Maria Luísa Jabbur

Sep 5, 2024 | science.org | Eyal G. Frank |Sam Lee |Laksshman Sundaram |Maria Luísa Jabbur

Editor’s summaryLong-lived plants and animals clearly regulate their physiology according to seasonal changes in day length to appropriately adjust their physiology. Jabbur et al. found that cyanobacteria can do the same even though individuals only live for a few hours, a time shorter than a single daily photoperiod. Exposure to short photoperiods characteristic of winter stimulated these cyanobacteria to adjust their membrane lipids and gene expression to accommodate cold conditions.