Biology and Biotechnology
of Cyanobacteria ​

Vincent, Marine, Victoire Blanc-Garin, Célia Chenebault, Mattia Cirimele, Sandrine Farci, Luis Fernando Garcia-Alles, Corinne Cassier-Chauvat, and Franck Chauvat. 2024. “Impact of Carbon Fixation, Distribution and Storage on the Production of Farnesene and Limonene in Synechocystis PCC 6803 and Synechococcus PCC 7002.” International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 (7): 3827. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25073827.

Rossotti, Melanie, Diletta Arceri, Pascal Mansuelle, Olivier Bornet, Anne Durand, Soufian Ouchane, Hélène Launay, and Pierre Dorlet. 2024. “The Green Cupredoxin CopI Is a Multicopper Protein Able to Oxidize Cu(I).” Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 254 (February):112503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112503.

Fernández-Lodeiro, Carlos, Reem Tambosi, Javier Fernández-Lodeiro, Adrián Fernández-Lodeiro, Silvia Nuti, Soufian Ouchane, Nouari Kébaïli, Jorge Pérez-Juste, Isabel Pastoriza-Santos, and Carlos Lodeiro. 2023. “Adenosine-Monophosphate-Assisted Homogeneous Silica Coating of Silver Nanoparticles in High Yield.” Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) 13 (20): 2788. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13202788.

Steunou, Anne-Soisig, Marion Babot, Anne Durand, Marie-Line Bourbon, Sylviane Liotenberg, Guylaine Miotello, Jean Armengaud, and Soufian Ouchane. 2023. “Discriminating Susceptibility of Xanthine Oxidoreductase Family to Metals.” Microbiology Spectrum, July, e0481422. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.04814-22.

Cassier-Chauvat, Corinne, Fanny Marceau, Sandrine Farci, Soufian Ouchane, and Franck Chauvat. 2023. “The Glutathione System: A Journey from Cyanobacteria to Higher Eukaryotes.” Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 12 (6): 1199. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox12061199.

C, Chenebault, Blanc-Garin V, Vincent M, Diaz-Santos E, Goudet A, Cassier-Chauvat C, and Chauvat F. 2023. “Exploring the Potential of the Model Cyanobacteria Synechococcus PCC 7002 and PCC 7942 for the Photoproduction of High-Value Terpenes: A Comparison with Synechocystis PCC 6803.” Biomolecules 13 (3). https://doi.org/10.3390/biom13030504.

Boisset, Nicolas D., Giusi Favoino, Maria Meloni, Lucile Jomat, Corinne Cassier-Chauvat, Mirko Zaffagnini, Stéphane D. Lemaire, and Pierre Crozet. 2023. “Phosphoribulokinase Abundance Is Not Limiting the Calvin-Benson-Bassham Cycle in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii.” Frontiers in Plant Science 14:1230723. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1230723.

Blanc-Garin, Victoire, Célia Chenebault, Encarnación Diaz-Santos, Marine Vincent, Jean-François Sassi, Corinne Cassier-Chauvat, and Franck Chauvat. 2022. “Exploring the Potential of the Model Cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 for the Photosynthetic Production of Various High-Value Terpenes.” Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 15 (1): 110. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-022-02211-0.

Mocchetti, Eva, Laura Morette, Guillermo Mulliert, Sandrine Mathiot, Benoît Guillot, François Dehez, Franck Chauvat, et al. 2022. “Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Chi-Class Glutathione Transferases: A Snapshot on the Glutathione Transferase Encoded by Sll0067 Gene in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis Sp. Strain PCC 6803.” Biomolecules 12 (10): 1466. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12101466.

Blanc-Garin, Victoire, Théo Veaudor, Pierre Sétif, Brigitte Gontero, Stéphane D. Lemaire, Franck Chauvat, and Corinne Cassier-Chauvat. 2022. “First in Vivo Analysis of the Regulatory Protein CP12 of the Model Cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803: Biotechnological Implications.” Frontiers in Plant Science 13 (September). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.999672.

