[HTML][HTML] Desaturases and elongases involved in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in aquatic animals: From genes to functions

Ó Monroig, AC Shu-Chien, N Kabeya, DR Tocher… - Progress in lipid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine ecosystems are rich in “omega-3” long-chain (C 20-24) polyunsaturated fatty acids
(LC-PUFA). Their production has been historically accepted to derive mostly from marine …

Fatty acids of microalgae: Diversity and applications

Y Maltsev, K Maltseva - Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio …, 2021 - Springer
The possibility of obtaining commercially valuable products from microalgae stimulates
scientific research in this direction. The ability of microalgae to accumulate lipids is very …

A complete enzymatic capacity for biosynthesis of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22 : 6n–3) exists in the marine Harpacticoida copepod Tigriopus californicus

N Kabeya, M Ogino, H Ushio, Y Haga… - Open …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The long-standing paradigm establishing that global production of Omega-3 (n–3) long-
chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) derived almost exclusively from marine single …

Poor nutritional quality of primary producers and zooplankton driven by eutrophication is mitigated at upper trophic levels

SJ Taipale, AM Ventelä, J Litmanen… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Eutrophication and rising water temperature in freshwaters may increase the total production
of a lake while simultaneously reducing the nutritional quality of food web components. We …

Functional characterization reveals a diverse array of metazoan fatty acid biosynthesis genes

J Boyen, A Ribes‐Navarro, N Kabeya… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Long‐chain (≥ C20) polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC‐PUFAs) are physiologically
important fatty acids for most animals, including humans. Although most LC‐PUFA …

[HTML][HTML] Microalgal Diet Influences the Nutritive Quality and Reproductive Investment of the Cyclopoid Copepod Paracyclopina nana

P Dayras, C Bialais, I Sadovskaya, MC Lee… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Copepods represent an interesting alternative or a complement live food to brine shrimps
and rotifers commonly used in aquaculture. They constitute the natural prey of many fish …

Examination of gammarid transcriptomes reveals a widespread occurrence of key metabolic genes from epibiont bdelloid rotifers in freshwater species

A Ribes-Navarro, N Kabeya, LFC Castro… - Open …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Previous data revealed the unexpected presence of genes encoding for long-chain
polyunsaturated fatty acid (LC-PUFA) biosynthetic enzymes in transcriptomes from …

Fatty acid bioconversion in harpacticoid copepods in a changing environment: a transcriptomic approach

J Boyen, P Fink, C Mensens… - … Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
By 2100, global warming is predicted to significantly reduce the capacity of marine primary
producers for long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LC-PUFA) synthesis. Primary …

Cultivation success and fatty acid composition of the tropical copepods Apocyclops royi and Pseudodiaptomus annandalei fed on monospecific diets with varying …

BLH Nielsen, HVS Gréve, BW Hansen - Aquaculture Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale copepod production is limited by high‐complexity production of microalgae with
high contents of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). However, the tropical A. royi and P …

Evaluation of high-density tank cultivation of the live-feed cyclopoid copepod Apocyclops royi (Lindberg 1940)

PM Jepsen, H van Someren Gréve, KN Jørgensen… - Aquaculture, 2021 - Elsevier
Copepods are considered relevant live feed for fish larval marine aquaculture. They promote
fish larval survival and growth rate and reduce deformities when used as food source. The …