Intraspecific Variation of Thermal Niche in Coastal Synechococcus

The goal of this project is to isolate multiple thermotypes of marine Synechococcus from natural communities. Natural seawater was enriched for photoautotrophs and split into multiple temperatures for two weeks. After the enrichment period Synechococcus was isolated from each temperature. Each isolate's thermal niche was measured through a series of lab experiments and sequenced.