Insights from cyanobacterial genomic and transcriptomic analyses into adaptation strategies in terrestrial environments.

Genomics

Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:

Published: July 2022

Phylogenomic analysis of Nostocsp. MG11, a terrestrial cyanobacterium, and some terrestrial and freshwater Nostoc strains showed that the terrestrial strains grouped together in a distinctive clade, which reveals the effect of habitat on shaping Nostoc genomes. Terrestrial strains showed larger genomes and had higher predicted CDS contents than freshwater strains. Comparative genomic analysis demonstrated that genome expansion in the terrestrial Nostoc is supported by an increase in copy number of the core genes and acquisition of shared genes. Transcriptomic profiling analysis under desiccation stress revealed that Nostoc sp. MG11 protected its cell by induction of catalase, proteases, sucrose synthase, trehalose biosynthesis and maltodextrin utilization genes and maintained its normal metabolism during this condition by up-regulation of genes related to phycobilisomes and light reactions of photosynthesis, CO fixation and protein metabolism. These results provide insights into the strategies related to survival and adaptation of Nostoc strains to terrestrial environments.

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