| Range |
Prochlorococcus 2.9±0.1×10^27 Synechococcus 7.0±0.3×10^26 cells
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| Organism |
Cyanobacteria |
| Reference |
Flombaum P et al., Present and future global distributions of the marine Cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jun 11 110(24):9824-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1307701110. Abstract, p.9826 left column top paragraph & p.9827 right column 3rd paragraphPubMed ID23703908
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| Method |
Abstract:"Here, [investigators] present quantitative niche models for these lineages that assess present and future global abundances and distributions." |
| Comments |
Abstract:"The models estimate global biogeographic patterns and seasonal variability of cell abundance, with maxima in the warm oligotrophic gyres of the Indian and the western Pacific Oceans and minima at higher latitudes. The annual mean global abundances of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus are 2.9 ± 0.1 × 10(27) and 7.0 ± 0.3 × 10(26) cells, respectively." P.9826 left column top paragraph:"The global mean annual abundance for Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus was 2.9±0.1×10^27 and 7.0±0.3×10^26 cells, respectively. The highest/lowest global mean monthly abundance was April/August (3.0/2.7 × 10^27 cells) for Prochlorococcus and March/July (7.5/6.4 × 10^26 cells) for Synechococcus." P.9827 right column 3rd paragraph:"[Investigators] find mean annual averages of 2.9 × 10^27 and 7.0 × 10^26 cells for Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus, respectively, which are in good agreement with the near surface estimate of 2.9 × 10^27 cells of total prokaryotic autotrophs (ref 22)." |
| Entered by |
Avigail |
| ID |
112100 |