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HTVC010P
HTVC010P is a virus which was discovered by Stephen Giovannoni and colleagues at Oregon State University. ''The Economist'' reports that a February 2013 paper in ''Nature (journal), Nature'' says that "it probably really is the commonest organism on the planet". It is a bacteriophage that infects the extremely abundant bacteria ''Pelagibacter ubique'' in the Pelagibacterales order. References Bacteriophages {{virus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelagibacter Ubique
"''Candidatus'' Pelagibacter", with the single species "''Ca.'' P. communis", was isolated in 2002 and given a specific name, although it has not yet been described as required by the bacteriological code. It is an abundant member of the SAR11 clade in the phylum ''Alphaproteobacteria''. SAR11 members are highly dominant organisms found in both salt and fresh water worldwide and were originally known only from their rRNA genes, first identified in the Sargasso Sea in 1990 by Stephen Giovannoni's laboratory at Oregon State University and later found in oceans worldwide. "''Ca.'' P. communis" and its relatives may be the most abundant organisms in the ocean, and quite possibly the most abundant bacteria in the entire world. It can make up about 25% of all microbial plankton cells, and in the summer they may account for approximately half the cells present in temperate ocean surface water. The total abundance of "''Ca.'' P. communis" and relatives is estimated to be about 2 Ã ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |