Falcón Luisa I, Cipriano Frank, Chistoserdov Andrei Y, Carpenter Edward J
Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5000, USA.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2002 Nov;68(11):5760-4. doi: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5760-5764.2002.
We present data on the genetic diversity and phylogenetic affinities of N2-fixing unicellular cyanobacteria in the plankton of the tropical North Atlantic Ocean. Our dinitrogenase gene (nifH) sequences grouped together with a group of cyanobacteria from the subtropical North Pacific; another subtropical North Pacific group was only distantly related. Most of the 16S ribosomal DNA sequences from our tropical North Atlantic samples were closely allied with sequences from a symbiont of the diatom Climacodium frauenfeldianum. These findings suggest a complex pattern of evolutionary and ecological divergence among unicellular cyanobacteria within and between ocean basins.
我们展示了关于热带北大西洋浮游生物中固氮单细胞蓝细菌的遗传多样性和系统发育亲缘关系的数据。我们的双氮酶基因(nifH)序列与来自亚热带北太平洋的一组蓝细菌聚集在一起;另一个亚热带北太平洋组的关系则较为疏远。我们热带北大西洋样本中的大多数16S核糖体DNA序列与硅藻Climacodium frauenfeldianum的一种共生体的序列密切相关。这些发现表明,海洋盆地内部和之间的单细胞蓝细菌存在复杂的进化和生态分化模式。