The urge for food security and sustainability has advanced the field of microalgal
biotechnology. Microalgae are microorganisms able to grow using (sun) light, fertilizers …

Algal lipid metabolism fascinates both scientists and entrepreneurs due to the large diversity
of fatty acyl structures that algae produce. Algae have therefore long been studied as …

Acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT, EC 2.3. 1.20) catalyzes the last reaction in
the acyl-CoA-dependent biosynthesis of triacylglycerol (TAG). DGAT activity resides mainly …

Microalgae are sunlight-driven green cell factories for the production of potential bioactive
products and biofuels. Nannochloropsis represents a genus of marine microalgae with high …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), the movement of genetic material across branches of the
tree of life, is well established in prokaryotes and uncontroversial. This is explained in part …

In the last few years, there has been an intense interest in using microalgal lipids in food,
chemical and pharmaceutical industries and cosmetology, while a noteworthy research has …

Phytohormones, including auxin, abscisic acid (ABA), cytokinin (CK), ethylene (ET), and
gibberellins (GAs), have been found in a broad spectrum of microalgal lineages. Although …

Marine algae of the genus Nannochloropsis are promising producers of biofuel precursors
and nutraceuticals and are also harvested commercially for aquaculture feed. We have used …

Microalgae are promising feedstock for biofuels yet mechanistic probing of their cellular
network and industrial strain development have been hindered by lack of genome‐editing …

In order to realize the potential of microalgal biodiesel there is a need for substantial impetus
involving interventions to radically improve lipid yields upstream. Nutrient stress and …