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Scytonemin
Nostoc punctiforme
ATCC 29133 Amino acid
derived
Sunscreen
scy
(6 kb)
(
Balskus & Walsh, 2009
;
Soule et al., 2007
)
Shinorin
Anabaena variabilis
ATCC 29413 Amino acid
derived
Sunscreen
orf
3858-3855
(6 kb)
(
Balskus & Walsh, 2010
)
Mycosporine-
glycine
Nostoc punctiforme
ATCC 29133 Amino acid
derived
Sunscreen
mys
(4.5 kb)
(
Gao & Garcia-Pichel,
2011b
)
Alkanes
Synechococcus elongatus
PCC
7942
Fatty acid
derived
orf
1593-1594
(2 kb)
(
Schirmer et al., 2010
)
Alkenes
Synechococcus
sp
.
PCC 7002
Fatty acid
derived
ols
(8 kb)
(
Mendez-Perez et al.,
2011
)
Geosmin
Nostoc punctiforme
PCC 73102
Terpene
Smelly
molecule
Npun020003620
(2 kb)
(
Giglio, Jiang, Saint, Cane,
& Monis, 2008
)
Methylisoborneol
Pseudanabaena
sp
.
dqh15
Terpene
Smelly
molecule
mtf, mic
(2 kb)
(
Wang, Fewer, et al., 2011
;
Wang, Xu, et al., 2011
)
Planktothricoides raciborskii
CHAB3331
(
Wang, Fewer, et al., 2011
;
Wang, Xu, et al., 2011
)
*
The structure of the metabolites are shown in
Fig. 6.1-6.17
.
Fig. 6.17
Shows the structure of the metabolites that are not discussed in details in the text in section 4.
†
Only two examples are given but there are a large number of cyanobactins identified (more than a hundred).
‡
Symbiotic cyanobacteria of the ascidia
Lissoclinum patella.