@article {Pittera2014,
	title = {Connecting thermal physiology and latitudinal niche partitioning in marine Synechococcus},
	journal = {The ISME journal},
	volume = {8},
	number = {6},
	year = {2014},
	note = {Publisher: International Society for Microbial Ecology tex.mendeley-tags: 2014,macumba,microb3,rcc,sbr?hyto?app},
	pages = {1221{\textendash}1236},
	abstract = {Marine Synechococcus cyanobacteria constitute a monophyletic group that displays a wide latitudinal distribution, ranging from the equator to the polar fronts. Whether these organisms are all physiologically adapted to stand a large temperature gradient or stenotherms with narrow growth temperature ranges has so far remained unexplored. We submitted a panel of six strains, isolated along a gradient of latitude in the North Atlantic Ocean, to long- and short-term variations of temperature. Upon a downward shift of temperature, the strains showed strikingly distinct resistance, seemingly related to their latitude of isolation, with tropical strains collapsing while northern strains were capable of growing. This behaviour was associated to differential photosynthetic performances. In the tropical strains, the rapid photosystem II inactivation and the decrease of the antioxydant [beta]-carotene relative to chl a suggested a strong induction of oxidative stress. These different responses were related to the thermal preferenda of the strains. The northern strains could grow at 10[thinsp][deg]C while the other strains preferred higher temperatures. In addition, we pointed out a correspondence between strain isolation temperature and phylogeny. In particular, clades I and IV laboratory strains were all collected in the coldest waters of the distribution area of marine Synechococus. We, however, show that clade I Synechococcus exhibit different levels of adaptation, which apparently reflect their location on the latitudinal temperature gradient. This study reveals the existence of lineages of marine Synechococcus physiologically specialised in different thermal niches, therefore suggesting the existence of temperature ecotypes within the marine Synechococcus radiation.},
	keywords = {2014, adaptation, ecotype, MACUMBA, marine cyanobacteria, MicroB3, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmP$PM, sbr?hyto?app, Synechococcus, temperature},
	doi = {10.1038/ismej.2013.228},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2013.228 10.1038/ismej.2013.228},
	author = {Pittera, Justine and Humily, Florian and Thorel, Maxine and Grulois, Daphne and Garczarek, Laurence and Six, Christophe}
}
@article {Jancek2008,
	title = {Clues about the genetic basis of adaptation emerge from comparing the proteomes of two Ostreococcus ecotypes (Chlorophyta, Prasinophyceae)},
	journal = {Molecular Biology and Evolution},
	volume = {25},
	number = {11},
	year = {2008},
	note = {Edition: 2008/08/06 ISBN: 1537-1719 (Electronic) 0737-4038 (Linking) tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc},
	pages = {2293{\textendash}2300},
	abstract = {We compared the proteomes of two picoplanktonic Ostreococcus unicellular green algal ecotypes to analyze the genetic basis of their adaptation with their ecological niches. We first investigated the function of the species-specific genes using Gene Ontology databases and similarity searches. Although most species-specific genes had no known function, we identified several species-specific functions involved in various cellular processes, which could be critical for environmental adaptations. Additionally, we investigated the rate of evolution of orthologous genes and its distribution across chromosomes. We show that faster evolving genes encode significantly more membrane or excreted proteins, consistent with the notion that selection acts on cell surface modifications that is driven by selection for resistance to viruses and grazers, keystone actors of phytoplankton evolution. The relationship between GC content and chromosome length also suggests that both strains have experienced recombination since their divergence and that lack of recombination on the two outlier chromosomes could explain part of their peculiar genomic features, including higher rates of evolution.},
	keywords = {adaptation, Base Composition, Chlorophyta/*genetics, Ecosystem, Physiological/*genetics, Phytoplankton/genetics, Proteome/*genetics, rcc, Species Specificity},
	doi = {10.1093/molbev/msn168},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve\&db=PubMed\&dopt=Citation\&list_uids=18678753},
	author = {Jancek, S and Gourbiere, S and Moreau, H and Piganeau, G}
}
