Fig. 2

Growth characteristics and carbon allocation in S. elongatus PCC7942 cscB/SPS under subjective day and subjective night conditions. Data points and bars represent means of three biological replicates with error bars showing standard deviation. (A) Biomass accumulation measured as optical density (OD750) and cell counting (cells mL− 1). Cell counts showed significant differences between conditions from 1 h to 6 h (p < 0.01), while OD750 differences were significant at 6 h and 8 h (p < 0.01). (B) Temporal profiles of extracellular sucrose accumulation and average intracellular glycogen content normalized to the maximum value observed at the end of subjective day period. Both sucrose and glycogen levels showed significant differences between conditions throughout the experiment (p < 0.01), with p < 0.05 at 0.5 h for sucrose and at 2 h for glycogen