Molecular Characterization of Copper Binding Ligands Produced by the Marine Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. WH 7803 in Response to Increasing Copper Concentrations

Lydia Babcock-Adams1, Luis Valentin-Alvarado1, Rene Boiteau2, Amy M McKenna3, Matthew R McIlvin4, John B Waterbury5, James W Moffett6 and Daniel Repeta1, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (3)National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, FT-ICR MS Facility, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (4)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (5)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (6)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States