Mutations in novel lipopolysaccharide biogenesis genes confer resistance to amoebal grazing in Synechococcus elongatus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2738-2750

  Simkovsky, Ryan ^a   Effner, Emily E ^a   Iglesias Sánchez, Maria José ^b   Golden, Susan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; GENES; MOLECULES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PREDATOR PREY SYSTEMS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CONJUGATED MOLECULES; CORE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; POPULATION STRUCTURES; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; TOXIC CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROTIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CYANOBACTERIA; HETEROLOBOSEA; PROTISTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANIMAL; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMASS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYANOBACTERIA; HERBIVORY; LIGASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; O ANTIGENS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84965127300     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00135-16     Document Type: Article

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