Small RNAs are ubiquitously present regulators in all kingdoms of life. Most bacterial and
archaeal small RNAs (sRNAs) act by antisense mechanisms on multiple target mRNAs …

Heterocyst differentiation that occurs in some filamentous cyanobacteria, such as Anabaena
sp. PCC 7120, provides a unique model for prokaryotic developmental biology. Heterocyst …

Evidence is accumulating to challenge the paradigm that biogenic methanogenesis,
considered a strictly anaerobic process, is exclusive to archaea. We demonstrate that …

RNA-seq and especially differential RNA-seq-type transcriptomic analyses (dRNA-seq) are
powerful analytical tools, as they not only provide insights into gene expression changes but …

The new genus name Dolichospermum, for most of the planktonic former members of the
genus Anabaena, is one of the most ubiquitous bloom-forming cyanobacterial genera. Its …

In this chapter, we mainly focus on the acclimation of cyanobacteria to the changing ambient
CO2 and discuss mechanisms of inorganic carbon (Ci) uptake, photorespiration, and the …

Highlights•RNA-seq has become the method of choice for bacterial transcriptomics.•
Differential RNA-seq (dRNA-seq) distinguishes primary and processed transcripts.•dRNA …

Oxygenic photosynthesis is driven by photosystems I and II (PSI and PSII, respectively). Both
have specific antenna complexes and the phycobilisome (PBS) is the major antenna protein …

Flavodiiron proteins (FDPs, also called flavoproteins, Flvs) are modular enzymes widely
present in Bacteria and Archaea. The evolution of cyanobacteria and oxygenic …

Background Sinorhizobium meliloti is a soil-dwelling α-proteobacterium that possesses a
large, tripartite genome and engages in a nitrogen fixing symbiosis with its plant hosts …