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 …

Phaeodactylum tricornutum: An established model species for diatom molecular research and an emerging chassis for algal synthetic biology

MT Russo, A Rogato, M Jaubert, BJ Karas… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Diatoms are prominent and highly diverse microalgae in aquatic environments. Compared
with other diatom species, Phaeodactylum tricornutum is an “atypical diatom” displaying …

The Seminavis robusta genome provides insights into the evolutionary adaptations of benthic diatoms

CM Osuna-Cruz, G Bilcke, E Vancaester… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Benthic diatoms are the main primary producers in shallow freshwater and coastal
environments, fulfilling important ecological functions such as nutrient cycling and sediment …

Complementary environmental analysis and functional characterization of lower glycolysis-gluconeogenesis in the diatom plastid

RG Dorrell, Y Zhang, Y Liang, N Gueguen… - The Plant …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Organic carbon fixed in chloroplasts through the Calvin–Benson–Bassham Cycle can be
diverted toward different metabolic fates, including cytoplasmic and mitochondrial …

Mitotic recombination between homologous chromosomes drives genomic diversity in diatoms

P Bulankova, M Sekulić, D Jallet, C Nef… - Current Biology, 2021‏ - cell.com
Diatoms, an evolutionarily successful group of microalgae, display high levels of
intraspecific genetic variability in natural populations. However, the contribution of various …

Whole-genome scanning reveals environmental selection mechanisms that shape diversity in populations of the epipelagic diatom Chaetoceros

C Nef, MA Madoui, É Pelletier, C Bowler - PLoS Biology, 2022‏ - journals.plos.org
Diatoms form a diverse and abundant group of photosynthetic protists that are essential
players in marine ecosystems. However, the microevolutionary structure of their populations …

Re-examination of two diatom reference genomes using long-read sequencing

GV Filloramo, BA Curtis, E Blanche, JM Archibald - BMC genomics, 2021‏ - Springer
Abstract Background The marine diatoms Thalassiosira pseudonana and Phaeodactylum
tricornutum are valuable model organisms for exploring the evolution, diversity and ecology …

Comprehensive and functional analysis of horizontal gene transfer events in diatoms

E Vancaester, T Depuydt… - Molecular Biology …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Diatoms are a diverse group of mainly photosynthetic algae, responsible for 20% of
worldwide oxygen production, which can rapidly respond to favorable conditions and often …

Occurrence, behavior, and ecotoxicity of quantum dots in aquatic environments

Y Zhang, C Qin, H Wang, X Hu, Y Gao - Environmental Science: Nano, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum dots (QDs), as a new type of nanomaterial, are widely used in the biomedical,
electronic, and energy fields. Due to their special physicochemical properties and …

Increased genetic diversity loss and genetic differentiation in a model marine diatom adapted to ocean warming compared to high CO2

P **, J Wan, Y Zhou, K Gao, J Beardall, J Lin… - The ISME …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Although high CO2 and warming could act interactively on marine phytoplankton, little is
known about the molecular basis for this interaction on an evolutionary scale. Here we …