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Performance and competitiveness of red vs. green phenotypes of a cyanobacterium grown under artificial lake browning

  • Received : 2021.03.04
  • Accepted : 2021.07.19
  • Published : 2021.09.15
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Abstract

Increasing inputs of dissolved organic matter (DOM) to northern lakes is resulting in 'lake browning.' Lake browning profoundly affects phytoplankton community composition by modifying two important environmental drivers-light and nutrients. The impact of increased DOM on native isolates of red and green-pigmented cyanobacteria identified as Pseudanabaena, which emerged from a Dolichospermum bloom (Dickson Lake, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada) in 2015, were examined under controlled laboratory conditions. The genomes were sequenced to identify phylogenetic relatedness and physiological similarities, and the physical and chemical effects of increased DOM on cellular performance and competitiveness were assessed. Our study findings were that the isolated red and green phenotypes are two distinct species belonging to the genus Pseudanabaena; that both isolates remained physiologically unaffected when grown independently under defined DOM regimes; and that neither red nor green phenotype achieved a competitive advantage when grown together under defined DOM regimes. While photosynthetic pigment diversity among phytoplankton offers niche-differentiation opportunities, the results of this study illustrate the coexistence of two distinct photosynthetic pigment phenotypes under increasing DOM conditions.

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This work was funded by an NSERC Discovery Grants 06579-2014 and 4458-2016 awarded to IFC and CGT, respectively, and an NSERC CREATE ABATE awarded to IFC and CGT (448172-2014) and Western Strategic Funds awarded to VT.

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