Elucidating the picocyanobacteria salinity divide through ecogenomics of new freshwater isolates.
Pedro J Cabello-YevesCristiana CallieriAntonio PicazoLena SchallenbergPaula HuberJuan J Roda-GarciaMaciej BartosiewiczOlga I BelykhIrina V TikhonovaAlberto Torcello-RequenaPaula Martin De PradoRichard J PuxtyAndrew D MillardAntonio CamachoFrancisco Rodriguez-ValeraDavid J ScanlanPublished in: BMC biology (2022)
The plethora of freshwater isolates provided here, in terms of trophic status preference and genetic diversity, exemplifies their ability to colonize ecologically diverse waters across the globe. Moreover, a trend towards larger and more flexible/adaptive genomes in freshwater picocyanobacteria may hint at a wider number of ecological niches in this environment compared to the relatively homogeneous marine system.