Prochlorococcus marinus
Description
New daughter set created every three weeks
Daughter set……….…6umol quanta m-2 s-1
Mother set………….….7umol quanta m-2 s-1
Grandmother set….…..9umol quanta m-2 s-1
Documentation:
Measurement of Prochlorococcus ecotypes using real-time polymerase chain reaction reveals different abundance of genotypes with similar light physiologies (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16478451/)
Phosphate acquisition genes in Prochlorococcus ecotypes: evidence for genome wide adaptation (https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0601301103)
Ecotypic variation in phosphorus-acquisition mechanisms within marine picocyanobacteria (https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ame/v39/n3/p257-269/)