| Equipe Phytoplancton Océanique | Station Biologique de Roscoff (France) | Alexis Dufresne |
| Department of Biological Sciences | Warwick University (UK) | Dave J. Scanlan |
| Département de Physiologie Microbienne | Institut Pasteur (France) | Nicole Tandeau de Marsac |
| Evolutionary Genomics Research Group | NCBI (USA) | Michael Y. Galperin |
| Institüt fur Biologie und Genetik | Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (Deutschland) | Ilka M. Axmann |
| Genoscope | Genoscope | François Artiguenave
Valérie Barbe Simone Duprat Sophie Oztas Catherine Robert Jean Weissenbach Patrick Wincker |
Prochlorococcus marinus SS120