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Nef, Charlotte; Jung, Sebastien; Mairet, Francis; Kaas, Raymond; Grizeau, Dominique; Garnier, Matthieu. |
Vitamin B-12 (cobalamin) can control phytoplankton development and community composition, with around half of microalgal species requiring this vitamin for growth. B-12 dependency is determined by the absence of cobalamin-independent methionine synthase and is unrelated across lineages. Despite their important role in carbon and sulphur biogeochemistry, little is known about haptophytes utilization of vitamin B-12 and their ability to cope with its limitation. Here we report the first evaluation of B-12 auxotrophy among this lineage based on molecular data of 19 species from 9 families. We assume that all species encode only a B-12-dependent methionine synthase, suggesting ubiquitous B-12 auxotrophy in this phylum. We further address the effect of... |
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Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00504/61523/65398.pdf |
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