Effect of temperature on global transcriptomic profile in the halotolerant cyanobacterium Halothece sp. PCC 7418

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 temperature on Halothece transcriptomes were examined using RNA sequencing. Halothece sp. PCC7418 cells were exposed to 24 h heat or cold shock. Then, total RNA was extracted and analyzed by RNA-seq analysis.