Adaptation of the Freshwater Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa to Brackish Water Is Driven by Recent Horizontal Transfer of Sucrose Genes

Adaptation of the Freshwater Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa to Brackish Water Is Driven by Recent Horizontal Transfer of Sucrose Genes

Microcystis aeruginosa is a bloom-forming cyanobacterium found in eutrophic water bodies worldwide. M. aeruginosa blooms usually occur in freshwater; however, they have also been reported to occur in brackish water. Because M. aeruginosa often produces the cyanotoxin microcystin, they are a major co...

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Main Authors: Yuuhiko Tanabe, Yoshikuni Hodoki, Tomoharu Sano, Kiyoshi Tada, Makoto M. Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Microcystis
bloom
salt tolerance
sucrose
genomics
brackish water
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01150/full

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