RRC ID 56527
著者 Chen M, Tian LL, Ren CY, Xu CY, Wang YY, Li L.
タイトル Extracellular polysaccharide synthesis in a bloom-forming strain of Microcystis aeruginosa: implications for colonization and buoyancy.
ジャーナル Sci Rep
Abstract Microcystis, the dominant species among cyanobacterial blooms, normally forms colonies under natural conditions but exists as single cells or paired cells in axenic laboratory cultures after long-term cultivation. Here, a bloom-forming Microcystis aeruginosa strain CHAOHU 1326 was studied because it presents a colonial morphology and grows on the water surface during axenic laboratory culturing. We first examined the morphological features of strain CHAOHU 1326 and three other unicellular M. aeruginosa strains FACHB-925, FACHB-940, and FACHB-975 cultured under the same conditions by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Then, we compared the extracellular polysaccharide (EPS)-producing ability of colonial strain CHAOHU 1326 to that of the three unicellular M. aeruginosa strains, and found that strain CHAOHU 1326 produced a higher amount of EPS than the other strains during growth. Moreover, based on genome sequencing, multiple gene clusters implicated in EPS biosynthesis and a cluster of 12 genes predicted to be involved in gas vesicle synthesis in strain CHAOHU 1326 were detected. These predicted genes were all functional and expressed in M. aeruginosa CHAOHU 1326 as determined by reverse transcription PCR. These findings provide a physiological and genetic basis to better understand colony formation and buoyancy control during M. aeruginosa blooming.
巻・号 9(1)
ページ 1251
公開日 2019-2-4
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-37398-6
PII 10.1038/s41598-018-37398-6
PMID 30718739
PMC PMC6362013
MeSH Biosynthetic Pathways Eutrophication Genome, Bacterial Microcystis / genetics Microcystis / growth & development* Microcystis / metabolism Microcystis / ultrastructure Phylogeny Polysaccharides, Bacterial / genetics Polysaccharides, Bacterial / metabolism* Water Microbiology
IF 4.011
引用数 7
リソース情報
藻類 NIES-44 NIES-87 NIES-88 NIES-98 NIES-843 NIES-1211 NIES-2481 NIES-2549