Live-cell imaging enables reporter-free monitoring of the circadian rhythm in individual Synechocystis cells
Lennart Witting, Florian Pascal Stirba, Julius Nohr, Ekaterina Ivanova, Petra Kolkhof, Dietrich Kohlheyer, Anika Wiegard, Ilka Maria IM Axmann
The paper uses live-cell imaging to monitor circadian rhythms in Synechocystis cells without reporters, finding no circadian gating of cell division but rhythmic changes in refractive index.
Plant and Cell Physiology · Jul 17, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology