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American Society for Microbiology, Microbiology Spectrum, 5(10), 2022
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02466-22
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Differential Timing for Glucose Assimilation in Prochlorococcus and Coexistent Microbial Populations in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
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María del Carmen Muñoz-Marín 
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Solange Duhamel ,
Karin M. Björkman ,
Jonathan D. Magasin ,
Jesús Díez ,
David M. Karl ,
José M. García-Fernández
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Solange Duhamel ,
Karin M. Björkman ,
Jonathan D. Magasin ,
Jesús Díez ,
David M. Karl ,
José M. García-Fernández
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Abstract
Several studies have demonstrated that Prochlorococcus , the most abundant photosynthetic organism on Earth, can assimilate organic molecules, such as amino acids, amino sugars, ATP, phosphonates, and dimethylsulfoniopropionate. This autotroph can also assimilate small amounts of glucose, supporting the hypothesis that Prochlorococcus is mixotrophic.