| Light-dark (12:12) cycle of carbon and nitrogen metabolism in Crocosphaera watsonii WH8501: relation to the cell cycle. | |
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PMID: 22188053 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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This study provides with original data sets on the physiology of the unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacterium Crocosphaera watsonii WH8501, maintained in continuous culture in conditions of obligate diazotrophy. Cultures were exposed to a 12:12 light-dark regime, representative of what they experience in nature and where growth is expected to be balanced. Nitrogen and carbon metabolism were monitored at high frequency and their dynamics was compared with the cell cycle. Results reveal a daily cycle in the physiological and biochemical parameters, tightly constrained by the timely decoupled processes of N(2) fixation and carbon acquisition. The cell division rate increased concomitantly to carbon accumulation and peaked 6 h into the light. The carbon content reached a maximum at the end of the light phase. N(2) fixation occurred mostly during the dark period and peaked between 9 and 10 h into the night, while DNA synthesis, reflected by DNA fluorescence, increased until the end of the night. Consequently, cells in G1- and S-phases present a marked decrease in their C : N ratio. Nitrogen acquisition through N(2) fixation exceeded 1.3- to 3-fold the nitrogen requirements for growth, suggesting that important amounts of nitrogen are excreted even under conditions supposed to favour balanced, carbon and nitrogen acquisitions. |
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Anthony Dron; Sophie Rabouille; Pascal Claquin; Bertrand Le Roy; Amélie Talec; Antoine Sciandra |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-22 |
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Title: Environmental microbiology Volume: - ISSN: 1462-2920 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-12-22 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100883692 Medline TA: Environ Microbiol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2011 Society for Applied Microbiology and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
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UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7093, LOV, Observatoire océanologique, F-06234, Villefranche/mer, France CNRS, UMR 7093, LOV, Observatoire océanologique, F-06234, Villefranche/mer, France Université Caen Basse-Normandie, FRE BIOMEA, F-14032 Caen, France CNRS INEE, FRE BIOMEA, F-14032 Caen, France. |
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