Genome Sequence of a Heterocystous Diazotroph Isolated from a Trichodesmium Consortium from the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9872640 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan
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Genome Sequence of a Heterocystous Diazotroph Isolated from a <i>Trichodesmium</i> Consortium from the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre.
Lei Samantha S Graham Elaina D ED Heidelberg John F JF Webb Eric A EA
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Diazotrophic cyanobacteria play a vital role in the nitrogen influx of the global marine ecosystem. In July 2010, colonies of <i>Trichodesmium</i> spp. were picked near Station ALOHA in the oligotrophic North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, and a novel heterocystous diazotroph (strain HetDA_MAG_MS3) belonging to the genus <i>Rivularia</i> was found living in close association; it was cultured and sequenced. ...[more]
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