Microalgae have been studied as natural resources for a number of applications, most
particularly food, animal feed, biofuels, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceuticals. In addition to …

The current interest of scientific but also industrial communities for the exploitation of
microalgae is correlated with the development of specific culture and downstream …

Microalgae are considered promising functional food ingredients due to their balanced
composition, containing multiple nutritional and health-beneficial components. However …

Within the wealth of molecules constituting marine dissolved organic matter, carbohydrates
make up the largest coherent and quantifiable fraction. Their main sources are from primary …

The partitioning of organic matter (OM) between dissolved and particulate phases is an
important factor in determining the fate of organic carbon in the ocean. Dissolved organic …

In this study, we report that silver ions (Ag+) from the oxidative dissolution of silver
engineered nanoparticles (Ag-ENs) determined the EN toxicity to the marine diatom …

The occurrence of nanoplastics in oceans' surface waters is no more a hypothesis and it
could severely affect marine organisms from different trophic levels. Nanoscale particles …

Extracellular polysaccharides (EPSs) produced by microalgae and cyanobacteria are
molecules with a great ecological significance for the producing organisms, serving in a …

Diatoms are marine organisms that represent one of the most important sources of biomass
in the ocean, accounting for about 40% of marine primary production, and in the biosphere …

Phosphorus is an essential element for life, serving as an integral component of nucleic
acids, lipids and a diverse range of other metabolites. Concentrations of bioavailable …