Trichodesmium erythraeum

Trichodesmium erythraeum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Oscillatoriales
Family: Microcoleaceae
Genus: Trichodesmium
Species:
T. erythraeum
Binomial name
Trichodesmium erythraeum
Ehrenburg ex Gomont

Trichodesmium erythraeum is a marine cyanobacteria species characterized by its prolific diazotrophic capabilities.[1] They play a dominant role in the ocean ecosystem, supplying a steady and significant source of new, biologically available nitrogen and cycling phosphorus.[2] By nature of its filamentous morphology, T. erythraeum is also known to congregate into large, long colonies, sizeable enough to be seen as sawdust-like particles to the naked eye and pigmented marine regions in satellite images, typically found in oligotrophic tropical and subtropical waters.[3] These blooms are responsible for the famous coloration of the Red Sea.[4]

  1. ^ "Home - Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101". genome.jgi.doe.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  2. ^ Fu, Fei-Xue; Zhang, Yaohong; Bell, Peter R. F.; Hutchins, David A. (2005). "PHOSPHATE UPTAKE AND GROWTH KINETICS OF TRICHODESMIUM (CYANOBACTERIA) ISOLATES FROM THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE GREAT BARRIER REEF, AUSTRALIA1". Journal of Phycology. 41 (1): 62–73. Bibcode:2005JPcgy..41...62F. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.04063.x. ISSN 0022-3646.
  3. ^ "Sea Sawdust off Gladstone". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  4. ^ Bergman, Birgitta; Sandh, Gustaf; Lin, Senjie; Larsson, John; Carpenter, Edward J. (2013). "Trichodesmium – a widespread marine cyanobacterium with unusual nitrogen fixation properties". FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 37 (3): 286–302. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6976.2012.00352.x. ISSN 1574-6976. PMC 3655545. PMID 22928644.