Predicting substrate exchange in marine diatom‐heterocystous cyanobacteria symbioses

Marine Chemosynthetic Symbioses

Bacteria and marine eukaryotes often coexist in symbioses that significantly influence the ecology, physiology and evolution of both partners. De Bary (1879) defined symbiosis as “the living together of differently named organisms,” implying that the term encompasses both positive (e.g., mutualism) and negative (e.g., parasitism) associations. Many researchers now view symbiotic interactions as...

Regulatory elements of marine cyanobacteria.

The free-living, oxyphototroph bacteria of the group of Prochlorococcus populate widely the oceans. Genomic information of nine marine cyanobacteria was used to predict signals essential for regulation. We implemented a pipeline that automatically calculates BLASTp alignments of query genomes, selects a representative subset of orthologs and predicts motifs conserved in their upstream sequences...

Evolutionary radiation of lanthipeptides in marine cyanobacteria.

Lanthipeptides are ribosomally derived peptide secondary metabolites that undergo extensive posttranslational modification. Prochlorosins are a group of lanthipeptides produced by certain strains of the ubiquitous marine picocyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus Unlike other lanthipeptide-producing bacteria, picocyanobacteria use an unprecedented mechanism of substrate promiscuity for...

Biodiversity in Chemically Rich Tropical Marine Cyanobacteria

Predicting Financial Distress in Tehran Stock Exchange

Companies incur significant costs from the financial distress. Predicting financial distress will have an important role in preventing bankruptcy. The aim of the present study is to predict the financial distress costs using the Leland and Toft models, during 1996 and 1998. This study examines data relating to 49 companies listed in the Tehran stock exchange collected over ten years from 2005 t...