A hard day's night: cyanobacteria in diel cycles

DG Welkie, BE Rubin, S Diamond, RD Hood… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotes that are influential in global geochemistry and
are promising candidates for industrial applications. Because the livelihood of cyanobacteria …

Circadian regulation of metabolism across photosynthetic organisms

LL de Barros Dantas, BM Eldridge, J Dorling… - The Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Circadian regulation produces a biological measure of time within cells. The daily cycle in
the availability of light for photosynthesis causes dramatic changes in biochemical …

Comparative genomics reveals the molecular determinants of rapid growth of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973

J Ungerer, KE Wendt, JI Hendry… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Cyanobacteria are emerging as attractive organisms for sustainable bioproduction. We
previously described Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973 as the fastest growing …

The circadian clock and darkness control natural competence in cyanobacteria

A Taton, C Erikson, Y Yang, BE Rubin, SA Rifkin… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus is a model organism for the study of
circadian rhythms. It is naturally competent for transformation—that is, it takes up DNA from …

Glycogen metabolism supports photosynthesis start through the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway in cyanobacteria

S Shinde, X Zhang, SP Singapuri, I Kalra, X Liu… - Plant …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Cyanobacteria experience drastic changes in their carbon metabolism under daily light/dark
cycles. During the day, the Calvin-Benson cycle fixes CO2 and diverts excess carbon into …

For whom the clock ticks: clinical chronobiology for infectious diseases

AB Diallo, B Coiffard, M Leone, S Mezouar… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The host defense against pathogens varies among individuals. Among the factors
influencing host response, those associated with circadian disruptions are emerging. These …

Proteomic de-regulation in cyanobacteria in response to abiotic stresses

PK Babele, J Kumar, V Chaturvedi - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cyanobacteria are oxygenic photoautotrophs, exhibiting a cosmopolitan distribution in
almost all possible environments and are significantly responsible for half of the global net …

The many roles of the bacterial second messenger cyclic di-AMP in adapting to stress cues

TM Zarrella, G Bai - Journal of bacteriology, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria respond to changes in environmental conditions through adaptation to external
cues. Frequently, bacteria employ nucleotide signaling molecules to mediate a specific …

Daily cycles of reversible protein condensation in cyanobacteria

GK Pattanayak, Y Liao, EWJ Wallace, B Budnik… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
An emerging principle of cell biology is the regulated conversion of macromolecules
between soluble and condensed states. To screen for such regulation of the cyanobacterial …

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 …