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Towards sustainable bioplastic production using the photoautotrophic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1
Bacterial synthesis of polyhydroxybutyrates (PHBs) is a potential approach for producing biodegradable plastics. This study assessed the ability of Rho...
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Photosystem II activity of wild type Synechocystis PCC 6803 and its mutants with different plastoquinone pool redox states
To assess the role of redox state of photosystem II (PSII) acceptor side electron carriers in PSII photochemical activity, we studied sub-millisecond...
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Multilocus and SSU rRNA gene phylogenetic analyses of available cyanobacterial genomes, and their relation to the current taxonomic system
Despite the global significance of cyanobacteria, their taxonomy is still heavily lagging behind the progress in genome sequencing. Besides...
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Chlorophyll fluorescence emission spectroscopy of oxygenic organisms at 77 K
Photosynthetic fluorescence emission spectra measurement at the temperature of 77 K (–196°C) is an often-used technique in photosynthesis research....
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Coupled rows of PBS cores and PSII dimers in cyanobacteria: symmetry and structure
Phycobilisome (PBS) is a giant water-soluble photosynthetic antenna transferring the energy of absorbed light mainly to the photosystem II (PSII) in...
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Interkingdom signaling in plant-microbe interactions
The widespread communications between prokaryotes and eukaryotes via signaling molecules are believed to affect gene expression in both partners....
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Screening of the culture media with different concentrations of nutrients for cultivation of the microalgae associated with the invertebrates of the White Sea
The growth and biomass accumulation of three microalgal strains of Desmodesmus (Scenedesmaceae, Chlorophyceae), 1Рm66В, 2Cl66E, and 3Dp86Е-1,...
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Co** with High and Variable Salinity: Molecular Aspects of Compatible Solute Accumulation
Microalgae comprising cyanobacteria and small members of diverse lineages of eukaryotic algae are found in habitats of varying salinities. Therefore,...
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Carotenoids
Carotenoids are essential for photosynthesis, and are therefore present in all organisms traditionally considered as algae. Around 200 different...
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The role of viruses in the evolution of cyanobacteria
Cyanophages play an important role in the evolution of cyanobacteria. They control cyanobacterium abundance, population dynamics, and the structure...
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Shifts in Cyanobacterial Strain Dominance during the Onset of Harmful Algal Blooms in Florida Bay, USA
Cyanobacteria are fundamental components of aquatic phytoplankton communities and some taxa can cause harmful blooms in coastal ecosystems. Harmful...
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The exo-proteome and exo-metabolome of Nostoc punctiforme (Cyanobacteria) in the presence and absence of nitrate
The ability of nitrogen-fixing filamentous Cyanobacteria to adapt to multiple environments comes in part from assessing and responding to external...
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Probing the consequences of antenna modification in cyanobacteria
Photosynthetic organisms rely on antenna systems to harvest and deliver energy from light to reaction centers. In fluctuating photic environments,...
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The Architecture of Cyanobacteria, Archetypes of Microbial Innovation
With an impressive and unparalleled evolutionary history spanning over two billion years, cyanobacteria have evolved to thrive in a diverse range of...
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Isolation and characterization of oxygen-evolving photosystem II particles and photosystem II core complex from the filamentous cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis
Photosystem (PS) II particles retaining a high rate of O 2 evolution were isolated from the mesophilic filamentous cyanobacterium, Spirulina platensis ....
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ferredoxin:thioredoxin reductase 1.8.7.2
EC number 1.8.7.2 Systematic name ferredoxin:thioredoxin disulfide oxidoreductase...
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H2-Metabolizing Prokaryotes
The reversible splitting of H2 into protons and electrons is a key process in the metabolism of many prokaryotes and has been studied extensively in...
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Salts and Brines
Cyanobacteria form a major component of the biota of hypersaline environments including salt lakes, solar salterns, hypersaline lagoons, and...