Phytosterol biosynthesis and production by diatoms (Bacillariophyceae)

AC Jaramillo-Madrid, J Ashworth, M Fabris, PJ Ralph - Phytochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Diatoms are abundant unicellular marine photosynthetic algae that have genetically
diversified their physiology and metabolism while adapting to numerous environments. The …

New paradigm in diatom omics and genetic manipulation

R Bhattacharjya, A Tiwari, TK Marella, H Bansal… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Diatoms are one of the most heterogeneous eukaryotic plankton known for regulating earth's
biogeochemical cycles and maintaining the marine ecosystems ever since the late Eocene …

Phytate as a Phosphorus Nutrient with Impacts on Iron Stress-Related Gene Expression for Phytoplankton: Insights from the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

J Li, K Zhang, X Lin, L Li, S Lin - Applied and environmental …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Phytoplankton have evolved a capability to acquire phosphorus (P) from dissolved organic
phosphorus (DOP) since the preferred form, dissolved inorganic phosphate (DIP, or Pi), is …

Structure and evolution of diatom nuclear genes and genomes

T Mock, K Hodgkinson, T Wu, V Moulton… - The molecular life of …, 2022 - Springer
Diatoms are one of the most successful eukaryotes. There are over 100,000 diatom species
contributing nearly half of total algal abundance in the oceans. Diatoms have conquered …

Improved Reference Genome for Cyclotella cryptica CCMP332, a Model for Cell Wall Morphogenesis, Salinity Adaptation, and Lipid Production in Diatoms …

WR Roberts, KM Downey, EC Ruck… - G3: Genes …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The diatom, Cyclotella cryptica, is a well-established model species for physiological studies
and biotechnology applications of diatoms. To further facilitate its use as a model diatom, we …

Metabolic response to a heterologous poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) pathway in Phaeodactylum tricornutum

M Windhagauer, MA Doblin, B Signal… - Applied Microbiology …, 2024 - Springer
The marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum is an emerging host for metabolic
engineering, but little is known about how introduced pathways are integrated into the …

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 …

The diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum as a sustainable microalgal cell factory: towards a biorefinery approach

T Butler - 2021 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Microalgae offer a means of fixing atmospheric CO2, thus providing realistic reductions in
carbon emissions and producing valuable compounds and chemical precursors of high …

The Mosaic Landscape of Algal Metal Transport and Usage

CE Blaby-Haas - Microbial Metabolism of Metals and Metalloids, 2022 - Springer
Like all other eukaryotes, metal ions are essential nutrients for algae, which must be
assimilated from the environment. At the same time, in excess, metal ions are inherently …

Response to light stimuli in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum: Involvement of bHLH-PAS proteins in the circadian clock and plastid physiology

A Manzotti - 2022 - theses.hal.science
Diatoms are eukaryotic microalgae representing one of the most successful groups of
phytoplankton. However, little information is available on the regulatory mechanisms …