@article {benites_evolutionary_2021,
	title = {Evolutionary Genomics of Sex-Related Chromosomes at the Base of the Green Lineage},
	journal = {Genome Biology and Evolution},
	volume = {13},
	number = {10},
	year = {2021},
	pages = {evab216},
	abstract = {Although sex is now accepted as a ubiquitous and ancestral feature of eukaryotes, direct observation of sex is still lacking in most unicellular eukaryotic lineages. Evidence of sex is frequently indirect and inferred from the identification of genes involved in meiosis from whole genome data and/or the detection of recombination signatures from genetic diversity in natural populations. In haploid unicellular eukaryotes, sex-related chromosomes are named mating-type (MTs) chromosomes and generally carry large genomic regions where recombination is suppressed. These regions have been characterized in Fungi and Chlorophyta and determine gamete compatibility and fusion. Two candidate MT{\th} and MT{\`A} alleles, spanning 450{\textendash}650 kb, have recently been described in Ostreococcus tauri, a marine phytoplanktonic alga from the Mamiellophyceae class, an early diverging branch in the green lineage. Here, we investigate the architecture and evolution of these candidate MT{\th} and MT{\`A} alleles. We analyzed the phylogenetic profile and GC content of MT gene families in eight different genomes whose divergence has been previously estimated at up to 640 Myr, and found evidence that the divergence of the two MT alleles predates speciation in the Ostreococcus genus. Phylogenetic profiles of MT transspecific polymorphisms in gametologs disclosed candidate MTs in two additional species, and possibly a third. These Mamiellales MT candidates are likely to be the oldest mating-type loci described to date, which makes them fascinating models to investigate the evolutionary mechanisms of haploid sex determination in eukaryotes.},
	keywords = {RCC1105, RCC1115, RCC2590, RCC299, rcc3401, RCC4221, RCC809, RCC834},
	issn = {1759-6653},
	doi = {10.1093/gbe/evab216},
	url = {https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/doi/10.1093/gbe/evab216/6380139},
	author = {Benites, Luis Felipe and Bucchini, Fran{\c c}ois and Sanchez-Brosseau, Sophie and Grimsley, Nigel and Vandepoele, Klaas and Piganeau, Gwenael},
	editor = {Wolfe, Kenneth}
}
@article {Zimmerman2019,
	title = {Closely related viruses of the marine picoeukaryotic alga Ostreococcus lucimarinus exhibit different ecological strategies},
	journal = {Environmental Microbiology},
	volume = {00},
	year = {2019},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC3401,RCC393,RCC829},
	abstract = {SUMMARY In marine ecosystems viruses are major disrupters of the direct flow of carbon and nutrients to higher trophic levels. While the genetic diversity of several eukaryotic phytoplankton virus groups has been characterized, their infection dynamics are less understood, such that the physiological and ecological implications of their diversity remain unclear. We compared genomes and infection phenotypes of the two most closely related cultured phycodnaviruses infecting the widespread picoprasinophyte Ostreococcus lucimarinus under standard- (1.3 divisions d-1) and limited-light (0.41 divisions d-1) nutrient replete conditions. OlV7 infection caused early arrest of the host cell cycle, coinciding with a significantly higher proportion of infected cells than OlV1-amended treatments, regardless of host growth rate. OlV7 treatments showed a near-50-fold increase of progeny virions at the higher host growth rate, contrasting with OlV1{\textquoteright}s 16-fold increase. However, production of OlV7 virions was more sensitive than OlV1 production to reduced host growth rate, suggesting fitness trade-offs between infection efficiency and resilience to host physiology. Moreover, while organic matter released from OlV1- and OlV7-infected hosts had broadly similar chemical composition, some distinct molecular signatures were observed. Collectively, these results suggest that current views on viral relatedness through marker and core gene analyses underplay operational divergence and consequences for host ecology. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {rcc3401, RCC393, RCC829},
