Dynamic changes in the composition of photosynthetic picoeukaryotes in the northwestern Pacific Ocean revealed by high-throughput tag sequencing of plastid 16S rRNA genes
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Title
- Dynamic changes in the composition of photosynthetic picoeukaryotes in the northwestern Pacific Ocean revealed by high-throughput tag sequencing of plastid 16S rRNA genes
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Author(s)
- Choi, Dong H.; An, Sung M.; Chun, Sungjun; Yang, Eun C.; Selph, Karen E.; Lee, Charity M.; Noh, Jae H.
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- Choi, Dong Han(최동한); Yang, Eun Chan(양은찬); Lee, Charity Mijin(이미진)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 최동한; 안성민; 양은찬; 이미진; 노재훈
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Publication Year
- 2016-02
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Abstract
- Photosynthetic picoeukaryotes (PPEs) are major oceanic primary producers. However, the diversity of such communities remains poorly understood, especially in the northwestern (NW) Pacific. We investigated the abundance and diversity of PPEs, and recorded environmental variables, along a transect from the coast to the open Pacific Ocean. High-throughput tag sequencing (using the MiSeq system) revealed the diversity of plastid 16S rRNA genes. The dominant PPEs changed at the class level along the transect. Prymnesiophyceae were the only dominant PPEs in the warm pool of the NW Pacific, but Mamiellophyceae dominated in coastal waters of the East China Sea. Phylogenetically, most Prymnesiophyceae sequences could not be resolved at lower taxonomic levels because no close relatives have been cultured. Within the Mamiellophyceae, the genera Micromonas and Ostreococcus dominated in marginal coastal areas affected by open water, whereas Bathycoccus dominated in the lower euphotic depths of oligotrophic open waters. Cryptophyceae and Phaeocystis (of the Prymnesiophyceae) dominated in areas affected principally by coastal water. We also defined the biogeographical distributions of Chrysophyceae, prasinophytes, Bacillariophyceaea and Pelagophyceae. These distributions were influenced by temperature, salinity and chlorophyll a and nutrient concentrations.
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ISSN
- 0168-6496
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/2281
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DOI
- 10.1093/femsec/fiv170
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Bibliographic Citation
- FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY, v.92, no.2, 2016
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Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PRESS
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Subject
- COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ARABIAN SEA; DIVERSITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PICOPHYTOPLANKTON; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTES; PATTERNS; TRANSECT
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Keywords
- Biogeography; East China Sea; MiSeq; NW Pacific; Photosynthetic picoeukaryotes; Plastid 16S rRNA
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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