Bioengineering of microalgae: recent advances, perspectives, and regulatory challenges for industrial application

G Kumar, A Shekh, S Jakhu, Y Sharma… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Microalgae, due to their complex metabolic capacity, are being continuously explored for
nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and other industrially important bioactives. However …

Pluses and minuses of ammonium and nitrate uptake and assimilation by phytoplankton and implications for productivity and community composition, with emphasis …

PM Glibert, FP Wilkerson, RC Dugdale… - Limnology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic activities are altering total nutrient loads to many estuaries and freshwaters,
resulting in high loads not only of total nitrogen (N), but in some cases, of chemically …

Phaeodactylum tricornutum: a diatom cell factory

T Butler, RV Kapoore, S Vaidyanathan - Trends in biotechnology, 2020 - cell.com
A switch from a petroleum-based to a biobased economy requires the capacity to produce
both high-value low-volume and low-value high-volume products. Recent evidence supports …

Symbiont population control by host-symbiont metabolic interaction in Symbiodiniaceae-cnidarian associations

T Xiang, E Lehnert, RE Jinkerson, S Clowez… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
In cnidarian-Symbiodiniaceae symbioses, algal endosymbiont population control within the
host is needed to sustain a symbiotic relationship. However, the molecular mechanisms that …

[HTML][HTML] Current trends to comprehend lipid metabolism in diatoms

NN Zulu, K Zienkiewicz, K Vollheyde… - Progress in lipid research, 2018 - Elsevier
Diatoms are the most dominant phytoplankton species in oceans and they continue to
receive a great deal of attention because of their significant contributions in ecosystems and …

Diatoms as cell factories for high-value products: chrysolaminarin, eicosapentaenoic acid, and fucoxanthin

R Yang, D Wei, J Xie - Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Diatoms are unicellular photosynthetic microalgae existing ubiquitously in marine and
freshwater environments. This review focuses on high-value compounds produced from …

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 …

Boosting the yields of microalgal biomass and high-value added products by phytohormones: A mechanistic insight using transcriptomics

JM Xu, JQ Xiong - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Addition of phytohormones (diethyl aminoethyl hexanoate and indole acetic acid) at 10− 5 M
significantly increased the growth of a green microalga, Chlorella pyrenoidosa up to 62.25 …

Stress-induced neutral lipid biosynthesis in microalgae—molecular, cellular and physiological insights

K Zienkiewicz, ZY Du, W Ma, K Vollheyde… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2016 - Elsevier
Photosynthetic microalgae have promise as biofuel feedstock. Under certain conditions, they
produce substantial amounts of neutral lipids, mainly in the form of triacylglycerols (TAGs) …

The effects of phosphorus limitation on carbon metabolism in diatoms

T Brembu, A Mühlroth, L Alipanah… - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Phosphorus is an essential element for life, serving as an integral component of nucleic
acids, lipids and a diverse range of other metabolites. Concentrations of bioavailable …