Global transcriptomic profile in the halotolerant cyanobacterium Halothece sp. PCC 7418 cells acclimated to different salinity conditions. Global transcriptomic profile in the halotolerant cyanobacterium Halothece sp. PCC 7418 cells acclimated to different salinity conditions

Halotolerant species are of interest since they occur naturally in environments with excess toxic ions. The cyanobacterium Halothece sp. PCC 7418 (hereafter referred to as Halothece) exhibits remarkable halotolerance and was used to examine stress-responsive regulatory mechanisms. The effects of salinity environment on Halothece transcriptomes were examined using RNA sequencing. Overall design: Halothece sp. PCC7418 cells were acclimated to low salinity (0.5 M NaCl) or high salinity (2.5 M NaCl). Then, total RNA was extracted and analyzed by RNA-seq analysis.