BACKGROUND Marine ecosystems are composed of a diverse array of life forms, the
majority of which are unicellular—archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes. The power of these …

Protists, which are single-celled eukaryotes, critically influence the ecology and chemistry of
marine ecosystems, but genome-based studies of these organisms have lagged behind …

The green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a useful model organism for investigating
diverse biological processes, such as photosynthesis and chloroplast biogenesis, flagella …

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 …

Environmental fluctuations affect distribution, growth and abundance of diatoms in nature,
with iron (Fe) availability playing a central role. Studies on the response of diatoms to low Fe …

Climate change is predicted to increase the severity and prevalence of harmful algal blooms
(HABs). In the past twenty years, omics techniques such as genomics, transcriptomics …

Nannochloropsis is a genus of fast-growing microalgae that are regularly used for
biotechnology applications. Nannochloropsis species have a high triacylglycerol content …

Phytoplankton and associated microbial communities provide organic carbon to oceanic
food webs and drive ecosystem dynamics. However, capturing those dynamics is …

Phosphorus (P) is an essential element to all living cells, yet fluctuations in P concentrations
are recurrent in the marine environment. Diatoms are amongst the most successful …

Diatoms are phytoplanktonic organisms that grow successfully in the ocean where light
conditions are highly variable. Studies of the molecular mechanisms of light acclimation in …