ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2011
Microcolony formation by single-cell Synechococcus strains as a fast response to UV radiation.
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Abstract
UV radiation (UVR) has different effects on prokaryotic cells, such as, for instance, filamentation and aggregation in bacteria. Here we studied the effect of UVR on microcolony formation in two freshwater Synechococcus strains of different ribotypes (group B and group I) and phycobiliprotein compositions (phycoerythrin [PE] and phycocyanin [PC]). Each strain was photoacclimated at two light intensities, low light (LL) (10 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹) and moderate light (ML) (100 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹). The cultures were exposed for 6 days to treatments with UVR or without UVR. PE-rich Synechococcus acclimated to LL had a low carotenoid/chlorophyll a (car/chl) ratio but responded faster to UVR treatment, producing the highest percentages of microcolonies and of cells in microcolonies. Conversely, the same strain acclimated to ML, with a higher car/chl ratio, did not aggregate significantly. These results suggest that microcolony formation by PE-rich Synechococcus is induced by UVR if carotenoid levels are low. PC-rich Synechococcus formed a very low percentage of microcolonies in both acclimations even with low car/chl ratio. The different responses of the two Synechococcus strains to UVR depend on their pigment compositions. On the other hand, this study does not exclude that UVR-induced microcolony formation could also be related to specific ribotypes.
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