Genome divergence in two Prochlorococcus ecotypes reflects oceanic niche differentiation
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Rocap, G., Larimer, F. W., Lamerdin, J., Malfatti, S., Chain, P., Ahlgren, N. A., Arellano, A., Coleman, M., Hauser, L., Hess, W. R., Johnson, Z. I., Land, M., Lindell, D., Post, A. F., Regala, W., Shah, M., Shaw, S. L., Steglich, C., Sullivan, M. B., … Chisholm, S. W. (2003). Genome divergence in two Prochlorococcus ecotypes reflects oceanic niche differentiation. Nature, 424(6952), 1042–1047.

Authors 24
  1. Gabrielle Rocap (first)
  2. Frank W. Larimer (additional)
  3. Jane Lamerdin (additional)
  4. Stephanie Malfatti (additional)
  5. Patrick Chain (additional)
  6. Nathan A. Ahlgren (additional)
  7. Andrae Arellano (additional)
  8. Maureen Coleman (additional)
  9. Loren Hauser (additional)
  10. Wolfgang R. Hess (additional)
  11. Zackary I. Johnson (additional)
  12. Miriam Land (additional)
  13. Debbie Lindell (additional)
  14. Anton F. Post (additional)
  15. Warren Regala (additional)
  16. Manesh Shah (additional)
  17. Stephanie L. Shaw (additional)
  18. Claudia Steglich (additional)
  19. Matthew B. Sullivan (additional)
  20. Claire S. Ting (additional)
  21. Andrew Tolonen (additional)
  22. Eric A. Webb (additional)
  23. Erik R. Zinser (additional)
  24. Sallie W. Chisholm (additional)
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@article{Rocap_2003, title={Genome divergence in two Prochlorococcus ecotypes reflects oceanic niche differentiation}, volume={424}, ISSN={1476-4687}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature01947}, DOI={10.1038/nature01947}, number={6952}, journal={Nature}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Rocap, Gabrielle and Larimer, Frank W. and Lamerdin, Jane and Malfatti, Stephanie and Chain, Patrick and Ahlgren, Nathan A. and Arellano, Andrae and Coleman, Maureen and Hauser, Loren and Hess, Wolfgang R. and Johnson, Zackary I. and Land, Miriam and Lindell, Debbie and Post, Anton F. and Regala, Warren and Shah, Manesh and Shaw, Stephanie L. and Steglich, Claudia and Sullivan, Matthew B. and Ting, Claire S. and Tolonen, Andrew and Webb, Eric A. and Zinser, Erik R. and Chisholm, Sallie W.}, year={2003}, month=aug, pages={1042–1047} }