	issn = {14622920},
	doi = {10.1111/1462-2920.14608},
	author = {Zimmerman, Amy E. and Bachy, Charles and Ma, Xiufeng and Roux, Simon and Jang, Ho Bin and Sullivan, Matthew B. and Waldbauer, Jacob R. and Worden, Alexandra Z.}
}
@article {Degraeve-Guilbault2017,
	title = {Glycerolipid characterization and nutrient deprivation-associated changes in the green picoalga ostreococcus tauri},
	journal = {Plant Physiology},
	volume = {173},
	number = {4},
	year = {2017},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC3401,RCC4222,RCC745,RCC788,RCC789,RCC802,RCC809,RCC834},
	pages = {2060{\textendash}2080},
	abstract = {The picoalga Ostreococcus tauri is a minimal photosynthetic eukaryote that has been used as a model system. O. tauri is known to efficiently produce docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). We provide a comprehensive study of the glycerolipidome of O. tauri and validate this species as model for related picoeukaryotes. O. tauri lipids displayed unique features that combined traits from the green and the chromalveolate lineages. The betaine lipid diacylglyceryl-hydroxymethyl-trimethyl-β-alanine and phosphatidyldimethylpropanethiol, both hallmarks of chromalveolates, were identified as presumed extraplastidial lipids. DHA was confined to these lipids, while plastidial lipids of prokaryotic type were characterized by the overwhelming presence of ω-3 C18 polyunsaturated fatty acids (FAs), 18:5 being restricted to galactolipids. C16:4, an FA typical of green microalgae galactolipids, also was a major component of O. tauri extraplastidial lipids, while the 16:4-coenzyme A (CoA) species was not detected. Triacylglycerols (TAGs) displayed the complete panel of FAs, and many species exhibited combinations of FAs diagnostic for plastidial and extraplastidial lipids. Importantly, under nutrient deprivation, 16:4 and ω-3 C18 polyunsaturated FAs accumulated into de novo synthesized TAGs while DHA-TAG species remained rather stable, indicating an increased contribution of FAs of plastidial origin to TAG synthesis. Nutrient deprivation further severely down-regulated the conversion of 18:3 to 18:4, resulting in obvious inversion of the 18:3/18:4 ratio in plastidial lipids, TAGs, as well as acyl-CoAs. The fine-tuned and dynamic regulation of the 18:3/18:4 ratio suggested an important physiological role of these FAs in photosynthetic membranes. Acyl position in structural and storage lipids together with acyl-CoA analysis further help to determine mechanisms possibly involved in glycerolipid synthesis.},
	keywords = {rcc3401, RCC4222, RCC745, RCC788, RCC789, RCC802, RCC809, RCC834},
	issn = {0032-0889},
	doi = {10.1104/pp.16.01467},
	url = {http://www.plantphysiol.org/lookup/doi/10.1104/pp.16.01467},
	author = {Degraeve-Guilbault, Charlotte and Br{\'e}h{\'e}lin, Claire and Haslam, Richard and Sayanova, Olga and Marie-Luce, Glawdys and Jouhet, Juliette and Corellou, Florence}
}
@article {Paerl2016,
	title = {Use of plankton-derived vitamin B1 precursors, especially thiazole-related precursor, by key marine picoeukaryotic phytoplankton},
	journal = {The ISME Journal},
	volume = {11},
	number = {3},
	year = {2017},
	note = {Publisher: Nature Publishing Group tex.mendeley-tags: rcc3401,rcc745},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {753{\textendash}765},
	keywords = {rcc3401, RCC745},
	issn = {1751-7362},
	doi = {10.1038/ismej.2016.145},
	url = {http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/ismej.2016.145},
	author = {Paerl, Ryan W and Bouget, Fran{\c c}ois-Yves and Lozano, Jean-Claude and Verg{\'e}, Val{\'e}rie and Schatt, Philippe and Allen, Eric E and Palenik, Brian and Azam, Farooq}
}
