Strong and widespread cycloheximide resistance in Stichococcus-like eukaryotic algal taxa

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Nur Hidayu Syuhada, Faradina Merican, Syazana Zaki, Paul A. Broady, Peter Convey, Narongrit Muangmai
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Arctic; Signy Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05116-y; https://doaj.org/article/a11c2a6a7d084eb5ab0cded4a115e363

Abstract This study was initiated following the serendipitous discovery of a unialgal culture of a Stichococcus-like green alga (Chlorophyta) newly isolated from soil collected on Signy Island (maritime Antarctica) in growth medium supplemented with 100 µg/mL cycloheximide (CHX, a widely used antibi...