Allison Coe

The paper identifies genetic traits of low-light adapted Prochlorococcus in the Equatorial Pacific, showing loss of nitrite assimilation and use of an iron-independent HemG isoform.

This study investigates how heterotrophic bacteria affect phage infection of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus, finding that heterotrophs enable host recovery and confer resistance through non-genetic metabolic changes.

This study examines the interactions between Prochlorococcus and co-occurring heterotrophic bacteria in synthetic communities, revealing distinct metabolic roles and crossfeeding interactions.

ProSynTax provides a curated protein dataset and workflow to improve taxonomic classification of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus in metagenomes with high phylogenetic resolution.

This study shows that Alteromonas macleodii MIT1002 selectively uptakes specific metabolites from Prochlorococcus, highlighting the importance of transporter specificity in microbial interactions with dissolved organic matter.

The paper isolates and characterizes four new Prochlorococcus strains, revealing physiological and genomic features that expand the understanding of its macroevolutionary history.

The paper shows that Prochlorococcus develops a dark-tolerant phenotype when co-cultured with Alteromonas, involving metabolic coupling and shifts in gene expression.