Ocean microbiome (Prochlorococcus)

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Microbial Ecology subtree

Prochlorococcus marinus is the most abundant photosynthetic organism (about 3 x 10^27 cells globally); discovered by Chisholm 1988; drives major oceanic CO2 fixation.

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