Global InformationTrichodesmium thiebautii information
| Trichodesmium thiebautii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Order: | Oscillatoriales |
| Family: | Microcoleaceae |
| Genus: | Trichodesmium |
| Species: | T. thiebautii
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| Binomial name | |
| Trichodesmium thiebautii M.A. Gomont, 1892
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Trichodesmium thiebautii is a cyanobacteria that is often found in open oceans of tropical and subtropical regions and is known to be a contributor to large oceanic surface blooms.[1] This microbial species is a diazotroph, meaning it fixes nitrogen gas (N2), but it does so without the use of heterocysts.[2] T. thiebautii is able to simultaneously perform oxygenic photosynthesis.[2] T. thiebautii was discovered in 1892 by M.A. Gomont.[3] T. thiebautii are important for nutrient cycling in marine habitats because of their ability to fix N2, a limiting nutrient in ocean ecosystems.[1]
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:02was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Prufert-Bebout, L; Paerl, H.W.; Lassen, C (1993). "Growth, nitrogen fixation, and spectral attenuation in cultivated Trichodesmium species". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 59 (5): 1367–1375. Bibcode:1993ApEnM..59.1367P. doi:10.1128/aem.59.5.1367-1375.1993. PMC 182091. PMID 16348931.