With intensification of urbanization throughout the world, food security is being threatened by
the population surge, frequent occurrence of extreme climate events, limited area of …

Astaxanthin is a carotenoid mainly produced by microalgae upon exposure to stress
conditions: this pigment has anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer capacity and it is …

Carotenoids, one of the most widespread pigments, are becoming increasingly important for
humans because of various applications in human foods and animal feeds. Rising …

Thalassiosira gravida is a major Arctic diatom responsible for the under-ice spring bloom.
We investigated T. gravida physiological plasticity growing it at two temperatures (0 and 5° …

Cold-adapted microalgae display unexpectedly high biomass production, pointing to their
potential to produce high-value bioproducts under cold and light-limited conditions. From …

Leaves are the most important photosynthetic organs in most woody plants, but chloroplasts
are also found in organs optimized for other functions. However, the actual photosynthetic …

Nannochloropsis is an eukaryotic alga of the phylum Heterokonta, originating from a
secondary endosymbiotic event. In this work, we investigated how the photosynthetic …

Microalgae are excellent sources of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), but only a few
species have been thoroughly investigated in controlled photobioreactor conditions. In this …

Slowly melting snowfields in mountain and polar regions are habitats of snow algae. Orange
blooms were sampled in three European mountain ranges. The cysts within the blooms …

Chlamydomonas sp. UWO241 is a psychrophilic alga isolated from the deep photic zone of
a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake (east lobe Lake Bonney, ELB). Past studies have …