Soisig Steunou, Anne, Armelle Vigouroux, Magali Aumont-Nicaise, Stéphane Plancqueel, Alain Boussac, Soufian Ouchane, and Solange Moréra. 2022. “New Insights into the Mechanism of Iron Transport through the Bacterial Ftr-System Present in Pathogens.” The FEBS Journal n/a (n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.16476.

Wan, Yi, Chengli Zong, Xiangpeng Li, Aimin Wang, Yan Li, Tao Yang, Qing Bao, et al. 2022. “New Insights for Biosensing: Lessons from Microbial Defense Systems.” Chemical Reviews, March. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c01063.

Benzerara, Karim, Elodie Duprat, Tristan Bitard-Feildel, Géraldine Caumes, Corinne Cassier-Chauvat, Franck Chauvat, Manuela Dezi, et al. 2022. “A New Gene Family Diagnostic for Intracellular Biomineralization of Amorphous Ca Carbonates by Cyanobacteria.” Genome Biology and Evolution 14 (3): evac026. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac026.

Durand, Anne, Mélanie Fouesnard, Marie-Line Bourbon, Anne-Soisig Steunou, Elisabeth Lojou, Pierre Dorlet, and Soufian Ouchane. 2021. “A Periplasmic Cupredoxin with a Green CuT1.5 Center Is Involved in Bacterial Copper Tolerance.” Metallomics: Integrated Biometal Science, November, mfab067. https://doi.org/10.1093/mtomcs/mfab067.

Osman, Jorge R., Pabla Viedma, Jorge Mendoza, Gustavo Fernandes, Michael S. DuBow, and Davor Cotoras. 2021. “Prokaryotic Diversity and Biogeochemical Characteristics of Field Living and Laboratory Cultured Stromatolites from the Hypersaline Laguna Interna, Salar de Atacama (Chile).” Extremophiles: Life Under Extreme Conditions 25 (4): 327–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-021-01232-1.

Cassier-Chauvat, Corinne, Victoire Blanc-Garin, and Franck Chauvat. 2021. “Genetic, Genomics, and Responses to Stresses in Cyanobacteria: Biotechnological Implications.” Genes 12 (4): 500. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12040500.

Hayoun, Karim, Olivier Pible, Pauline Petit, François Allain, Virginie Jouffret, Karen Culotta, Corinne Rivasseau, Jean Armengaud, and Béatrice Alpha-Bazin. 2020. “Proteotyping Environmental Microorganisms by Phylopeptidomics: Case Study Screening Water from a Radioactive Material Storage Pool.” Microorganisms 8 (10): 1525. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8101525.

Kammerscheit, Xavier, Arnaud Hecker, Nicolas Rouhier, Franck Chauvat, and Corinne Cassier-Chauvat. 2020. “Methylglyoxal Detoxification Revisited: Role of Glutathione Transferase in Model Cyanobacterium Synechocystis Sp. Strain PCC 6803.” MBio 11 (4): e00882-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00882-20.

Wang, Yang, Jorge R. Osman, and Michael S. DuBow. 2020. “Bacterial Communities on the Surface of the Mineral Sandy Soil from the Desert of Maine (USA).” Current Microbiology 77 (8): 1429–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-020-01946-z.

Veaudor, Theo, Victoire Blanc-Garin, Celia Chenebault, Encarnacion Diaz-Santos, Jean-Francois Sassi, Corinne Cassier-Chauvat, and Franck Chauvat. 2020. “Recent Advances in the Photoautotrophic Metabolism of Cyanobacteria: Biotechnological Implications.” Life-Basel 10 (5): 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/life10050071.

Chenebault, Célia, Encarnación Diaz-Santos, Xavier Kammerscheit, Sigrid Görgen, Cristian Ilioaia, Simona Streckaite, Andrew Gall, et al. 2020. “A Genetic Toolbox for the New Model Cyanobacterium Cyanothece PCC 7425: A Case Study for the Photosynthetic Production of Limonene.” Frontiers in Microbiology 11:586601. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.586601.

