RT journal article
T1 Direct interaction between marine cyanobacteria mediated by nanotubes
A1 Angulo-Cánovas, E.
A1 Bartual Magro, Ana
A1 López-Igual, R.
A1 Luque, I.
A1 Radzinski, N.P.
A1 Shilova, I.
A1 Anjur-Dietrich, M-
A1 García-Jurado, G.
A1 Ubeda Sánchez, Bárbara
A2 Biología
AB Microbial associations and interactions drive and regulate nutrient fluxes in the ocean. However, physical contact between cells of marine cyanobacteria has not been studied thus far. Here, we show a mechanism of direct interaction between the marine cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus, the intercellular membrane nanotubes. We present evidence of inter- and intra-genus exchange of cytoplasmic material between neighboring and distant cells of cyanobacteria mediated by nanotubes. We visualized and measured these structures in xenic and axenic cultures and in natural samples. We show that nanotubes are produced between living cells, suggesting that this is a relevant system of exchange material in vivo. The discovery of nanotubes acting as exchange bridges in the most abundant photosynthetic organisms in the ocean may have important implications for their interactions with other organisms and their population dynamics.
SN 2375-2548
YR 2024
FD 2024-05-23
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33590
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33590
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 21-sep-2026