Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Manganese and iron deficiency in Southern Ocean Phaeocystis antarctica populations revealed through taxon-specific protein indicators

  • Miao Wu,
  • J. Scott P. McCain,
  • Elden Rowland,
  • Rob Middag,
  • Mats Sandgren,
  • Andrew E. Allen,
  • Erin M. Bertrand

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11426-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Low manganese availability could be a major control of phytoplankton growth in the Southern Ocean. Here the authors identify proteomic signatures of low manganese and iron availability in phytoplankton cultures and detect those signatures in Antarctic field samples.