Phylogeny and molecular evolution of the green algae

F Leliaert, DR Smith, H Moreau… - Critical reviews in …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The green lineage (Viridiplantae) comprises the green algae and their descendants the land
plants, and is one of the major groups of oxygenic photosynthetic eukaryotes. Current …

The hidden diversity of lichenised Trebouxiophyceae (Chlorophyta)

L Muggia, S Leavitt, E Barreno - Phycologia, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The class Trebouxiophyceae is comprised of coccoid to ellipsoid unicells, filaments, blades
and colony-forming species of green algae occurring in diverse terrestrial and aquatic …

Fatty acid profiles and their distribution patterns in microalgae: a comprehensive analysis of more than 2000 strains from the SAG culture collection

I Lang, L Hodac, T Friedl, I Feussner - BMC plant biology, 2011 - Springer
Background Among the various biochemical markers, fatty acids or lipid profiles represent a
chemically relatively inert class of compounds that is easy to isolate from biological material …

Chloroplast phylogenomic analysis resolves deep-level relationships within the green algal class Trebouxiophyceae

C Lemieux, C Otis, M Turmel - BMC evolutionary biology, 2014 - Springer
Background The green algae represent one of the most successful groups of photosynthetic
eukaryotes, but compared to their land plant relatives, surprisingly little is known about their …

New phylogenetic hypotheses for the core Chlorophyta based on chloroplast sequence data

K Fučíková, F Leliaert, ED Cooper… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Phylogenetic relationships in the green algal phylum Chlorophyta have long been subject to
debate, especially at higher taxonomic ranks (order, class). The relationships among three …

Composition of biological soil crusts from sand dunes of the Baltic Sea coast in the context of an integrative approach to the taxonomy of microalgae and …

T Mikhailyuk, K Glaser, P Tsarenko… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Most of the data on biodiversity, ecology and biogeography of microalgae and
cyanobacteria are based on classical morphological approaches. However, morphological …

Widespread desert affiliation of trebouxiophycean algae (T rebouxiophyceae, C hlorophyta) including discovery of three new desert genera

K Fučíková, PO Lewis, LA Lewis - Phycological research, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Unlike most other green algae, trebouxiophyceans are predominantly aerophytic and
contain many symbiotic representatives. In recent years, a number of new terrestrial …

Molecular characterization of eukaryotic algal communities in the tropical phyllosphere based on real-time sequencing of the 18S rDNA gene

H Zhu, S Li, Z Hu, G Liu - BMC Plant Biology, 2018 - Springer
Backgroud Foliicolous algae are a common occurrence in tropical forests. They are
referable to a few simple morphotypes (unicellular, sarcinoid-like or filamentous), which …

Evolution of the Chlorophyta: Insights from chloroplast phylogenomic analyses

L Fang, F Leliaert, ZH Zhang, D Penny… - … of Systematics and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Green plants comprise two main clades: the Streptophyta, which include charophyte green
algae and the embryophytic land plants, and the Chlorophyta including a wide diversity of …

Coccomyxa actinabiotis sp. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), a new green microalga living in the spent fuel cooling pool of a nuclear reactor

C Rivasseau, E Farhi, E Compagnon… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Life can thrive in extreme environments where inhospitable conditions prevail. Organisms
which resist, for example, acidity, pressure, low or high temperature, have been found in …