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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 81, Issue 2, Pages 544-554Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02601-14
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- German Research Foundation [Di910/5-1]
- European Cooperation in Science and Technology COST Action [ES1105 CYANOCOST]
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) TOP grant
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Recent studies have provided evidence for both intracellular and extracellular roles of the potent hepatotoxin microcystin (MC) in the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis. Here, we surveyed transcriptomes of the wild-type strain M. aeruginosa PCC 7806 and the microcystin-deficient Delta mcyB mutant under low light conditions with and without the addition of external MC of the LR variant (MC-LR). Transcriptomic data acquired by microarray and quantitative PCR revealed substantial differences in the relative expression of genes of the central intermediary metabolism, photosynthesis, and energy metabolism. In particular, the data provide evidence for a lower photosystem I (PSI)-to-photosystem II (PSII) ratio and a more pronounced carbon limitation in the microcystin-deficient mutant. Interestingly, only 6% of the transcriptional differences could be complemented by external microcystin-LR addition. This MC signaling effect was seen exclusively for genes of the secondary metabolism category. The orphan polyketide synthase gene cluster IPF38-51 was specifically downregulated in response to external MC-LR under low light. Our data suggest a hierarchical and light-dependent cross talk of secondary metabolites and support both an intracellular and an extracellular role of MC in Microcystis.
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