Distinct, ecotype-specific genome and proteome signatures in the marine cyanobacteria <it>Prochlorococcus</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The marine cyanobacterium <it>Prochlorococcus marinus</it>, having multiple ecotypes of distinct genotypic/phenotypic traits and being the first documented example of genome shrinkage in free-living organisms, offers an i...

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Main Authors: Bag Sumit K, Dutta Anirban, Paul Sandip, Das Sabyasachi, Dutta Chitra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-02-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/103