Photoecology of the Antarctic cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya sp. BC1307 brought to light through community analysis, comparative genomics and in vitro photophysiology

• Published in: Molecular Ecology
• Main Authors: Chrismas, Nathan A. M., Williamson, Christopher J., Yallop, Marian L., Anesio, Alexandre M., Sanchez-Baracaldo, Patricia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarctica; cyanobacteria; genomics; photoecology; photophysiology; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; MULTIPLE SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; MICROBIAL MAT COMMUNITIES; ORANGE CAROTENOID PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CHROMATIC ADAPTATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC COMMUNITIES; PHYTOENE DESATURASE; PHOTOSYSTEM-II; LAKE HOARE; Antarctic; Hoare; Lake Hoare; McMurdo Dry Valleys; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/94a281a1-beeb-4401-985b-6353a882d13f; https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14953; https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/166621421/mec.14953.pdf

Cyanobacteria are important photoautotrophs in extreme environments such as the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Terrestrial Antarctic cyanobacteria experience constant darkness during the winter and constant light during the summer which influences the ability of these organisms to fix carbon over...