Metagenome-Based Exploration of Bacterial Communities Associated with Cyanobacteria Strains Isolated from Thermal Muds.

ABSTRACT: Cyanobacteria constitute a pioneer colonizer of specific environments for whom settlement in new biotopes precedes the establishment of composite microbial consortia. Some heterotrophic bacteria constitute cyanobacterial partners that are considered as their cyanosphere, being potentially involved in mutualistic relationships through the exchange and recycling of key nutrients and the sharing of common goods. Several non-axenic cyanobacterial strains have been recently isolated, along with their associated cyanospheres, from the thermal mud of Balaruc-les-Bains (France) and the biofilms of the retention basin where they develop. The community structure and relationships among the members of the isolated cyanobacterial strains were characterized using a metagenomic approach combined with ta

SUBMITTER: Halary S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9785279 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature