Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux

Compartmentalization of metals for photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation in specialized cells of the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC7120

Nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria, such as Anabaena sp. PCC7120, are some of the oldest multicellular organisms. When combined nitrogen sources are scarce, this cyanobacterium compartmentalizes photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation in vegetative cells and in differentiated heterocysts...