Analysis of the global ocean sampling (GOS) project for trends in iron uptake by surface ocean microbes.

Microbial metagenomes are DNA samples of the most abundant, and therefore most successful organisms at the sampling time and location for a given cell size range. The study of microbial communities via their DNA content has revolutionized our understanding of microbial ecology and evolution. Iron av...

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Main Authors: Eve Toulza, Alessandro Tagliabue, Stéphane Blain, Gwenael Piganeau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3281889?pdf=render