The model cyanobacteria Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 possess an intact but partially degenerated gene cluster encoding gas vesicles.

Kun CaiBo-Ying XuYong-Liang JiangYing WangYuxing ChenCong-Zhao ZhouQiong Li

Published in: BMC microbiology (2020)

Our findings show that the laboratory strain of model filamentous cyanobacteria Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 possesses an intact but partially degenerated gas vesicle gene cluster, indicating that the natural isolate might be able to produce gas vesicles under some given environmental stimuli for better floatation.

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