Metabologenomics reveals strain-level genetic and chemical diversity of Microcystis secondary metabolism

ABSTRACT Microcystis spp. are renowned for producing the hepatotoxin microcystin in freshwater cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms around the world, threatening drinking water supplies and public and environmental health. However, Microcystis genomes also harbor numerous biosynthetic gene clusters (...

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Published in:mSystems
Main Authors: Colleen E. Yancey, Lauren Hart, Sierra Hefferan, Osama G. Mohamed, Sean A. Newmister, Ashootosh Tripathi, David H. Sherman, Gregory J. Dick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2024-07-01
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00334-24