[HTML][HTML] From model organism to application: bacteria-induced growth and development of the green seaweed Ulva and the potential of microbe leveraging in algal …

T Wichard - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2023 - Elsevier
The marine green macroalga Ulva (Chlorophyta, Ulvales), also known as sea lettuce,
coexists with a diverse microbiome. Many Ulva species proliferate in nature and form green …

Offshore macroalgae biomass for bioenergy production: Environmental aspects, technological achievements and challenges

F Fernand, A Israel, J Skjermo, T Wichard… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Economic and environmental developments in the last decades call for the displacement of
fossil fuels to alternative energy sources. Biofuels are considered as a part of the solution for …

The green seaweed Ulva: a model system to study morphogenesis

T Wichard, B Charrier, F Mineur, JH Bothwell… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Green macroalgae, mostly represented by the Ulvophyceae, the main multicellular branch of
the Chlorophyceae, constitute important primary producers of marine and brackish coastal …

Eco-friendly approach for biosorption of Pb2+ and carcinogenic Congo red dye from binary solution onto sustainable Ulva lactuca biomass

N El-Ahmady El-Naggar, NH Rabei, SE El-Malkey - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Dyes constitute an important group of organic contaminants and are recognized for its
harmful effects on the aquatic environments and humans. Heavy metals are also the largest …

Macroalgal–bacterial interactions: Role of dimethylsulfoniopropionate in microbial gardening by Ulva (Chlorophyta)

RW Kessler, A Weiss, S Kuegler, C Hermes… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The marine macroalga Ulva mutabilis (Chlorophyta) develops into callus‐like colonies
consisting of undifferentiated cells and abnormal cell walls under axenic conditions. Ulva …

Concise review of green algal genus Ulva Linnaeus

VA Mantri, MA Kazi, NB Balar, V Gupta… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Springer
The green algal genus Ulva is widely distributed around all continents. Plants with both
distromatic or monostromatic thalli now form a single taxon based on ITS rDNA and rbc L …

Macroalgal morphogenesis induced by waterborne compounds and bacteria in coastal seawater

J Grueneberg, AH Engelen, R Costa, T Wichard - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Axenic gametes of the marine green macroalga Ulva mutabilis Føyn (Ria Formosa, locus
typicus) exhibit abnormal development into slow-growing callus-like colonies with aberrant …

Characterizing algal microbiomes using long-read nanopore sequencing

LM van der Loos, S D'hondt, A Willems, O De Clerck - Algal Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbes are vitally important for seaweed growth, functioning and reproduction, and are
likely to have a big impact on aquaculture. Algae-associated bacteria, however, remain …

New insights on the species-specific allelopathic interactions between macrophytes and marine HAB dinoflagellates

H Ben Gharbia, O Kéfi-Daly Yahia, P Cecchi… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Macrophytes are known to release allelochemicals that have the ability to inhibit the
proliferation of their competitors. Here, we investigated the effects of the fresh leaves of two …

Conspecificity of the model organism Ulva mutabilis and Ulva compressa (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta)

S Steinhagen, A Barco, T Wichard… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most abundant and ubiquitous representatives of marine and brackish coastal
macrophytobenthos communities, the genus Ulva is not only an important primary producer …