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Picoeukaryote, the Glossary

Index Picoeukaryote

Picoeukaryotes are picoplanktonic eukaryotic organisms 3.0 μm or less in size.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 46 relations: Acantharea, Alveolate, Atomic radius, Autotroph, Bacterioplankton, Bicosoecida, Biomass, Carbon cycle, Cell membrane, Cell nucleus, Chlorophyll, Chloroplast, Choanoflagellate, Community (ecology), Deep chlorophyll maximum, Deep sea, Ecosystem, Eukaryote, Fluorescence in situ hybridization, Fresh water, Green algae, Haptophyte, Hawaii Ocean Time-series, Heterotroph, Hydrothermal vent, International System of Units, List of eukaryotic picoplankton species, Litre, Metric prefix, Mitochondrion, Ocean, Organelle, Ostreococcus, Pacific Ocean, Photosynthetic picoplankton, Phytoplankton, Picocyanobacteria, Picoplankton, Picozoa, Plankton, Prasinophyte, Primary production, Ribosomal DNA, Stramenopile, Vacuole, Xanthophyll.

  2. Microscopic eukaryotes

Acantharea

The Acantharea (Acantharia) are a group of radiolarian protozoa, distinguished mainly by their strontium sulfate skeletons.

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Alveolate

The alveolates (meaning "pitted like a honeycomb") are a group of protists, considered a major clade and superphylum within Eukarya.

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Atomic radius

The atomic radius of a chemical element is a measure of the size of its atom, usually the mean or typical distance from the center of the nucleus to the outermost isolated electron.

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Autotroph

An autotroph is an organism that can convert abiotic sources of energy into energy stored in organic compounds, which can be used by other organisms.

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Bacterioplankton

Bacterioplankton refers to the bacterial component of the plankton that drifts in the water column. Picoeukaryote and Bacterioplankton are Aquatic ecology, biological oceanography and Planktology.

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Bicosoecida

Bicosoecida (ICZN) or Bicosoecales/Bicoecea (ICBN) is an order of Bikosea, a small group of unicellular flagellates, included among the stramenopiles.

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Biomass

Biomass is a term used in several contexts: in the context of ecology it means living organisms, and in the context of bioenergy it means matter from recently living (but now dead) organisms.

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Carbon cycle

The carbon cycle is that part of the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of Earth.

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Cell membrane

The cell membrane (also known as the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane, and historically referred to as the plasmalemma) is a biological membrane that separates and protects the interior of a cell from the outside environment (the extracellular space).

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Cell nucleus

The cell nucleus (nuclei) is a membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells.

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Chlorophyll

Chlorophyll is any of several related green pigments found in cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of algae and plants.

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Chloroplast

A chloroplast is a type of membrane-bound organelle known as a plastid that conducts photosynthesis mostly in plant and algal cells.

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Choanoflagellate

The choanoflagellates are a group of free-living unicellular and colonial flagellate eukaryotes considered to be the closest living relatives of the animals.

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In ecology, a community is a group or association of populations of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area at the same time, also known as a biocoenosis, biotic community, biological community, ecological community, or life assemblage.

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Deep chlorophyll maximum

The deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM), also called the subsurface chlorophyll maximum, is the region below the surface of water with the maximum concentration of chlorophyll. Picoeukaryote and deep chlorophyll maximum are biological oceanography.

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Deep sea

The deep sea is broadly defined as the ocean depth where light begins to fade, at an approximate depth of or the point of transition from continental shelves to continental slopes.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.

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Eukaryote

The eukaryotes constitute the domain of Eukarya or Eukaryota, organisms whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.

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Fluorescence in situ hybridization

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a molecular cytogenetic technique that uses fluorescent probes that bind to only particular parts of a nucleic acid sequence with a high degree of sequence complementarity.

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Fresh water

Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Picoeukaryote and fresh water are Aquatic ecology.

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Green algae

The green algae (green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta.

