@article {Giovagnetti2012,
	title = {Growth and photophysiological responses of two picoplanktonic {\textexclamdown}i{\textquestiondown}Minutocellus species{\textexclamdown}/i{\textquestiondown}, strains RCC967 and RCC703 (Bacillariophyceae)},
	journal = {European Journal of Phycology},
	volume = {47},
	number = {4},
	year = {2012},
	note = {ISBN: 0967-0262 tex.mendeley-tags: rcc703,rcc967},
	pages = {408{\textendash}420},
	abstract = {Reaching up to 50\% of the total biomass in oligotrophic waters and armed with a set of ecological and biological properties related to their small size, picophytoplankton ({\textexclamdown}3.0 mm) are a good model to address ecophysiological questions regarding phytoplankton biodiversity. Two picoplanktonic diatoms, one isolated from an upwelling ecosystem in the Pacific Ocean (Minutocellus sp., strain RCC967), and another from oceanic waters in the Indian Ocean (Minutocellus sp., strain RCC703) were used to test hypotheses on the functional relation between ecological niche adaptation and photosynthetic regulation capacity and efficiency. Cultures were subjected to five sine light climates, each one set to peak at a different photon flux density, respectively 10, 50, 100, 250 and 500 mmol photons m(-2) s(-1). Growth rate, photosynthesis, non-photochemical fluorescence quenching, pigment composition, and particulate organic carbon and nitrogen content were followed daily for 5 days. Growth rate and physiological response curves were different in the two species, in agreement with their distinct habitats of origin. Such differences could be related to the diverse photoacclimative strategies displayed by the two species, revealing a clear adaptive divergence despite their close taxonomic relationship. Photoacclimative strategies of the two picoplanktonic diatoms are discussed in the light of functional diversity and ecosystem adaptation.},
	keywords = {carbon, diatoms, elemental stoichiometry, fluctuating light, marine-phytoplankton, non-photochemical fluorescence quenching, phaeodactylum-tricornutum, photoacclimation, photoprotection, photoregulation, Photosynthesis, picoeukaryotes, planktonic diatoms, rcc703, rcc967, RCC?o?dd, violaxanthin cycle, Xanthophyll cycle, xanthophyll-cycle activity},
	doi = {10.1080/09670262.2012.733030},
	author = {Giovagnetti, V and Cataldo, M L and Conversano, F and Brunet, C}
}
@article {Dimier2007,
	title = {Photophysiological properties of the marine picoeukaryote Picochlorum RCC 237 (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)},
	journal = {Journal of Phycology},
	volume = {43},
	number = {2},
	year = {2007},
	note = {ISBN: 0022-3646 tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc},
	pages = {275{\textendash}283},
	abstract = {The photophysiological properties of strain RCC 237 belonging to the marine picoplanktonic genus Picochlorum, first described by Henley et al., were investigated under different photon flux densities (PFD), ranging from 40 to 400 mu mol photons. m(-2).s(-1), mainly focusing on the development of the xanthophyll cycle and its relationship with the nonphotochemical quenching of fluorescence (NPQ). The functioning of the xanthophyll cycle and its photoprotective role was investigated by applying a progressive increase of PFD and using dithiotreitol and norflurazon to block specific enzymatic reactions in order to study in depth the relationship between xanthophyll cycle and NPQ. These two processes were significantly related only during the gradually increasing light periods and not during stable light periods, where NPQ and zeaxanthin were decoupled. This result reveals that NPQ is a photoprotective process developed by algae only when cells are experiencing increasing PFD or in response to stressful light variations, for instance after a sudden light shift. Results showed that the photobiological properties of Picochlorum strain RCC 237 seem to be well related to the surface water characteristics, as it is able to maintain its photosynthetic characteristics under different PFDs and to quickly activate the xanthophyll cycle under high light.},
	keywords = {A FLUORESCENCE, CHLAMYDOMONAS-REINHARDTII, DIATOM PHAEODACTYLUM-TRICORNUTUM, ENERGY-DISSIPATION, fluctuating light, fluorescence quantum yield, MANTONIELLA-SQUAMATA, nonphotochemical quenching of fluorescence, photoacclimation, PHOTOSYNTHETIC APPARATUS, picoplankton, POOL SIZE, rcc, VIOLAXANTHIN DE-EPOXIDASE, Xanthophyll cycle, XANTHOPHYLL-CYCLE, zeaxanthin},
	doi = {10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00327.x},
	author = {Dimier, C and Corato, F and Saviello, G and Brunet, C}
}
