Diatom molecular research comes of age: model species for studying phytoplankton biology and diversity

A Falciatore, M Jaubert, JP Bouly, B Bailleul… - The Plant …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Diatoms are the world's most diverse group of algae, comprising at least 100,000 species.
Contributing~ 20% of annual global carbon fixation, they underpin major aquatic food webs …

Reactive oxygen, nitrogen, carbonyl and sulfur species and their roles in plant abiotic stress responses and tolerance

X Zhou, S Joshi, S Patil, T Khare, V Kumar - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2021 - Springer
Plants being sessile organisms are often exposed to various abiotic stress conditions, which
greatly hamper the growth, yields as well as the quality of produce. Plants respond to abiotic …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution and regulation of nitrogen flux through compartmentalized metabolic networks in a marine diatom

SR Smith, CL Dupont, JK McCarthy… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Diatoms outcompete other phytoplankton for nitrate, yet little is known about the
mechanisms underpinning this ability. Genomes and genome-enabled studies have shown …

Endocytosis-mediated siderophore uptake as a strategy for Fe acquisition in diatoms

E Kazamia, R Sutak, J Paz-Yepes, RG Dorrell… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Phytoplankton growth is limited in vast oceanic regions by the low bioavailability of iron. Iron
fertilization often results in diatom blooms, yet the physiological underpinnings for how …

[HTML][HTML] Orchestration of transcriptome, proteome and metabolome in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum during nitrogen limitation

IM Remmers, S D'Adamo, DE Martens, RCH de Vos… - Algal research, 2018 - Elsevier
Nitrogen deprivation increases the triacylglycerol (TAG) content in microalgae but also
severely decreases the growth rate. Most approaches that attempted to increase TAG …

Carbonate-sensitive phytotransferrin controls high-affinity iron uptake in diatoms

JB McQuaid, AB Kustka, M Oborník, A Horák… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
In vast areas of the ocean, the scarcity of iron controls the growth and productivity of
phytoplankton,. Although most dissolved iron in the marine environment is complexed with …

Phylogenomic fingerprinting of tempo and functions of horizontal gene transfer within ochrophytes

RG Dorrell, A Villain… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is an important source of novelty in eukaryotic genomes. This
is particularly true for the ochrophytes, a diverse and important group of algae. Previous …

Molecular mechanisms for iron uptake and homeostasis in marine eukaryotic phytoplankton

RH Lampe, TH Coale, JB McQuaid… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The micronutrient iron is essential for phytoplankton growth due to its central role in a wide
variety of key metabolic processes including photosynthesis and nitrate assimilation. As a …

Extrachromosomal Genetic Engineering of the Marine Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Enables the Heterologous Production of Monoterpenoids

M Fabris, J George, U Kuzhiumparambil… - ACS synthetic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Geraniol is a commercially relevant plant-derived monoterpenoid that is a main component
of rose essential oil and used as insect repellent. Geraniol is also a key intermediate …

Mitochondrial energy signaling and its role in the low-oxygen stress response of plants

S Wagner, O Van Aken, M Elsässer… - Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
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