Chromatic Adaptation in Marine Synechococcus Strains
Open Access
- 1 February 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 67 (2) , 991-994
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.67.2.991-994.2001
Abstract
Characterization of two genetically distinct groups of marine Synechococcus sp. strains shows that one, but not the other, increases its phycourobilin/phycoerythrobilin chromophore ratio when growing in blue light. This ability of at least some marine Synechococcus strains to chromatically adapt may help explain their greater abundance in particular ocean environments than cyanobacteria of the genus Prochlorococcus .Keywords
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