Harmful algal bloom species Microcystis aeruginosa releases thiamin antivitamins to suppress competitors

Harmful algal bloom species Microcystis aeruginosa releases thiamin antivitamins to suppress competitors

ABSTRACT In environmental ecosystems, vitamin concentrations are often exceedingly low, and auxotrophy, or reliance on exogenous vitamins or vitamin precursors, is widespread. We show here that the widespread harmful algal bloom (HAB) species Microcystis aeruginosa, threatening freshwater aquatic ec...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Yazdani, Christopher P. Suffridge, Fangchen Liu, Cait M. Costello, Zhiyao Zhou, Gillian St. John, Ruchika Bhawal, Sheng Zhang, Geoffrey W. Coates, Mingming Wu, Beth A. Ahner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-08-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
bacimethrin
Microcystis
methoxythiamin
thiamin
antivitamins
exometabolome
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01608-25
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