Kammerscheit, Xavier, Franck Chauvat, and Corinne Cassier-Chauvat. 2019. “First in Vivo Evidence That Glutathione-S-Transferase Operates in Photo-Oxidative Stress in Cyanobacteria.” Frontiers in Microbiology 10:1899. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01899.

Veaudor, Théo, Corinne Cassier-Chauvat, and Franck Chauvat. 2019. “Genomics of Urea Transport and Catabolism in Cyanobacteria: Biotechnological Implications.” Frontiers in Microbiology 10:2052. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02052.

Kammerscheit, Xavier, Franck Chauvat, and Corinne Cassier-Chauvat. 2019. “From Cyanobacteria to Human, MAPEG-Type Glutathione-S-Transferases Operate in Cell Tolerance to Heat, Cold, and Lipid Peroxidation.” Frontiers in Microbiology 10:2248. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02248.

Vourc’h, T., H. Peerhossaini, J. Léopoldès, A. Méjean, F. Chauvat, and C. Cassier-Chauvat. 2018. “Slowdown of Surface Diffusion during Early Stages of Bacterial Colonization.” Physical Review E 97 (3): 032407. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.97.032407.

Veaudor, Théo, Marcia Ortega-Ramos, Thichakorn Jittawuttipoka, Hervé Bottin, Corinne Cassier-Chauvat, and Franck Chauvat. 2018. “Overproduction of the Cyanobacterial Hydrogenase and Selection of a Mutant Thriving on Urea, as a Possible Step towards the Future Production of Hydrogen Coupled with Water Treatment.” PloS One 13 (6): e0198836. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198836.

Cassier‐Chauvat, Corinne, and Franck Chauvat. 2018. “Cyanobacteria: Wonderful Microorganisms for Basic and Applied Research.” In ELS, 1–11. American Cancer Society. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0027884.

Cassier-Chauvat, Corinne, Vincent Dive, and Franck Chauvat. 2017. “Cyanobacteria: Photosynthetic Factories Combining Biodiversity, Radiation Resistance, and Genetics to Facilitate Drug Discovery.” Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 101 (4): 1359–64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-017-8105-z.

Narainsamy, Kinsley, Sandrine Farci, Emilie Braun, Christophe Junot, Corinne Cassier-Chauvat, and Franck Chauvat. 2016. “Oxidative-Stress Detoxification and Signalling in Cyanobacteria: The Crucial Glutathione Synthesis Pathway Supports the Production of Ergothioneine and Ophthalmate.” Molecular Microbiology 100 (1): 15–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.13296.

Li, Jinhua, Isabel Margaret Oliver, Nithavong Cam, Thomas Boudier, Marine Blondeau, Eric Leroy, Julie Cosmidis, et al. 2016. “Biomineralization Patterns of Intracellular Carbonatogenesis in Cyanobacteria: Molecular Hypotheses.” Minerals 6 (1): 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/min6010010.

Cassier-Chauvat, Corinne, Théo Veaudor, and Franck Chauvat. 2016. “Comparative Genomics of DNA Recombination and Repair in Cyanobacteria: Biotechnological Implications.” Frontiers in Microbiology 7:1809. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01809.

Bourgeault, Adeline, Cécile Cousin, Valérie Geertsen, Corinne Cassier-Chauvat, Franck Chauvat, Olivier Durupthy, Corinne Chanéac, and Olivier Spalla. 2015. “The Challenge of Studying TiO2 Nanoparticle Bioaccumulation at Environmental Concentrations: Crucial Use of a Stable Isotope Tracer.” Environmental Science & Technology 49 (4): 2451–59. https://doi.org/10.1021/es504638f.

Chardonnet, Solenne, Samer Sakr, Corinne Cassier-Chauvat, Pierre Le Maréchal, Franck Chauvat, Stéphane D. Lemaire, and Paulette Decottignies. 2015. “First Proteomic Study of S-Glutathionylation in Cyanobacteria.” Journal of Proteome Research 14 (1): 59–71. https://doi.org/10.1021/pr500625a.