{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Dufresne A"],"funding":["Natural Environment Research Council"],"pagination":["R90"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC2441476"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9(5)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>The picocyanobacterial genus Synechococcus occurs over wide oceanic expanses, having colonized most available niches in the photic zone. Large scale distribution patterns of the different Synechococcus clades (based on 16S rRNA gene markers) suggest the occurrence of two major lifestyles ('opportunists'/'specialists'), corresponding to two distinct broad habitats ('coastal'/'open ocean'). Yet, the genetic basis of niche partitioning is still poorly understood in this ecologically important group.<h4>Results</h4>Here, we compare the genomes of 11 marine Synechococcus isolates, representing 10 distinct lineages. Phylogenies inferred from the core genome allowed us to refine the taxonomic relationships between clades by revealing a clear dichotomy within the main subcluster"],"journal":["Genome biology"],"pubmed_title":["Unraveling the genomic mosaic of a ubiquitous genus of marine cyanobacteria."],"pmcid":["PMC2441476"],"funding_grant_id":["NE/D003385/1"],"pubmed_authors":["Johnson J","Dossat C","Post AF","Dufresne A","Palenik BP","de Marsac NT","Wincker P","Ferriera S","Ostrowski M","Scanlan DJ","Garczarek L","Mazard S","Partensky F","Paulsen IT","Hess WR"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Unraveling the genomic mosaic of a ubiquitous genus of marine cyanobacteria.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>The picocyanobacterial genus Synechococcus occurs over wide oceanic expanses, having colonized most available niches in the photic zone. Large scale distribution patterns of the different Synechococcus clades (based on 16S rRNA gene markers) suggest the occurrence of two major lifestyles ('opportunists'/'specialists'), corresponding to two distinct broad habitats ('coastal'/'open ocean'). Yet, the genetic basis of niche partitioning is still poorly understood in this ecologically important group.<h4>Results</h4>Here, we compare the genomes of 11 marine Synechococcus isolates, representing 10 distinct lineages. Phylogenies inferred from the core genome allowed us to refine the taxonomic relationships between clades by revealing a clear dichotomy within the main subcluster","dates":{"release":"2008-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2008","modification":"2026-04-18T09:26:28.655Z","creation":"2019-03-27T00:15:37Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC2441476","cross_references":{"pubmed":["18507822"],"doi":["10.1186/gb-2008-9-5-r90"]}}