Comparative genomics analysis of c-di-GMP metabolism and regulation in Microcystis aeruginosa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cyanobacteria are of special concern because they proliferate in eutrophic water bodies worldwide and affect water quality. As an ancient photosynthetic microorganism, cyanobacteria can survive in ecologically diverse habitats because of their capacity to rapidly respond to environmental changes through a web of complex signaling networks, including using second messengers to regulate physiology or metabolism. A ubiquitous second messenger, bis-(3',5')-cyclic-dimeric-guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP), has been found to regulate essential behaviors in a few cyanobacteria but not Microcystis, which are the most dominant species in cyanobacterial blooms. In this study, comparative genomics analysis was performed to explore the genomic basis of c-di-GMP signaling in Microcy

SUBMITTER: Chen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7063779 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature