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Analysis of the microdiversity of several highly transcribed genes in 20 metatranscriptomes from a 1-year subset of these samples showed that the transcriptionally active population consisted of 2 or 3 dominant phylotypes that differed between successive summers. This shift appeared to have begun during the preceding winter and spring. Transcripts from the same genes dominated the Thaumarchaeota mRNA pool throughout the year, with genes encoding proteins believed to be involved in nitrogen uptake and oxidation, and two hypothetical proteins being the most abundant transcripts in all libraries. Analysis of individual genes over the seasonal cycle suggested that transcription was tied more closely to variation in growth rates than to seasonal changes in environmental conditions. Day–night differences in the relative abundance of transcripts for ribosomal proteins suggested diurnal variation in Thaumarchaeota growth.</jats:p>","journal":"The ISME Journal","year":2014,"id":661715,"datarank":0.6238324625039509,"base_score":4.1588830833596715,"endowment":4.1588830833596715,"self_citation_contribution":0.6238324625039509,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.6238324625039509,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":63,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1727501,"name":"Scott M Gifford","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":78384,"name":"Mary Ann Moran","orcid":"0000-0002-0702-8167","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1727508,"name":"Meredith J Ross","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":673573,"name":"Shalabh Sharma","orcid":"0000-0002-9903-8820","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1727512,"name":"Bradley B Tolar","orcid":null,"position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1727497,"name":"James T Hollibaugh","orcid":null,"position":0,"is_corresponding":false}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"has_enrichment":true,"resolved":true,"title":"Seasonal variation in the metratranscriptomes of a Thaumarchaeota population from SE USA coastal waters","abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We used a combination of metatranscriptomic analyses and quantitative PCR (qPCR) to study seasonal changes in Thaumarchaeota populations from a salt marsh-dominated estuary. 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