The multicellular nature of filamentous heterocyst-forming cyanobacteria

A Herrero, J Stavans, E Flores - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Cyanobacteria carry out oxygenic photosynthesis, play a key role in the cycling of carbon
and nitrogen in the biosphere, and have had a large impact on the evolution of life and the …

Understanding the winning strategies used by the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii

MA Burford, J Beardall, A Willis, PT Orr, VF Magalhaes… - Harmful Algae, 2016 - Elsevier
The cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii is a widespread species increasingly
being recorded in freshwater systems around the world. It is of particular concern because …

Cyanophycin accumulated under nitrogen-fluctuating and high-nitrogen conditions facilitates the persistent dominance and blooms of Raphidiopsis raciborskii in …

Z Lu, J Ye, Z Chen, L Xiao, L Lei, B Han, HW Paerl - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Nutrient storage is considered a critical strategy for algal species to adapt to a fluctuating
nutrient supply. Luxury phosphorus (P) uptake into storage of polyphosphate extends the …

Cell–cell communication through septal junctions in filamentous cyanobacteria

AK Kieninger, I Maldener - Current opinion in microbiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cyanobacteria have a unique cell wall with a septal nanopore array.•Cryo-
electron tomography revealed the architecture of septal junctions.•FRAP measurements …

Constitutive toxin production under various nitrogen and phosphorus regimes of three ecotypes of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii ((Wołoszyńska) Seenayya et Subba …

A Willis, MP Adams, AW Chuang, PT Orr, KR O'Brien… - Harmful algae, 2015 - Elsevier
Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii is a global invasive cyanobacterium, with some ecotypes (ie
strains) producing the toxin cylindrospermopsin, CYN. Multiple ecotypes can co-exist …

Nitrogen fixation by the diazotroph Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Cyanophyceae)

A Willis, AW Chuang, MA Burford - Journal of Phycology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen fixation has been proposed as a mechanism that allows the diazotrophic
cyanobacterium, Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, to bloom in nitrogen‐limited freshwater …

Understanding the relationship between nutrient availability and freshwater cyanobacterial growth and abundance

MA Burford, A Willis, M Xiao, MJ Prentice… - Inland Waters, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Anthropogenic eutrophication is a well-established cause of cyanobacterial blooms in
freshwaters. Early studies proposed eutrophication control focused on phosphorus (P) as …

Heterocyst Development and Diazotrophic Growth of Anabaena variabilis under Different Nitrogen Availability

NS Zulkefli, SJ Hwang - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nitrogen is globally limiting primary production in the ocean, but some species of
cyanobacteria can carry out nitrogen (N) fixation using specialized cells known as …

Recent insights into physiological responses to nutrients by the cylindrospermopsin producing cyanobacterium, Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii

MA Burford, A Willis, A Chuang, X Man… - Journal of Oceanology and …, 2018 - Springer
The harmful cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii is a widespread species
increasingly being recorded in freshwater systems around the world. Studies have …

Carbon assimilation and accumulation of cyanophycin during the development of dormant cells (akinetes) in the cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon ovalisporum

A Sukenik, I Maldener, T Delhaye… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Akinetes are spore-like non-motile cells that differentiate from vegetative cells of filamentous
cyanobacteria from the order Nostocales. They play a key role in the survival and distribution …