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Haptophyte

The haptophytes, classified either as the Haptophyta, Haptophytina or Prymnesiophyta (named for Prymnesium), are a clade of algae.

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Hawaii Ocean Time-series

The Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) program is a long-term oceanographic study based at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Picoeukaryote and Hawaii Ocean Time-series are Aquatic ecology and biological oceanography.

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Heterotroph

A heterotroph is an organism that cannot produce its own food, instead taking nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter.

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Hydrothermal vent

Hydrothermal vents are fissures on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges.

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International System of Units

The International System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système international d'unités), is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement.

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List of eukaryotic picoplankton species

List of eukaryotic species that belong to picoplankton, meaning one of their cell dimensions is smaller than 3 μm. Picoeukaryote and List of eukaryotic picoplankton species are Aquatic ecology, biological oceanography and Planktology.

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Litre

The litre (British English spelling) or liter (American English spelling) (SI symbols L and l, other symbol used: ℓ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm3), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm3) or 0.001 cubic metres (m3). A cubic decimetre (or litre) occupies a volume of (see figure) and is thus equal to one-thousandth of a cubic metre.

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Metric prefix

A metric prefix is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple or submultiple of the unit.

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Mitochondrion

A mitochondrion is an organelle found in the cells of most eukaryotes, such as animals, plants and fungi.

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Ocean

The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx.

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Organelle

In cell biology, an organelle is a specialized subunit, usually within a cell, that has a specific function.

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Ostreococcus

Ostreococcus is a genus of unicellular coccoid or spherically shaped green algae belonging to the class Mamiellophyceae.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Photosynthetic picoplankton

Photosynthetic picoplankton or picophytoplankton is the fraction of the photosynthetic phytoplankton of cell sizes between 0.2 and 2 μm (i.e. picoplankton). Picoeukaryote and photosynthetic picoplankton are Aquatic ecology, biological oceanography and Planktology.

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Phytoplankton

Phytoplankton are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater ecosystems. Picoeukaryote and Phytoplankton are Aquatic ecology, biological oceanography and Planktology.

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Picocyanobacteria

Picocyanobacteria are cyanobacteria that are part of the picoplankton, which is the fraction of plankton composed by cells between 0.2 and 2 μm. Picoeukaryote and Picocyanobacteria are Aquatic ecology, biological oceanography and Planktology.

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Picoplankton

Picoplankton is the fraction of plankton composed by cells between 0.2 and 2 μm that can be either prokaryotic and eukaryotic phototrophs and heterotrophs. Picoeukaryote and Picoplankton are Aquatic ecology, biological oceanography and Planktology.

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Picozoa

Picozoa, Picobiliphyta, Picobiliphytes, or Biliphytes are protists of a phylum of marine unicellular heterotrophic eukaryotes with a size of less than about 3 micrometers.

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Plankton

Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that drift in water (or air) but are unable to actively propel themselves against currents (or wind). Picoeukaryote and Plankton are Aquatic ecology, biological oceanography and Planktology.

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Prasinophyte

The prasinophytes are a group of unicellular green algae.

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Primary production

In ecology, primary production is the synthesis of organic compounds from atmospheric or aqueous carbon dioxide.

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Ribosomal DNA

The ribosomal DNA (abbreviated rDNA) consists of a group of ribosomal RNA encoding genes and related regulatory elements, and is widespread in similar configuration in all domains of life.

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Stramenopile

The Stramenopiles, also called Heterokonts, are a clade of organisms distinguished by the presence of stiff tripartite external hairs.

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Vacuole

A vacuole is a membrane-bound organelle which is present in plant and fungal cells and some protist, animal, and bacterial cells.

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Xanthophyll

Xanthophylls (originally phylloxanthins) are yellow pigments that occur widely in nature and form one of two major divisions of the carotenoid group; the other division is formed by the carotenes.

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See also

Microscopic eukaryotes

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picoeukaryote

Also known as Picoeukaryotes.