WoRMS taxon details
Prochlorococcus marinus Chisholm, Frankel, Goericke, Olson, Palenik, Waterbury, West-Johnsrud & Zettler, 1992
345516 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345516)
accepted
Species
marine
Komárek, J.; Johansen, J. R.; Šmarda, J.; Strunecký, O. (2020). Phylogeny and taxonomy of Synechococcus-like cyanobacteria. <em>Fottea.</em> 20(2): 171-191., available online at https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2020.006 [details]
Description Oxygenic photoautotrophs possessing divinyl chlorophylls–a and –b as their principal photosynthetic pigments. Cells...
Description Oxygenic photoautotrophs possessing divinyl chlorophylls–a and –b as their principal photosynthetic pigments. Cells lacking mucilage, spherical to rod shaped just prior to division, cells individual or in pairs, dividing by transverse binary fission, with peripheral photosynthetic thylakoids closely appressed to one another. Cells 0.6 to 0.8 μm in diameter, 1.2 to 1.6 μm in length just prior to division.
From Komárek and Anagnostidis 1999 and Komárek et al. 2020.
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From Komárek and Anagnostidis 1999 and Komárek et al. 2020.
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Prochlorococcus marinus Chisholm, Frankel, Goericke, Olson, Palenik, Waterbury, West-Johnsrud & Zettler, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345516 on 2026-04-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Komárek, J.; Johansen, J. R.; Šmarda, J.; Strunecký, O. (2020). Phylogeny and taxonomy of Synechococcus-like cyanobacteria. <em>Fottea.</em> 20(2): 171-191., available online at https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2020.006 [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Oxygenic photoautotrophs possessing divinyl chlorophylls–a and –b as their principal photosynthetic pigments. Cells lacking mucilage, spherical to rod shaped just prior to division, cells individual or in pairs, dividing by transverse binary fission, with peripheral photosynthetic thylakoids closely appressed to one another. Cells 0.6 to 0.8 μm in diameter, 1.2 to 1.6 μm in length just prior to division.From Komárek and Anagnostidis 1999 and Komárek et al. 2020.
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Harmful effect Beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), a neurotoxic amino acid according to Cox et al. 2005. Confirmed on isolated strains (CCMP1377). [details]
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Published in AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prochlorococcus marinus)
To GenBank (1908 nucleotides; 87949 proteins)
To ITIS
Published in AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prochlorococcus marinus)
To GenBank (1908 nucleotides; 87949 proteins)
To ITIS
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