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 …

Xanthophyll cycle‐related nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ), which is present in most
photoautotrophs, allows dissipation of excess light energy. Xanthophyll cycle‐related NPQ …

Diatoms are the most recent major algal lineage added to the geological record, appearing
more than 200 million years ago. They are stramenopile protists resulting from a secondary …

Diatoms possess an impressive capacity for rapidly inducible thermal dissipation of excess
absorbed energy (qE), provided by the xanthophyll diatoxanthin and Lhcx proteins. By …

Life on earth depends on photosynthetic primary producers that exploit sunlight to fix CO2
into biomass. Approximately half of global primary production is associated with microalgae …

Fucoxanthin is a major carotenoid in brown macroalgae and diatoms that possesses a
broad spectrum of health benefits. This review evaluated the research trends of the …

The xanthophyll cycles of higher plants and algae represent an important photoprotection
mechanism. Two main xanthophyll cycles are known, the violaxanthin cycle of higher plants …

Besides the so-called 'green lineage'of eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms that include
vascular plants, a huge variety of different algal groups exist that also harvest light by means …

Diatoms often outnumber other eukaryotic algae in the oceans, especially in coastal
environments characterized by frequent fluctuations in light intensity. The identities and …

Diatoms possess an efficient mechanism to dissipate photons as heat in conditions of
excess light, which is visualized as the Non-Photochemical Quenching of chlorophyll a …