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CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue -, Pages 147-153Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.07.003
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) of the UK
- PML Applications Ltd., Plymouth UK
- BBSRC [BB/I013164/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/I013164/1, 985667] Funding Source: researchfish
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Microalgae undertake a wide range of mutualistic interactions with bacteria. Here we consider how transcriptonnic, metagenomic and metabolomic approaches have been combined with microbiological and biochemical analyses to expand our understanding of algal-bacterial interactions. Identification of the major bacterial species associated with algae indicates that specific bacterial groups, particularly the alpha-Proteobacteria, are found more frequently, suggesting that these may have the means to initiate and maintain symbiotic relationships. Nutrient exchange is frequently the basis of algal-bacterial mutualism, and as the compounds involved are characterised, evidence is accumulating that these are complex and specific molecules, offering opportunities for signalling processes and regulation rather than merely passive diffusion. At the same time, it is clear that the interactions are not static, but can be initiated and broken in response to environmental and developmental cues.
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