Loss of Filamentous Multicellularity in Cyanobacteria: the Extremophile Gloeocapsopsis sp. Strain UTEX B3054 Retained Multicellular Features at the Genomic and Behavioral Levels

Timing the Evolutionary Advent of Cyanobacteria and the Later Great Oxidation Event Using Gene Phylogenies of a Sunscreen

(2019) Ferran Garcia-Pichel et al.   mBio

Genomic Features for Desiccation Tolerance and Sugar Biosynthesis in the Extremophile Gloeocapsopsis sp. UTEX B3054

(2019) Catalina Urrejola et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Structure and Function of a Bacterial Gap Junction Analog

(2019) Gregor L. Weiss et al.   CELL

Molecular Diffusion through Cyanobacterial Septal Junctions

(2017) Mercedes Nieves-Morión et al.   mBio

Role of Two Cell Wall Amidases in Septal Junction and Nanopore Formation in the Multicellular Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

(2017) Jan Bornikoel et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Septal protein SepJ from the heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium Anabaena forms multimers and interacts with peptidoglycan

(2017) Félix Ramos-León et al.   FEBS Open Bio

Enabling cell-cell communication via nanopore formation: structure, function and localization of the unique cell wall amidase AmiC2 of Nostoc punctiforme

(2016) Felix M. Büttner et al.   FEBS Journal

Cyanobacterial evolution during the Precambrian

(2016) Bettina E. Schirrmeister et al.   International Journal of Astrobiology

Overexpression of SepJ alters septal morphology and heterocyst pattern regulated by diffusible signals in Anabaena

(2016) Vicente Mariscal et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Septal Junctions in Filamentous Heterocyst-Forming Cyanobacteria

(2016) Enrique Flores et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

CyDiv, a Conserved and Novel Filamentous Cyanobacterial Cell Division Protein Involved in Septum Localization

(2016) Dinka Mandakovic et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

On the evolution of bacterial multicellularity

(2015) Nicholas A Lyons et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Functional Dependence between Septal Protein SepJ from Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 and an Amino Acid ABC-Type Uptake Transporter

(2015) Leticia Escudero et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Divisome-dependent subcellular localization of cell-cell joining protein SepJ in the filamentous cyanobacteriumAnabaena

(2015) Félix Ramos-León et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cyanobacteria and the Great Oxidation Event: evidence from genes and fossils

(2015) Bettina E. Schirrmeister et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Requirement of Fra proteins for communication channels between cells in the filamentous nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteriumAnabaenasp. PCC 7120

(2015) Amin Omairi-Nasser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Intercellular Diffusion of a Fluorescent Sucrose Analog via the Septal Junctions in a Filamentous Cyanobacterium

(2015) Dennis J. Nürnberg et al.   mBio

Origin of marine planktonic cyanobacteria

(2015) Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo   Scientific Reports

Fluorescent Fingerprints of Endolithic Phototrophic Cyanobacteria Living within Halite Rocks in the Atacama Desert

(2014) M. Roldán et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Salt tolerance and polyphyly in the cyanobacteriumChroococcidiopsis(Pleurocapsales)

(2014) John Cumbers et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Bacterial solutions to multicellularity: a tale of biofilms, filaments and fruiting bodies

(2014) Dennis Claessen et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Gloeocapsopsis AAB1, an extremely desiccation-tolerant cyanobacterium isolated from the Atacama Desert

(2013) Armando Azua-Bustos et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Improving the coverage of the cyanobacterial phylum using diversity-driven genome sequencing

(2013) P. M. Shih et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of multicellularity coincided with increased diversification of cyanobacteria and the Great Oxidation Event

(2013) B. E. Schirrmeister et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

PhyloBayes MPI: Phylogenetic Reconstruction with Infinite Mixtures of Profiles in a Parallel Environment

(2013) Nicolas Lartillot et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Ignimbrite as a substrate for endolithic life in the hyper-arid Atacama Desert: Implications for the search for life on Mars

(2012) Jacek Wierzchos et al.   ICARUS

Cell Wall Amidase AmiC1 Is Required for Cellular Communication and Heterocyst Development in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120 but Not for Filament Integrity

(2012) S. Berendt et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The origin of multicellularity in cyanobacteria

(2011) Bettina E Schirrmeister et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Outer membrane continuity and septosome formation between vegetative cells in the filaments of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

(2011) Laura Wilk et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

FraH Is Required for Reorganization of Intracellular Membranes during Heterocyst Differentiation in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120

(2011) V. Merino-Puerto et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The morphogene AmiC2 is pivotal for multicellular development in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme

(2011) Josef Lehner et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

FraC/FraD-dependent intercellular molecular exchange in the filaments of a heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp.

(2011) Victoria Merino-Puerto et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

phangorn: phylogenetic analysis in R

(2010) Klaus Peter Schliep   BIOINFORMATICS

Characterization of an intertidal cyanobacterium that constitutes a separate clade together with thermophilic strains

(2010) Vitor Ramos et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Functional dissection of the three-domain SepJ protein joining the cells in cyanobacterial trichomes

(2010) Vicente Mariscal et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Fra proteins influencing filament integrity, diazotrophy and localization of septal protein SepJ in the heterocyst-forming cyanobacteriumAnabaenasp.

(2010) Victoria Merino-Puerto et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The Smallest Known Genomes of Multicellular and Toxic Cyanobacteria: Comparison, Minimal Gene Sets for Linked Traits and the Evolutionary Implications

(2010) Karina Stucken et al.   PLoS One

Timing of morphological and ecological innovations in the cyanobacteria – a key to understanding the rise in atmospheric oxygen

(2009) C. E. BLANK et al.   Geobiology

Comparison of methods for rooting phylogenetic trees: A case study using Orcuttieae (Poaceae: Chloridoideae)

(2009) Laura M. Boykin et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Compartmentalized function through cell differentiation in filamentous cyanobacteria

(2009) Enrique Flores et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Mechanism of intercellular molecular exchange in heterocyst-forming cyanobacteria

(2008) Conrad W Mullineaux et al.   EMBO JOURNAL