Microalgae as a solution of third world energy crisis for biofuels production from wastewater toward carbon neutrality: An updated review

S Li, X Li, SH Ho - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The boost of the greenhouse gases (GHGs, largely carbon dioxide–CO 2) emissions owing
to anthropogenic activity is one of the biggest global threats. Bio-CO 2 emission reduction …

[HTML][HTML] Solar energy conversion by photosystem II: principles and structures

D Shevela, JF Kern, G Govindjee, J Messinger - Photosynthesis research, 2023 - Springer
Photosynthetic water oxidation by Photosystem II (PSII) is a fascinating process because it
sustains life on Earth and serves as a blue print for scalable synthetic catalysts required for …

Structures of a phycobilisome in light-harvesting and photoprotected states

MA Domínguez-Martín, PV Sauer, H Kirst, M Sutter… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Phycobilisome (PBS) structures are elaborate antennae in cyanobacteria and red algae,.
These large protein complexes capture incident sunlight and transfer the energy through a …

The making of a heterocyst in cyanobacteria

X Zeng, CC Zhang - Annual Review of Microbiology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Heterocyst differentiation that occurs in some filamentous cyanobacteria, such as Anabaena
sp. PCC 7120, provides a unique model for prokaryotic developmental biology. Heterocyst …

Potential negative effects of ocean afforestation on offshore ecosystems

PW Boyd, LT Bach, CL Hurd, E Paine… - Nature ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Our scientific understanding of climate change makes clear the necessity for both emission
reduction and carbon dioxide removal (CDR). The ocean with its large surface area, great …

Microalgae-driven swine wastewater biotreatment: Nutrient recovery, key microbial community and current challenges

S Li, W Qu, H Chang, J Li, SH Ho - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
As a promising technology, the microalgae-driven strategy can achieve environmentally
sustainable and economically viable swine wastewater treatment. Currently, most …

[HTML][HTML] Recurrent photic zone euxinia limited ocean oxygenation and animal evolution during the Ediacaran

W Zheng, A Zhou, SK Sahoo, MR Nolan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Ediacaran Period (~ 635–539 Ma) is marked by the emergence and
diversification of complex metazoans linked to ocean redox changes, but the processes and …

[HTML][HTML] Globally distributed Myxococcota with photosynthesis gene clusters illuminate the origin and evolution of a potentially chimeric lifestyle

L Li, D Huang, Y Hu, NM Rudling, DP Canniffe… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Photosynthesis is a fundamental biogeochemical process, thought to be restricted to a few
bacterial and eukaryotic phyla. However, understanding the origin and evolution of …

[HTML][HTML] The glutathione system: a journey from cyanobacteria to higher eukaryotes

C Cassier-Chauvat, F Marceau, S Farci, S Ouchane… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
From bacteria to plants and humans, the glutathione system plays a pleiotropic role in cell
defense against metabolic, oxidative and metal stresses. Glutathione (GSH), the γ-L …

Cyanoseq: A database of cyanobacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences with curated taxonomy

FW Lefler, DE Berthold… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic bacteria that occupy various habitats across the globe,
playing critical roles in many of Earth's biogeochemical cycles both in both aquatic and …