Culture experiment for Pseudanabaena cinerea under 25 °C, 30 μmol photons m-2 s-1, different light color: cultures were sampled every 3 or 4 d during a 35 d culture period for quantifying cell density, MIB concentration, and mic gene expression level. Samples in the stationary phase were further analyzed for photosynthetic pigment composition, photophysiological parameters and transcriptomic analysis. Effects of light color on MIB production under different temperature was conducted under 10 °C, 25 °C, and 35 °C, and the samples in day 10 to day 15 collected for quantifying cell density, MIB concentration, and mic gene expression level (A). The cell color collected at day 15 under different temperature different light colors (B). The cellular MIB yield (C) and mic gene expression level (D) of Pseudanabaena cinerea under different light color and culture temperature. The mic gene expression level of MIB-producing Pseudanabaena cinerea under different light color at 25 °C (E). Correlation between mic gene expression level and MIB concentration (F).
The cell color of Pseudanabaena cinerea collected at the end of the culture experiment (day 35) under different light colors (A). The photosynthetic pigment contents (B), effective photochemical quantum yield of PS II (Y (II)) (C), and maximum electron transport rate (ETRmax) (D) under different light colors. The expression level (FPKM) of genes encoding phycobilisomes (PE, PC, and APC), Chl a, photosystem II, photosystem I, photoelectron transfer pigments, and carbon fixation (E).
Differentially expressed genes of Pseudanabaena cinerea under green light compared to red light (A). The significantly up-regulated (B) and down-regulated genes (C), along with their associated pathways.
KEGG enrichment analysis of categories of differentially expressed genes of Pseudanabaena in response to light color (green, red, and white) (A). The up-regulated and down-regulated pathways under green light compared to red light at pathway levels 3 (B). Differentially expressed metabolic pathways (C) of Pseudanabaena cinerea responding to light color. Pink and blue symbols represented the up-regulated and down-regulated genes or pathways by green light compared to red light.
The detailed biosynthesis pathway of MIB and photosynthetic pigments (A). Red symbols represented the up-regulated genes under green light compared to red light. The expression level of the mic gene at the light and dark midpoints of 12 h/12 h light/dark cycles under various light colors (B). The relationship between the gene expression levels of mic and chlG (C), as well as the association between cellular MIB yield and Chl a yield (D) in response to different light colors. The shading is 95% confidence interval. The carbon flux in the two branches responds to light colors (E).
The relationship between underwater light spectra and water turbidity (A). The variation of the relative abundance of genes encoding different photosynthetic pigments (B) and MIB concentration (C) under different water turbidity.