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 …

The xanthophyll cycle represents one of the important photoprotection mechanisms in plant
cells. In the present review, we summarize current knowledge about the violaxanthin cycle of …

INTRODUCTION Photosynthetic organisms contain light-harvesting antenna systems to
gather light energy required for driving photochemical reactions. Diatoms are a group of …

The violaxanthin cycle describes the reversible conversion of violaxanthin to zeaxanthin via
the intermediate antheraxanthin. This light-dependent xanthophyll conversion is essential …

Fucoxanthin (Fx), a kind of primary carotenoids in brown seaweeds and diatoms, has
attractive efficacy in human's healthcare including loss weight, the prevention of diabetes …

Light is an essential source of energy for life on Earth and is one of the most important
signals that organisms use to obtain information from the surrounding environment, on land …

Diatoms are the major players in the biochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus,
and silicon with a strong impact on global climate not only in the ocean but also in the …

When grown at intermittent light regime, diatom alga Phaeodactylum tricornutum is able to
form photoprotective non-photochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenching (NPQ) three to …

Planktonic diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) have to cope with large fluctuations of light intensity
and periodic exposure to high light. After a shift to high light, photoprotective dissipation of …

Photosynthetic eukaryotes exhibit very different light-harvesting proteins, but all contain
membrane-intrinsic light-harvesting complexes (Lhcs), either as additional or sole antennae …