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SUBMITTER: Balskus EP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3134115 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Balskus Emily P EP Case Rebecca J RJ Walsh Christopher T CT
FEMS microbiology ecology 20110512 2
We have examined the biosynthesis and accumulation of cyanobacterial sunscreening pigment scytonemin within intertidal microbial mat communities using a combination of chemical, molecular, and phylogenetic approaches. Both laminated (layered) and nonlaminated mats contained scytonemin, with morphologically distinct mats having different cyanobacterial community compositions. Within laminated microbial mats, regions with and without scytonemin had different dominant oxygenic phototrophs, with scy ...[more]