BACKGROUND The harvesting of photons is the first step in photosynthesis, the biological
process that transforms solar energy into chemical energy. The photosynthetic membranes …

Raman microspectroscopy offers microbiologists a rapid and non-destructive technique to
assess the chemical composition of individual live microorganisms in near real time. In this …

Diatoms rely on fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding proteins (FCPs) for their great success
in oceans, which have a great diversity in their pigment, protein compositions, and subunit …

Phycobiliproteins, carotenoids and fucoxanthin are photosynthetic pigments extracted from
microalgae and cyanobacteria with great potential biotechnological applications, as healthy …

Microalgae are microorganisms capable of producing bioactive compounds using
photosynthesis. Microalgae contain a variety of high value-added natural pigments such as …

Fucoxanthin is a major light-harvesting pigment in ecologically important algae such as
diatoms, haptophytes, and brown algae (Phaeophyceae). Therefore, it is a major driver of …

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 …

Diatoms are dominant marine algae and contribute around a quarter of global primary
productivity, the success of which is largely attributed to their photosynthetic capacity aided …

INTRODUCTION Photosystem II (PSII) is a pigment-protein complex and catalyzes light-
induced water splitting in photosynthesis, converting light energy from the Sun into chemical …

Microalgae play an important role in carbon sequestration by converting solar energy into
biomass as an energy reserve. The conversion efficiency is often limited by light absorbed in …