sicora, EM Aro - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2009 - Springer
The D1 protein of Photosystem II (PSII), encoded by the psbA genes, is an indispensable
component of oxygenic photosynthesis. Due to strongly oxidative chemistry of PSII water …

Viruses inhibit CO2 fixation in the most abundant phototrophs on Earth

RJ Puxty, AD Millard, DJ Evans, DJ Scanlan - Current biology, 2016 - cell.com
Marine picocyanobacteria of the genera Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus are the most
numerous photosynthetic organisms on our planet [1, 2]. With a global population size of …

Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus have Evolved Different Adaptive Mechanisms to Cope with Light and UV Stress

D Mella-Flores, C Six, M Ratin, F Partensky… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus, which numerically dominate vast oceanic areas, are
the two most abundant oxygenic phototrophs on Earth. Although they require solar energy …

Energy limitation of cyanophage development: implications for marine carbon cycling

RJ Puxty, DJ Evans, AD Millard, DJ Scanlan - The ISME Journal, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Marine cyanobacteria are responsible for~ 25% of the fixed carbon that enters the ocean
biosphere. It is thought that abundant co-occurring viruses play an important role in …

Self-regulating genomic island encoding tandem regulators confers chromatic acclimation to marine Synechococcus

JE Sanfilippo, AA Nguyen, JA Karty… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The evolutionary success of marine Synechococcus, the second-most abundant
phototrophic group in the marine environment, is partly attributable to this group's ability to …