The feather moss Hylocomium splendens affects the transcriptional profile of a symbiotic cyanobacterium in relation to acquisition and turnover of key nutrients
We isolated a cyanobacterium from H. splendens and co-incubated it with H. splendens shoots. Cyanobacterium and moss were also incubated separately. After one week, we performed acetylene reduction assays to estimate N2 fixation and RNAseq to evaluate transcriptomes. Overall design: Three treatments: 1) cyanobacterium alone; 2) cyanobacteria and feather moss incubated together; and 3) feather moss alone.