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Armbrust EV, Berges JA, Bowler C, et al (Palenik). 2004. The genome of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana: Ecology, evolution, and metabolism. Science 306: 79-86.

B. Palenik, B. Brahamsha, F.W. Larimer, M. Land, L. Hauser, P. Chain, J. Lamerdin, W. Regala, E. E. Allen, J. McCarren, I. Paulsen, A. Dufresne, F. Partensky, E. A. Webb, J. Waterbury. 2003. The genome of a motile marine Synechococcus. Nature. 424:1037-1042.

Toledo, G. and B. Palenik. 2003. A Synechococcus serotype is found preferentially in surface marine waters. Limnol. Oceanogr. 48: 1744-1755.

S. T. Dyhrman and B. Palenik, 2001. A single-cell immunoassay for phosphate stress in the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum (Dinophyceae). J. Phycol. 37:400-410.

B. Palenik, 2001. Chromatic adaptation in marine Synechococcus strains. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:991-994.

G.Toledo, B. Palenik, B. Brahamsha, 1999. Swimming marine SynechococcusAppl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:5247-5251.

S. T. Dyhrman and B. Palenik, 1999. Phosphate stress in cultures and field populations of the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum detected by a single cell alkaline phosphatase assay. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:3205-3212.

B. Palenik, G. Toledo, M. J. Ferris. 1999. Cyanobacterial diversity in marine ecosystems as seen by RNA polymerase (rpoC1) gene sequences. In Marine Cyanobacteria, Charpy, L. and Larkum, AWD. (eds), Bulletin de l'Institut Oc?anographique, Monaco.

J. L. Collier, B. Brahamsha, and B. Palenik, 1999. The marine cyanobacteria Synechococcus sp.WH7805 requires urease (urea amidohydrolase, EC 3.5.1.5) to utilize urea as a nitrogen source: molecular-genetic and biochemical analysis of the enzyme. Microbiology U.K. 145:447-459.

M.J. Ferris and B. Palenik, 1998. Niche adaptation in ocean cyanobacteria. Nature. 396:226-228.

B. Palenik and A. M. Wood, 1998. Molecular markers of phytoplankton physiological status and their application at the level of individual cells. in K. E. Cooksey, ed., Molecular Approaches to the Study of the Oceans. Chapman & Hall, London pp. 187-205.

B. Palenik and S.T. Dyhrman, 1998. Recent progress in understanding the regulation of marine primary productivity by phosphorus. in J.P. Lynch, J. Deikman (eds). Phosphorus in Plant Biology: Regulatory Roles in Molecular, Cellular, Organismic, and Ecosystem Processes. American Society of Plant Physiologists.

G. Toledo and B. Palenik, 1997. Synechococcus diversity in the California Current as seen by RNA polymerase (rpoC1) gene sequences of isolated strains. Appl. Environ. Micro. 63: 4298-4303.