Developing a genetic approach to target cyanobacterial producers of heterocyte glycolipids in the environment

Heterocytous cyanobacteria are important players in the carbon and nitrogen cycle. They can fix dinitrogen by using heterocytes, specialized cells containing the oxygen-sensitive nitrogenase enzyme surrounded by a thick polysaccharide and glycolipid layer which prevents oxygen diffusion and nitrogen...

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Main Authors: Ruth Pérez Gallego, Nicole J. Bale, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damste, Laura Villanueva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1257040/full