Phaeodactylum tricornutum: An established model species for diatom molecular research and an emerging chassis for algal synthetic biology

MT Russo, A Rogato, M Jaubert, BJ Karas… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Diatoms are prominent and highly diverse microalgae in aquatic environments. Compared
with other diatom species, Phaeodactylum tricornutum is an “atypical diatom” displaying …

Intracellular morphogenesis of diatom silica is guided by local variations in membrane curvature

L Aram, D de Haan, N Varsano, JB Gilchrist… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Silica cell-wall formation in diatoms is a showcase for the ability of organisms to control
inorganic mineralization. The process of silicification by these unicellular algae is tightly …

DiatOmicBase, a gene-centered platform to mine functional omics data across diatom genomes

E Villar, N Zweig, P Vincens, H Cruz de Carvalho… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Diatoms are prominent microalgae found in all aquatic environments. Over the last 20 years,
thanks to the availability of genomic and genetic resources, diatom species such as …

[引用][C] Some fall to sleep slowly: cell biophysics and metabolism of quiescence in diatom resting cells

P von Dassow - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Unicellular phototrophs are responsible for approximately as much photosynthesis as all
land plants (Field et al., 1998). With their intricate silica coverings, diatoms are both among …