Physiological functions of malate shuttles in plants and algae

O Dao, F Kuhnert, APM Weber, G Peltier… - Trends in Plant …, 2022 - cell.com
Subcellular compartmentalization confers evolutionary advantage to eukaryotic cells but
entails the need for efficient interorganelle communication. Malate functions as redox carrier …

Prolonged hydrogen production by engineered green algae photovoltaic power stations

HJ Gwon, G Park, JH Yun, WH Ryu, HS Ahn - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Interest in securing energy production channels from renewable sources is higher than ever
due to the daily observation of the impacts of climate change. A key renewable energy …

Gating and ion selectivity of Channelrhodopsins are critical for photo-activated orientation of Chlamydomonas as shown by in vivo point mutation

O Baidukova, J Oppermann, S Kelterborn… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The green unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with two photoreceptors called
channelrhodopsins is a model organism that gave birth to a new scientific field of biomedical …

Growth parameters and responses of green algae across a gradient of phototrophic, mixotrophic and heterotrophic conditions

EB Young, L Reed, JA Berges - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Many studies have shown that algal growth is enhanced by organic carbon and algal
mixotrophy is relevant for physiology and commercial cultivation. Most studies have tested …

Mixotrophic growth of the extremophile Galdieria sulphuraria reveals the flexibility of its carbon assimilation metabolism

G Curien, D Lyska, E Guglielmino, P Westhoff… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Galdieria sulphuraria is a cosmopolitan microalga found in volcanic hot springs and
calderas. It grows at low pH in photoautotrophic (use of light as a source of energy) or …

Circadian rhythm promotes the biomass and amylose hyperaccumulation by mixotrophic cultivation of marine microalga Platymonas helgolandica

Q Shi, C Chen, T He, J Fan - Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts, 2022 - Springer
Background Microalgal starch can be exploited for bioenergy, food, and bioplastics.
Production of starch by green algae has been concerned for many years. Currently …

Single-cell RNA sequencing of batch Chlamydomonas cultures reveals heterogeneity in their diurnal cycle phase

F Ma, PA Salomé, SS Merchant, M Pellegrini - The Plant Cell, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The photosynthetic unicellular alga Chlamydomonas (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii) is a
versatile reference for algal biology because of its ease of culture in the laboratory. Genomic …

Untargeted metabolomic analysis of heterotrophic Euglena gracilis cells in response to the organic carbon source

A Farjallah, C Guéguen - Algal Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Euglena gracilis is a single-celled, free-living flagellate that grows in a variety of cultivation
conditions. In this study, we investigated the effects of calcium acetate, glucose, glutathione …

Novel context-specific genome-scale modelling explores the potential of triacylglycerol production by Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

H Yao, S Dahal, L Yang - Microbial Cell Factories, 2023 - Springer
Gene expression data of cell cultures is commonly measured in biological and medical
studies to understand cellular decision-making in various conditions. Metabolism, affected …

Integrating Transcriptomics and Metabolomics to Characterize Metabolic Regulation to Elevated CO2 in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii

Y Zhang, Z Gu, Y Ren, L Wang, J Zhang, C Liang… - Marine …, 2021 - Springer
With atmospheric CO 2 increasing, a large amount of CO 2 is absorbed by oceans and
lakes, which changes the carbonate system and affects the survival of aquatic plants …