Rhodopsin-Containing Microorganisms Thrive in High Nutrient Low Chlorophyll (HNLC) Sub-Antarctic Waters

Babak Hassanzadeh1, Blair Thomson2, Fenella Deans2, Sergio Morales2, Sergio A Sanudo-Wilhelmy3, Federico Baltar4 and Laura Gomez-Consarnau5,6, (1)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, (3)University of Southern California, Earth Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)University of Vienna, Dept. of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, Vienna, Austria, (5)University of Southern California, Marine and Environmental Biology, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (6)Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico