What is the function of Prochlorococcus?
Despite Prochlorococcus being one of the smallest types of marine phytoplankton/bacteria in the world’s oceans, its substantial number makes it responsible for a major part of the oceans’ and world’s photosynthesis and oxygen production. Can we grow Prochlorococcus? In this work, we describe a novel method for growing Prochlorococcus colonies on semisolid agar that improves…