Groups without cultured representatives dominate eukaryotic picophytoplankton in the oligotrophic South East Pacific Ocean.

BACKGROUND:Photosynthetic picoeukaryotes (PPE) with a cell size less than 3 microm play a critical role in oceanic primary production. In recent years, the composition of marine picoeukaryote communities has been intensively investigated by molecular approaches, but their photosynthetic fraction rem...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Xiao Li Shi, Dominique Marie, Ludwig Jardillier, David J Scanlan, Daniel Vaulot
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2764088?pdf=render