Accelerated diversification is related to life history and locomotion in a hyperdiverse lineage of microbial eukaryotes (Diatoms, Bacillariophyta)

T Nakov, JM Beaulieu, AJ Alverson - New Phytologist, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Patterns of species richness are commonly linked to life history strategies. In diatoms, an
exceptionally diverse lineage of photosynthetic heterokonts important for global …

Diatoms and their ecological importance

J Serôdio, J Lavaud - Life Below Water, 2022 - Springer
Deep seabed mining refers to the exploration and eventual exploitation of minerals located
on the seafloor at depths of 200 m and onwards. Mining interests primarily involve three …

Effect of light intensity and light quality on diatom behavioral and physiological photoprotection

A Prins, P Deleris, C Hubas, B Jesus - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In this study, we investigated the different photoregulation responses of diatom dominated
natural biofilms to different light intensities and wavelengths, over a tidal cycle in the …

[PDF][PDF] Nitrate respiration and diel migration patterns of diatoms are linked in sediments underneath a microbial mat

E Merz, GJ Dick, D de Beer, S Grim… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Diatoms are among the few eukaryotes known to store nitrate (NO3−) and to use it as an
electron acceptor for respiration in the absence of light and O2. Using microscopy and 15N …

Diatom motility: mechanisms, control and adaptive value

J Serôdio - Diatom gliding motility, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cell motility is one of the most conspicuous traits of pennate diatoms. They use it to respond
to a wide range of environmental factors, actively exploiting spatial heterogeneities and …

[HTML][HTML] Light niche construction: Motility of sediment-inhabiting diatoms determines the experienced light environment

J Serôdio, A Bastos, J Morelle, S Frankenbach - Ecological Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
Diatoms are an extraordinarily diverse, evolutionarily successful, and ecologically important
group of single-cell algae. Diatoms of the group of the pennates are particularly important in …

Diatom adhesion and motility

N Poulsen, MG Davutoglu… - The molecular life of …, 2022 - Springer
Diatoms live in a diverse range of aquatic habitats with species being either free floating
(planktonic) or attached to underwater structures (benthic). Ancestrally, diatoms are thought …

The importance of being fast: comparative kinetics of vertical migration and non-photochemical quenching of benthic diatoms under light stress

M Laviale, S Frankenbach, J Serôdio - Marine Biology, 2016 - Springer
Sediment-inhabiting microphytobenthos (MPB) is dominated by raphid pennate diatoms that
use vertical migration (VM) and the xanthophyll cycle (XC) as main photoprotective …

The vertical migratory rhythm of intertidal microphytobenthos in sediment depends on the light photoperiod, intensity, and spectrum: evidence for a positive effect of …

A Barnett, V Méléder, C Dupuy… - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Estuarine intertidal flats strong biological productivity is mainly based on the activity of
benthic microalgae communities or microphytobenthos (MPB), mostly dominated by …

Diel patterns of microphytobenthic primary production in intertidal sediments: the role of photoperiod on the vertical migration circadian rhythm

S Haro, J Bohórquez, M Lara, E Garcia-Robledo… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Diel primary production patterns of intertidal microphytobenthos (MPB) have been attributed
to short-term physiological changes in the photosynthetic apparatus or to diel changes in the …