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ArticleThe ISME journal2018

Strains of the toxic and bloom-forming Nodularia spumigena (cyanobacteria) can degrade methylphosphonate and release methane.

Jonna E Teikari, David P Fewer, Rashmi Shrestha, Shengwei Hou, Niina Leikoski, Minna Mäkelä, Asko Simojoki, Wolfgang R Hess, Kaarina Sivonen

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Article in The ISME journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jonna E TeikariDepartment of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5797-7432
David P FewerDepartment of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3978-4845
Rashmi ShresthaDepartment of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland.
Shengwei HouGenetics and Experimental Bioinformatics, Institute of Biology III, University Freiburg, Schänzlestraße 1, Freiburg, D-79104, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4474-7443
Niina LeikoskiDepartment of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland.
Minna MäkeläDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland.
Asko SimojokiDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland.
Wolfgang R HessGenetics and Experimental Bioinformatics, Institute of Biology III, University Freiburg, Schänzlestraße 1, Freiburg, D-79104, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5340-3423
Kaarina SivonenDepartment of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland. Kaarina.sivonen@helsinki.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2904-0458
University of Helsinki · FIUniversity of Freiburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nodularia spumigena is a nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium that forms toxic blooms in the Baltic Sea each summer and the availability of phosphorous is an important factor limiting the formation of these blooms. Bioinformatic analysis identified a phosphonate degrading (phn) gene cluster in the genome of N. spumigena suggesting that this bacterium may use phosphonates as a phosphorus source. Our results show that strains of N. spumigena could grow in medium containing methylphosphonic acid (MPn) as the sole source of phosphorous and released methane when growing in medium containing MPn. We analyzed the total transcriptomes of N. spumigena UHCC 0039 grown using MPn and compared them with cultures growing in P

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Nitrogen FixationAlkaline PhosphataseBaltic StatesCyanobacteriaMethaneMultigene FamilyNitrogenNodulariaOrganophosphorus CompoundsPhosphorusSeawaterSequence Analysis, RNAAlkaline PhosphataseMethanemethylphosphonic acidNitrogenOrganophosphorus CompoundsPhosphorus

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PMID29445131
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