Global perspectives on the molecular ecology of photosynthetic picoeukaryotes

Kirkham, Amy R.

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Photosynthetic picoeukaryotes (PPEs) are single celled algae of <3μm diameter, present in both marine and freshwater environments. Marine PPEs have begun to gain increasing recognition as important, ubiquitous primary producers, after largely being overlooked in favour of the more numerous picocyanobacteria for many years. Molecular studies have shown the group to be extremely diverse. However, most molecular studies have used PCR with general primers targeting the nuclear 18S rRNA gene to construct clone libraries and have been dominated by heterotrophic picoeukaryotes. To overcome this problem, more recent molecular studies have targeted the 16S rRNA gene of marine algal plastids, an approach which essentially excludes heterotrop...

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Global perspectives on the molecular ecology of photosynthetic picoeukaryotes

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Global perspectives on the molecular ecology of photosynthetic picoeukaryotes

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