Project description:We installed and optimized a genetic tool that allows control over protein stability in a model cyanobacterium. This tool has potential uses for the fundamental study of cyanobacterial genes, and may be useful for the design of more sophisticated, bioindustrial cyanobacterial strains.
Project description:As an essential primary producer, cyanobacteria play an important role in the global cycle for both carbon and nitrogen in the ecosystems. Though the influence of nanoplastics on the carbon metabolism of cyanobacteria, especial Microcystis aeruginosa, a dominant species causing cyanobacterial blooms, is well studied, little is known about nanoplastics affecting the nitrogen metabolism.
