3.12. Role of CAB in iron fertilisation
The sequence analysis of CAB showed that the five copepod genera had a
different proportion of feoA gene responsible for ferrous iron transport
protein A. The CAB of Temora spp. have high proportion of feoA
gene followed by the CAB of Pleuromammma spp., Acartiaspp. and Calanus spp. (Figure S6a), while the other gene fhuF
involving in ferric iron reduction was found to be high in the CAB ofPleuromamma spp. (Figure S6b).