Transdisciplinary approaches for the study of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins.

Cyanobacteria, ancient aerobic and photoautotrophic prokaryotes, thrive in diverse ecosystems due to their extensive morphological and physiological adaptations. They play crucial roles in aquatic ecosystems as primary producers and resource providers but also pose significant ecological and health risks through blooms that produce harmful toxins, called cyanotoxins. The taxonomic affiliation of cyanobacteria has evolved from morphology-based methods to genomic analysis, which offers detailed structural and physiological insights that are essential for accurate taxonomic affiliation and monitoring.

Improving Beneficial Traits in subsp. TE3 through UV-Induced Genomic Changes.

It is essential to hunt for new technologies that promote sustainable practices for agroecosystems; thus, the bioprospecting of beneficial microorganisms complementing with mutation induction techniques to improve their genomic, metabolic, and functional traits is a promising strategy for the development of sustainable microbial inoculants. subsp. strain TE3, a previously recognized plant growth-promoting and biological control agent, was subjected to UV mutation induction to improve these agro-biotechnological traits.