Typical stress response for algae influences photosynthetic productivity
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 11:20
in Earth & Climate
Typical research on blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, often focuses on pampered conditions that result in a fast, high yield, but such conditions bear little resemblance to what these bacteria face in nature. Scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Washington University in St. Louis, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Texas Tech University conducted a large-scale analysis of an alga called Synechocystis 6803 under 33 environmental conditions.