On the final day, the complex mats were photographed and scored for complexity according to the metric described in Table S2.
The bright green, orange and yellow colors in Morning Glory Pool are a result of microbial mats, or layered complex communities of bacteria.
In the complex mat formation assay, for example, strains YPS128, UWOPS05-227.2, and 322134S formed highly complex mats that received qualitative scores of 4 and 5, but all three mats exhibit distinct morphologies.
The first image shows the uncoated mat, with its complex fiber structure.
A six-lane mat racer slide complex called Dragster H2O was added to Soak City.
ACS: ARS consensus consequence; ORC: origin recognition complex; MAT: mating type; TPE: telomere position effect.
To determine how ploidy may affect these traits, we completed a full phenotypic panel of all six assays, including complex mat formation, on the homothallic diploid SGRP collection.
However, some exceptions emerge: strain DBVPG1853 gains a complex mat as a diploid, and invasive ability improves in the diploid versions of UWOPS83-787.3 and UWOPS87-242.1, especially for UWOPS83-787.3.
Fibers in the membrane lungs are arranged into a complex mat allowing optimal blood flow and improving gas transfer efficiency by enhancing diffusion.
For the remaining 25 cured strains, we completed a full phenotypic panel across four assays (File S2), excluding complex mat formation because of its strong correlation with complex colony morphology.
Across qualitative scores for a single haploid biological replicate, nine strains showed a more complex mat as diploids than as haploids, although in five of these cases the qualitative scores show a weak gain of complexity only (Table S3).
