A robust approach to estimate relative phytoplankton cell abundance from metagenomes
J. J. Pierella Karlusich, E. Pelletier, L. Zinger, F. Lombard, A. Zingone, S. Colin, J. M. Gasol, R. Dorrell, E. Scalco, S. G. Acinas, P. Wincker, C. de Vargas, C. Bowler
This paper introduces a PCR-free method using the psbO gene to estimate phytoplankton abundance from metagenomes, showing better correlation with flow cytometry and microscopy than rRNA genes.
bioRxiv · May 28, 2021Ecology