The brown algae (Phaeophyceae) are a group of multicellular heterokonts that are ubiquitous in today's oceans. Large brown algae from multiple orders are the foundation to …
A Sichert, CH Corzett, MS Schechter, F Unfried… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Brown algae are important players in the global carbon cycle by fixing carbon dioxide into 1 Gt of biomass annually, yet the fate of fucoidan—their major cell wall polysaccharide …
Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …
The first animals evolved from an unknown single-celled ancestor in the Precambrian period. Recently, the identification and characterization of the genomic and cellular traits of …
Studies on brown algal cell walls have entered a new phase with the concomitant discovery of novel polysaccharides present in cell walls and the establishment of a comprehensive …
N Ye, X Zhang, M Miao, X Fan, Y Zheng, D Xu… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Seaweeds are essential for marine ecosystems and have immense economic value. Here we present a comprehensive analysis of the draft genome of Saccharina japonica, one of …
AH Knoll - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Simple multicellularity has evolved numerous times within the Eukarya, but complex multicellular organisms belong to only six clades: animals, embryophytic land plants …
E Deniaud-Bouët, N Kervarec, G Michel… - Annals of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background and Aims Brown algae are photosynthetic multicellular marine organisms evolutionarily distant from land plants, with a distinctive cell wall. They feature carbohydrates …
Brown algae adsorb a considerable amount of CO 2 and store carbon in their biomass more than many other algae species. Nowadays, depletion of fossil fuel resources, greenhouse …