Project description:Microcystis aeruginosa cells were treated with phosphorus repletion, depletion and starvation. Isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) proteomic method was employed to explore to the effects of phosphorus limitation on Microcystis aeruginosa cells at the protein level. This investigation would contribute to the understanding of global cellular responses of Microcystis to phosphorus limitation and provide theoretical basis for deciding whether it is an effective way to control Microcystis blooms by phosphorus reduction.
Project description:Microcystis is a genus of unicellular cyanobacteria capable of growing massively in freshwater ecosystems around the world and producing various toxins such as microcystins. We studied using an RNA-Seq approach the transcriptomes of three axenic strains of Microcystis, comprising the modele strain PCC 7806, selected because of their genetic potential for natural products. We assessed the expression of biosynthetic gene clusters during a 24-hour day/night cycle.
Project description:The cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806 was used for a systematic survey of the relationship between copper and microcystins synthesis. Here we have used microarrays to interrogate the global responses to copper additions at 0.5 micromolar (µM) and 3 µM of copper. From the gene level, microarray studies (3 µM copper supplementation) showed effects on iron, sulfur, glutaredoxin and dehydratase homeostasis gene expression. However, in 0.5 µM groups, those genes that significantly enriched in 3 µM groups regulatory were not all found. In the microarray data for copper stress (3 µM) revealed a broad effect on the expression of iron-sulphur cluster associated pathways, such as cysteine biosynthesis. All of these data indicate that Fe / S cluster biogenesis and/or repair were affected by copper in M. aeruginosa.