Circadian clock-controlled gene expression in co-cultured, mat-forming cyanobacteria.

ABSTRACT: Natural coastal microbial mat communities are multi-species assemblages that experience fluctuating environmental conditions and are shaped by resource competition as well as by cooperation. Laboratory studies rarely address the natural complexity of microbial communities but are usually limited to homogeneous mono-cultures of key species grown in liquid media. The mat-forming filamentous cyanobacteria Lyngbya aestuarii and Coleofasciculus chthonoplastes were cultured under different conditions to investigate the expression of circadian clock genes and genes that are under their control. The cyanobacteria were grown in liquid medium or on a solid substrate (glass beads) as mono- or as co-cultures under a light-dark regime and subsequently transferred to continuous light. TaqMan-probe based

SUBMITTER: Hornlein C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7445270 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature