Global transcriptome analyses and intracellular regulatory mechanisms of glycine betaine and mycosporine-2-glycine expression in the halotolerant cyanobacterium Halothece sp. PCC 7418 exposed to abiotic stresses

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 five different stimuli on Halothece transcriptomes were examined using RNA sequencing. In response to diverse stresses, there were both common and stress-specific transcriptional responses. Overall design: Halothece sp. PCC7418 cells were exposed to various abiotic stress conditions. Then, total RNA was extracted and analyzed by RNA-seq analysis.