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PROCHLOROCOCCUS [1 record]

Record 1 2014-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
DEF

A simple cyanobacterium that is abundant throughout large regions of the oceans, and has become a useful model for studying the nature and regulation of biological diversity across all scales of complexity.

OBS

These bacteria belong to the photosynthetic picoplankton and are probably the most abundant photosynthetic organism on Earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie

Spanish

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