Seeking sunlight: rapid phototactic motility of filamentous mat-forming cyanobacteria optimize photosynthesis and enhance carbon burial in Lake Huron’s submerged sinkholes

Seeking sunlight: rapid phototactic motility of filamentous mat-forming cyanobacteria optimize photosynthesis and enhance carbon burial in Lake Huron’s submerged sinkholes

We studied the motility of filamentous mat-forming cyanobacteria consisting primarily of Oscillatoria-like cells growing under low-light, low-oxygen and high-sulfur conditions in Lake Huron’s submerged sinkholes using in situ observations, in vitro measurements and time-lapse microscopy. Gliding mov...

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Main Authors: Bopaiah A Biddanda, Adam C. McMillan, Stephen A Long, Michael J Snider, Anthony D Weinke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Aggregation
microbial mat
dispersion
photosynthetic efficiency
phototaxis
Carbon burial
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00930/full

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