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  • Microbiology
  • Ecology
  • Limnology

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  • Trait-based approaches are crucial for understanding organism responses to environmental factors.
  • Quantifying individual cell traits in natural microbial communities, like phytoplankton, is challenging.
  • Phytoplankton dynamics are influenced by resource availability (nitrogen, phosphorus, light) and carbon dioxide levels.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and apply a flow cytometry-based method for assessing individual trait responses in Microcystis spp.
  • To use these trait 'fingerprints' to identify environmental drivers in natural cyanobacterial communities.
  • To link individual cell physiology to population and community-level dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized flow cytometry to analyze individual cell traits of freshwater cyanobacteria (Microcystis spp.) under controlled nutrient and light limitations, and high pCO2.
  • Measured cellular pigment content (phycocyanin, chlorophyll-a) and other multidimensional traits.
  • Applied the developed trait-based 'fingerprints' to analyze natural cyanobacterial communities.

Main Results:

  • Distinct multidimensional trait-space responses were observed, particularly differentiating nitrogen and light limitation.
  • Cellular phycocyanin and chlorophyll-a content decreased under nitrogen limitation and increased under light limitation.
  • These pigment responses were validated in natural cyanobacterial communities, confirming their utility as indicators.

Conclusions:

  • Individual-trait responses to environmental conditions can serve as effective 'fingerprints' for understanding microbial dynamics.
  • Flow cytometry offers a powerful tool for high-throughput analysis of individual cell traits in aquatic microbes.
  • This trait-based approach enhances mechanistic understanding of phytoplankton population and community dynamics in response to environmental change.