@article {Simmons2016,
	title = {Abundance and biogeography of picoprasinophyte ecotypes and other phytoplankton in the eastern north pacific ocean},
	journal = {Applied and Environmental Microbiology},
	volume = {82},
	number = {6},
	year = {2016},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2016,rcc},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {1693{\textendash}1705},
	abstract = {Eukaryotic algae within the picoplankton size class (<=2 ??m in diameter) are important marine primary producers, but their spatial and ecological distributions are not well characterized. Here, we studied three picoeukaryotic prasinophyte genera and their cyanobacterial counterparts, Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus , during two cruises along a North Pacific transect characterized by different ecological regimes. Picoeukaryotes and Synechococcus reached maximum abundances of 1.44 {\texttimes} 10 5 and 3.37 {\texttimes} 10 5 cells ? ml -1 , respectively, in mesotrophic waters, while Prochlorococcus reached 1.95 {\texttimes} 10 5 cells ? ml -1 in the oligotrophic ocean. Of the picoeukaryotes, Bathycoccus was present at all stations in both cruises, reaching 21,368 {\textpm} 327 18S rRNA gene copies ? ml -1 . Micromonas and Ostreococcus clade OI were detected only in mesotrophic and coastal waters and Ostreococcus clade OII only in the oligotrophic ocean. To resolve proposed Bathycoccus ecotypes, we established genetic distances for 1,104 marker genes using targeted metagenomes and the Bathycoccus prasinos genome. The analysis was anchored in comparative genome analysis of three Ostreococcus species for which physiological and environmental data are available to facilitate data interpretation. We established that two Bathycoccus ecotypes exist, named here BI (represented by coastal isolate Bathycoccus prasinos ) and BII. These share 82\% {\textpm} 6\% nucleotide identity across homologs, while the Ostreococcus spp. share 75\% {\textpm} 8\%. We developed and applied an analysis of ecomarkers to metatranscriptomes sequenced here and published -omics data from the same region. The results indicated that the Bathycoccus ecotypes cooccur more often than Ostreococcus clades OI and OII do. Exploratory analyses of relative transcript abundances suggest that Bathycoccus NRT2.1 and AMT2.2 are high-affinity NO 3 - and low-affinity NH 4 + transporters, respectively, with close homologs in multiple picoprasinophytes. Additionally, in the open ocean, where dissolved iron concentrations were low (0.08 nM), there appeared to be a shift to the use of nickel superoxide dismutases (SODs) from Mn/Fe/Cu SODs closer inshore. Our study documents the distribution of picophytoplankton along a North Pacific ecological gradient and offers new concepts and techniques for investigating their biogeography.},
	keywords = {2016, rcc},
	issn = {0099-2240},
	doi = {10.1128/AEM.02730-15},
	url = {http://aem.asm.org/lookup/doi/10.1128/AEM.02730-15},
	author = {Simmons, Melinda P. and Sudek, Sebastian and Monier, Adam and Limardo, Alexander J. and Jimenez, Valeria and Perle, Christopher R. and Elrod, Virginia A. and Pennington, J. Timothy and Worden, Alexandra Z.},
	editor = {Schloss, P. D.}
}
@article {Monier2013,
	title = {Gene invasion in distant eukaryotic lineages: discovery of mutually exclusive genetic elements reveals marine biodiversity},
	journal = {The ISME journal},
	volume = {7},
	year = {2013},
	note = {Publisher: International Society for Microbial Ecology tex.mendeley-tags: Micromonas,RCC,rcc},
	pages = {1764{\textendash}1774},
	keywords = {horizontal transfer, inteins, invasive elements, metagenomics, Micromonas, polymorphic introns, rcc, viridiplantae},
	doi = {10.1038/ismej.2013.70},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2013.70 10.1038/ismej.2013.70},
	author = {Monier, Adam and Sudek, Sebastian and Fast, Naomi M and Worden, Alexandra Z}
}
@article {Monier2012,
	title = {Phosphate transporters in marine phytoplankton and their viruses: cross-domain commonalities in viral-host gene exchanges},
	journal = {Environmental Microbiology},
	volume = {14},
	number = {1},
	year = {2012},
	note = {Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd tex.mendeley-tags: Micromonas,RCC,rcc},
	pages = {162{\textendash}176},
	abstract = {Phosphate (PO4) is an important limiting nutrient in marine environments. Marine cyanobacteria scavenge PO4 using the high-affinity periplasmic phosphate binding protein PstS. The pstS gene has recently been identified in genomes of cyanobacterial viruses as well. Here, we analyse genes encoding transporters in genomes from viruses that infect eukaryotic phytoplankton. We identified inorganic PO4 transporter-encoding genes from the PHO4 superfamily in several virus genomes, along with other transporter-encoding genes. Homologues of the viral pho4 genes were also identified in genome sequences from the genera that these viruses infect. Genome sequences were available from host genera of all the phytoplankton viruses analysed except the host genus Bathycoccus. Pho4 was recovered from Bathycoccus by sequencing a targeted metagenome from an uncultured Atlantic Ocean population. Phylogenetic reconstruction showed that pho4 genes from pelagophytes, haptophytes and infecting viruses were more closely related to homologues in prasinophytes than to those in what, at the species level, are considered to be closer relatives (e.g. diatoms). We also identified PHO4 superfamily members in ocean metagenomes, including new metagenomes from the Pacific Ocean. The environmental sequences grouped with pelagophytes, haptophytes, prasinophytes and viruses as well as bacteria. The analyses suggest that multiple independent pho4 gene transfer events have occurred between marine viruses and both eukaryotic and bacterial hosts. Additionally, pho4 genes were identified in available genomes from viruses that infect marine eukaryotes but not those that infect terrestrial hosts. Commonalities in marine host-virus gene exchanges indicate that manipulation of host-PO4 uptake is an important adaptation for viral proliferation in marine systems. Our findings suggest that PO4-availability may not serve as a simple bottom-up control of marine phytoplankton.},
	keywords = {Micromonas, rcc},
	doi = {10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02576.x},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02576.x},
	author = {Monier, Adam and Welsh, Rory M and Gentemann, Chelle and Weinstock, George and Sodergren, Erica and Armbrust, E Virginia and Eisen, Jonathan A and Worden, Alexandra Z}
}
