Improving microalgae for biotechnology—From genetics to synthetic biology–Moving forward but not there yet

V Kselíková, A Singh, V Bialevich, M Čížková… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae are a diverse group of photosynthetic organisms that can be exploited for the
production of different compounds, ranging from crude biomass and biofuels to high value …

Marine natural products from microalgae: An-omics overview

C Lauritano, MI Ferrante, A Rogato - Marine Drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Over the last decade, genome sequences and other-omics datasets have been produced for
a wide range of microalgae, and several others are on the way. Marine microalgae possess …

Development of a high-productivity, halophilic, thermotolerant microalga Picochlorum renovo

LR Dahlin, AT Gerritsen, CA Henard… - Communications …, 2019 - nature.com
Microalgae are promising biocatalysts for applications in sustainable fuel, food, and
chemical production. Here, we describe culture collection screening, down-selection, and …

Evolution of plant telomerase RNAs: farther to the past, deeper to the roots

P Fajkus, A Kilar, ADL Nelson, M Holá… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The enormous sequence heterogeneity of telomerase RNA (TR) subunits has thus far
complicated their characterization in a wider phylogenetic range. Our recent finding that land …

[HTML][HTML] Towards industrial production of microalgae without temperature control: The effect of diel temperature fluctuations on microalgal physiology

R Barten, Y Djohan, W Evers, R Wijffels… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Regions that offer high levels of sunlight are ideal to produce microalgae. However, as a
result of high light intensities, the temperature in photobioreactors can reach temperatures …

Comprehensive and functional analysis of horizontal gene transfer events in diatoms

E Vancaester, T Depuydt… - Molecular Biology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Diatoms are a diverse group of mainly photosynthetic algae, responsible for 20% of
worldwide oxygen production, which can rapidly respond to favorable conditions and often …

Genetic mechanisms underlying increased microalgal thermotolerance, maximal growth rate, and yield on light following adaptive laboratory evolution

R Barten, DJM Van Workum, E de Bakker, J Risse… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) is a powerful method for strain optimization
towards abiotic stress factors and for identifying adaptation mechanisms. In this study, the …

Sustainable production of lutein—An underexplored commercially relevant pigment from microalgae

G Muhammad, TO Butler, B Chen, Y Lv… - Biomass Conversion …, 2024 - Springer
Currently, microalgae-derived lutein is gaining attention for its potential applications in
cosmeceutical, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and food industries. Lutein is of commercial …

Expanding the upper‐temperature boundary for the microalga Picochlorum sp. (BPE23) by adaptive laboratory evolution

R Barten, T Peeters, S Navalho… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Closed photobioreactors reach temperatures that reduce microalgal production or even
cause culture collapses. Cooling can maintain the temperature within tolerable boundaries …

Demonstration of the potential of Picochlorum soloecismus as a microalgal platform for the production of renewable fuels

CR Gonzalez-Esquer, KT Wright, N Sudasinghe… - Algal Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Photosynthetic microbes are considered promising biofactories for transforming inorganic
carbon from the atmosphere into a renewable source of chemicals and precursors of …