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Frédéric Partensky

Frédéric Partensky

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
19443
World Ranking
8530
National Ranking
291

Overview

Frédéric Partensky is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France. Their research spans multiple fields focused mainly on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant work also in environmental science.

The primary areas of study include molecular biology, ecology, and oceanography, with additional focus on renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental chemistry. Their main research topics cover microbial community ecology and physiology, protist diversity and phylogeny, marine and coastal ecosystems, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, genomics and phylogenetic studies, algal biology and biofuel production, as well as biocrusts and microbial ecology.

Recent published works by Frédéric Partensky include:

  • Vibrational modes of water predict spectral niches for photosynthesis in lakes and oceans, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Cyanorak v2.1: a scalable information system dedicated to the visualization and expert curation of marine and brackish picocyanobacteria genomes, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Evolutionary Mechanisms of Long-Term Genome Diversification Associated With Niche Partitioning in Marine Picocyanobacteria, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Diversity and Evolution of Pigment Types in Marine Synechococcus Cyanobacteria, 2022, Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Molecular bases of an alternative dual-enzyme system for light color acclimation of marine Synechococcus cyanobacteria, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frédéric Partensky include:

  • Laurence Garczarek
  • Morgane Ratin
  • Louison Dufour
  • Hugo Doré
  • Mark Hoebeke

Their research has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Nucleic Acids Research

Best Publications

  • Prochlorococcus, a Marine Photosynthetic Prokaryote of Global Significance

    F. Partensky;W. R. Hess;D. Vaulot

  • Enumeration and Cell Cycle Analysis of Natural Populations of Marine Picoplankton by Flow Cytometry Using the Nucleic Acid Stain SYBR Green I.

    Dominique Marie;Frederic Partensky;Stephan Jacquet;Daniel Vaulot

  • Genome analysis of the smallest free-living eukaryote Ostreococcus tauri unveils many unique features

    Evelyne Derelle;Conchita Ferraz;Stephane Rombauts;Pierre Rouzé

  • The genome of a motile marine Synechococcus

    B. Palenik;B. Brahamsha;F. W. Larimer;F. W. Larimer;M. Land;M. Land

  • Ecological Genomics of Marine Picocyanobacteria

    David J. Scanlan;Martin Ostrowski;Sophie Mazard;Alexis Dufresne;Alexis Dufresne;Alexis Dufresne

  • Differential distribution and ecology of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus in oceanic waters: a review

    F. Partensky;Jean Blanchot;D. Vaulot

  • Genome sequence of the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus marinus SS120, a nearly minimal oxyphototrophic genome

    Alexis Dufresne;Marcel Salanoubat;Frédéric Partensky;François Artiguenave

  • Enumeration of phytoplankton, bacteria, and viruses in marine samples.

    Dominique Marie;Frédéric Partensky;Daniel Vaulot;Corina Brussaard

  • Accelerated evolution associated with genome reduction in a free-living prokaryote

    Alexis Dufresne;Laurence Garczarek;Frédéric Partensky

  • Genome structure and metabolic features in the red seaweed Chondrus crispus shed light on evolution of the Archaeplastida.

    Jonas Collén;Betina Porcel;Betina Porcel;Wilfrid Carré;Steven G Ball

  • Clade-Specific 16S Ribosomal DNA Oligonucleotides Reveal the Predominance of a Single Marine Synechococcus Clade throughout a Stratified Water Column in the Red Sea

    Nicholas J. Fuller;Dominique Marie;Frédéric Partensky;Daniel Vaulot

  • The cyanobacterial genome core and the origin of photosynthesis

    Armen Y. Mulkidjanian;Eugene V. Koonin;Kira S. Makarova;Sergey L. Mekhedov

  • Prochlorococcus: Advantages and Limits of Minimalism

    Frédéric Partensky;Laurence Garczarek

  • Unraveling the genomic mosaic of a ubiquitous genus of marine cyanobacteria.

    Alexis Dufresne;Alexis Dufresne;Martin Ostrowski;David J Scanlan;Laurence Garczarek

  • Diversity and evolution of phycobilisomes in marine Synechococcus spp.: a comparative genomics study

    Christophe Six;Christophe Six;Jean Claude Thomas;Laurence Garczarek;Martin Ostrowski

  • Pyrococcus abyssi sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent

    Gaël Erauso;Anna-Louise Reysenbach;Anne Godfroy;Jean-Roch Meunier

  • Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus: A comparative study of their optical properties in relation to their size and pigmentation

    André Morel;Yu-Hwan Ahn;Frédéric Partensky;Daniel Vaulot

  • Vertical structure of picophytoplankton at different trophic sites of the tropical northeastern Atlantic Ocean

    Frédéric Partensky;Jean Blanchot;François Lantoine;Jacques Neveux

  • A simple method to preserve oceanic phytoplankton for flow cytometric analyses.

    D. Vaulot;C. Courties;F. Partensky

  • Independent evolution of the prochlorophyte and green plant chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting proteins.

    G. W. M. van der Staay;F. Partensky;A. Ducret

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Vaulot
Daniel Vaulot Station Biologique De Roscoff
Dominique Marie
Dominique Marie Sorbonne University
David J. Scanlan
David J. Scanlan University of Warwick
Wolfgang R. Hess
Wolfgang R. Hess University of Freiburg
Patrick Wincker
Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay
Laure Guillou
Laure Guillou Sorbonne University
William K. W. Li
William K. W. Li Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Hervé Claustre
Hervé Claustre Université Paris Cité
Stéphan Jacquet
Stéphan Jacquet INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Annick Bricaud
Annick Bricaud Sorbonne University

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