Quantification of Marine Picocyanobacteria on Water Column Particles and in Sediments Using Real-Time PCR Reveals Their Role in Carbon Export-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Quantification of Marine Picocyanobacteria on Water Column Particles and in Sediments Using Real-Time PCR Reveals Their Role in Carbon Export

Published:2022-12-21 Issue:6 Volume:7 Page:
ISSN:2379-5042
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language:en
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Author:

Zhang Jiandong¹²,Li Furun¹³,Long Lijuan¹⁴,Huang Sijun¹⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

2. Marine Environmental Engineering Center, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

4. Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China

Abstract

Picocyanobacteria are the most abundant primary producers in the ocean. However, quantification of picocyanobacteria on the sinking particles and in sediments remains challenging using flow cytometry or epifluorescence microscopy.

Funder

Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research

Rising Star Foundation of the South China Sea Institution of Oceanology

Key Special Project for Introduced Talents Team of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province

Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/msphere.00499-22

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