Progress toward isolation of strains and genetically engineered strains of microalgae for production of biofuel and other value added chemicals: A review

A Ghosh, S Khanra, M Mondal, G Halder… - Energy Conversion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Microalgae and cyanobacteria are promising sources of biodiesel because of their high oil
content (∼ 10 fold higher) and shorter cultivation time (∼ 4 fold lesser) than conventional oil …

SymPortal: A novel analytical framework and platform for coral algal symbiont next‐generation sequencing ITS2 profiling

BCC Hume, EG Smith, M Ziegler… - Molecular ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We present SymPortal (SymPortal. org), a novel analytical framework and platform
for genetically resolving the algal symbionts of reef corals using next‐generation …

Mitochondrial and plastid genome architecture: reoccurring themes, but significant differences at the extremes

DR Smith, PJ Keeling - Proceedings of the National …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Mitochondrial and plastid genomes show a wide array of architectures, varying immensely in
size, structure, and content. Some organelle DNAs have even developed elaborate …

Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity

SW Davies, MH Gamache, LI Howe-Kerr, NG Kriefall… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae occupy multiple ecological niches on tropical,
subtropical, and temperate reefs, ranging from species that are exclusively free-living to …

Ancestral genetic diversity associated with the rapid spread of stress-tolerant coral symbionts in response to Holocene climate change

BCC Hume, CR Voolstra, C Arif… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Coral communities in the Persian/Arabian Gulf (PAG) withstand unusually high salinity
levels and regular summer temperature maxima of up to∼ 35° C that kill conspecifics …

Evolution, diversity, distribution and the endangered future of the giant clam–Symbiodiniaceae association

M Mies - Coral Reefs, 2019 - Springer
Giant clams are found in a mutualistic association with Symbiodiniaceae dinoflagellates.
While clams are economically important for fisheries, Symbiodiniaceae are responsible for …

[LIBRO][B] Marine microbiology: ecology & applications

CB Munn - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
The third edition of this bestselling text has been rigorously updated to reflect major new
discoveries and concepts since 2011, especially progress due to extensive application of …

Biogeography and molecular diversity of coral symbionts in the genus Symbiodinium around the Arabian Peninsula

M Ziegler, C Arif, JA Burt, S Dobretsov… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Coral reefs rely on the symbiosis between scleractinian corals and intracellular,
photosynthetic dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium making the assessment of …

Two divergent Symbiodinium genomes reveal conservation of a gene cluster for sunscreen biosynthesis and recently lost genes

E Shoguchi, G Beedessee, I Tada, K Hisata… - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background The marine dinoflagellate, Symbiodinium, is a well-known
photosynthetic partner for coral and other diverse, non-photosynthetic hosts in subtropical …

Mutation rates in plastid genomes: they are lower than you might think

DR Smith - Genome Biology and Evolution, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Within plastid-bearing species, the mutation rate of the plastid genome is often assumed to
be greater than that of the mitochondrial genome. This assumption is based on early …