Nutrients drive transcriptional changes that maintain metabolic homeostasis but alter genome architecture in Microcystis

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2080-2092

  Steffen, Morgan M ^a   Dearth, Stephen P ^a   Dill, Brian D ^b,c   Li, Zhou ^a,b   Larsen, Kristen M ^a   Campagna, Shawn R ^a   Wilhelm, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cyanobacteria; metabolomics; nitrogen; transcriptomics; transposase; urea

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MICROCYSTIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROCYSTIS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84920736884     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.78     Document Type: Article

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