Table 1 Details of the strains used in this study, as obtained from NCBI and CCMP.
| Strain and genome details | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genome | Protein | %GC | Chl b/a | Ecotypic | ||||
| Strain | Refseq | Reference | size (Mbp) | coding | ratio | clade | ||
| MIT9312 | NC_007577 | [18]a | 1.71 | 1810 | 31 | 0.34 | HLII | |
| NATL2A | NC_007335 | [19] | 1.84 | 2162 | 35 | 0.97 | LLI | |
| SS120 | NC_005042 | [20] | 1.75 | 1883 | 36 | 1.41 | LLII | |
| P acquisition mechanisms | ||||||||
| PhoBR cluster | PtrA cluster | PhoA | PhoE |
PstS cluster |
ArsA cluster | ArsB cluster | ArsC cluster | |
| MIT9312 | √ | x | √ | √ | √ | √ | x | √ |
| NATL2A | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | x | √ |
| SS120 | x | √ | x | x | (2) | x | x | √ |
| Isolation details and culture conditions | ||||||||
| Location | Depth | Isolated by | Date | Culture temp (°C) |
Deposited in | Media | ||
| MIT9312 | Gulf stream | 135 m | L. Moore | 17/07/1993 | 22-26 | CCMP | Pro99 | |
| NATL2A | N. Atlantic | 10 m | D. Scanlan | 01/04/1990 | 18-22 | CCMP | Pro99 | |
| SS120 | Sargasso Sea | 120 m | S. Frankel & L West-Johnsrud | 01/01/1991 | 18-22 | CCMP | Pro99 | |