Comparative genomics of Synechococcus elongatus explains the phenotypic diversity of the strains

M Adomako, D Ernst, R Simkovsky, YY Chao, J Wang… - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Strains of the freshwater cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus were first isolated
approximately 60 years ago, and PCC 7942 is well established as a model for …

Synechococcus elongatus Argonaute reduces natural transformation efficiency and provides immunity against exogenous plasmids

A Taton, TS Gilderman, DC Ernst, CA Omaga… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 produces an active prokaryotic
Argonaute nuclease, SeAgo, whose function is unknown. Here, we show that SeAgo …

Bacterial Argonaute proteins aid cell division in the presence of topoisomerase inhibitors in Escherichia coli

A Olina, A Agapov, D Yudin, D Sutormin… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Prokaryotic Argonaute (pAgo) proteins are guide-dependent nucleases that function in host
defense against invaders. Recently, it was shown that TtAgo from Thermus thermophilus …

A cyanobacterial component required for pilus biogenesis affects the exoproteome

Y Yegorov, E Sendersky, S Zilberman, E Nagar… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Protein secretion as well as the assembly of bacterial motility appendages are central
processes that substantially contribute to fitness and survival. This study highlights …

Development of a highly sensitive luciferase-based reporter system to study two-step protein secretion in cyanobacteria

DA Russo, JAZ Zedler, FD Conradi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cyanobacteria, ubiquitous oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria, interact with the environment
and their surrounding microbiome through the secretion of a variety of small molecules and …

Spatio-temporal coherence of circadian clocks and temporal control of differentiation in Anabaena filaments

R Arbel-Goren, B Dassa, A Zhitnitsky, A Valladares… - Msystems, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Circadian clock arrays in multicellular filaments of the heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium
Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 display remarkable spatio-temporal coherence under …

The molecular toolset and techniques required to build cyanobacterial cell factories

F Opel, IM Axmann, S Klähn - Cyanobacteria in Biotechnology …, 2022 - Springer
Cyanobacteria are the only prokaryotes performing oxygenic photosynthesis, a solar-driven
process which allows them to obtain electrons from water to reduce and finally assimilate …

Natural Competence in the Filamentous, Heterocystous Cyanobacterium Chlorogloeopsis fritschii PCC 6912

F Nies, BL Springstein, DM Hanke, T Dagan - Msphere, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Lateral gene transfer plays an important role in the evolution of genetic diversity in
prokaryotes. DNA transfer via natural transformation depends on the ability of recipient cells …

Reprogramming metabolic networks and manipulating circadian clocks for biotechnological applications

B Wang, JD Young, Y Xu - Circadian rhythms in bacteria and microbiomes, 2021 - Springer
Cyanobacteria have two unique characteristics that distinguish them from all other
prokaryotes–being able to perform oxygenic photosynthesis and having a circadian clock …

Microbial sources of exocellular DNA in the ocean

MD Linney, JM Eppley, AE Romano… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Exocellular DNA is operationally defined as the fraction of the total DNA pool that passes
through a membrane filter (0.1 μm). It is composed of DNA-containing vesicles, viruses, and …