Production of Two Highly Abundant 2‑Methyl-Branched Fatty Acids by Blooms of the Globally Significant Marine Cyanobacteria Trichodesmium erythraeum

• Kelsey M. Gosselin,
• Robert K. Nelson,
• Amanda C. Spivak,
• Sean P. Sylva,
• Benjamin A.S. Van Mooy,
• Christoph Aeppli,
• Charles M. Sharpless,
• Gregory W. O’Neil,
• Eleanor C. Arrington,
• Christopher M. Reddy,
• David L. Valentine

Affiliations

Kelsey M. Gosselin

Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States

Robert K. Nelson

Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States

Amanda C. Spivak

Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States

Sean P. Sylva

Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States

Benjamin A.S. Van Mooy

Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States

Christoph Aeppli

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, Maine, United States

Charles M. Sharpless

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Gregory W. O’Neil

Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, United States

Eleanor C. Arrington

Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States

Christopher M. Reddy

Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States

David L. Valentine

Department of Earth Science and Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States