Cyanobacterial symbionts diverged in the late Cretaceous towards lineage-specific nitrogen fixation factories in single-celled phytoplankton

Cyanobacterial symbionts diverged in the late Cretaceous towards lineage-specific nitrogen fixation factories in single-celled phytoplankton

Nitrogen fixation in oceans is facilitated by associations between marine phytoplankton and cyanobacteria such as UCYN-A. Here, Cornejo-Castillo et al. show that UCYN-A diversified in the late Cretaceous under strong purifying selection to become lineage-specific symbiont partners with different pry...

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Auteurs principaux: Francisco M. Cornejo-Castillo, Ana M. Cabello, Guillem Salazar, Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo, Gipsi Lima-Mendez, Pascal Hingamp, Adriana Alberti, Shinichi Sunagawa, Peer Bork, Colomban de Vargas, Jeroen Raes, Chris Bowler, Patrick Wincker, Jonathan P. Zehr, Josep M. Gasol, Ramon Massana, Silvia G. Acinas
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Publié: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/ce6b095b04644905a4159bcc385364cf
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Résumé:Nitrogen fixation in oceans is facilitated by associations between marine phytoplankton and cyanobacteria such as UCYN-A. Here, Cornejo-Castillo et al. show that UCYN-A diversified in the late Cretaceous under strong purifying selection to become lineage-specific symbiont partners with different prymnesiophytes.

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