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A Novel Mechanism, Linked to Cell Density, Largely Controls Cell Division in Synechocystis    

Overview of attention for article published in Plant Physiology, June 2017
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Title
A Novel Mechanism, Linked to Cell Density, Largely Controls Cell Division in Synechocystis    
Published in
Plant Physiology, June 2017
DOI 10.1104/pp.17.00729
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Alberto A. Esteves-Ferreira, Masami Inaba, Toshihiro Obata, Antoine Fort, Gerard T.A. Fleming, Wagner L. Araújo, Alisdair R. Fernie, Ronan Sulpice

Abstract

Many studies have investigated the various genetic and environmental factors regulating cyanobacterial growth. Here, we investigated the growth and metabolism of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, under different nitrogen sources, light intensities and CO2 concentrations. Cells grown on urea showed the highest growth rates. However, for all the conditions, the daily growth rates in batch cultures decreased steadily over time, and stationary phase was obtained with similar cell densities. Unexpectedly, metabolic and physiological analyses showed that growth rates during log phase were not primarily controlled by the availability of photoassimilates. Further physiological investigations indicated that nutrient limitation, quorum sensing, light quality and intensity (self-shading) were not the main factors responsible for the decrease in the growth rate and for the onset of the stationary phase. Moreover, cell division rates in fed-batch cultures were positively correlated with the dilution rates. Hence, not only light, CO2 and nutrients can affect growth, but also a cell-to-cell interaction. Accordingly, we propose that cell-cell interaction may be a factor responsible for the gradual decrease of growth rates in batch cultures during log phase, culminating with the onset of stationary phase.

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Geographical breakdown

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Unknown 58 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 22%
Researcher 12 21%
Student > Master 8 14%
Student > Postgraduate 5 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 5%
Other 7 12%
Unknown 10 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 15 26%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 26%
Engineering 5 9%
Environmental Science 2 3%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 2%
Other 6 10%
Unknown 14 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 July 2017.
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#2,936,353
of 22,982,639 outputs
Outputs from Plant Physiology
#1,856
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#56,505
of 316,289 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Plant Physiology
#33
of 125 outputs
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