@article {liao_exploring_2023, title = {Exploring the theoretical upper temperature limit of alkenone unsaturation indices: Implications for paleotemperature reconstructions}, journal = {Organic Geochemistry}, volume = {180}, year = {2023}, pages = {104606}, abstract = {The structural specificity, exceptional diagenetic stability, and linear response of unsaturation to temperature have made alkenones an indispensable tool for reconstructing past sea surface temperatures, with the well known U37K' proxy widely applied in the past 40~years. However, U37K' approaches unity at around 28~{\textdegree}C in cultures of Emiliania huxleyi (E. huxleyi), the most widely distributed alkenone producer in global oceans. Recent studies using surface sediments suggest U38MeK' has \~{}1.5~{\textdegree}C higher upper temperature limits than U37K'. However, E. huxleyi generally does not grow above 28~{\textdegree}C. Gephyrocapsa oceanica (G. oceanica), on the other hand, is the dominant alkenone producer when sea surface temperature is above 22~{\textdegree}C and thrives in ocean regions such as the Pacific Warm Pool. So far there have been no culture data for G. oceanica above 29~{\textdegree}C to evaluate the temperature response of alkenone distributions and the (theoretical) upper temperature limit of alkenone unsaturation indices. Here we performed the first culture experiments on two strains of G. oceanica isolated from warm ocean sites at up to 32~{\textdegree}C: RCC6484 from the Pacific Warm Pool and RCC3483 from the South China Sea. We show both strains display higher growth rates at higher temperature, with the highest growth rates at 32~{\textdegree}C (the highest temperature we tested), although alkenone production per cell decreases as temperature increases. Importantly, U37K' and U38MeK' values of RCC6484 and RCC3483 continue to respond to temperature changes beyond 28~{\textdegree}C, although temperature sensitivity decreases significantly above 28~{\textdegree}C. Above 30~{\textdegree}C, U37K' and U38MeK' responses to temperature further diminish, limiting their potential for paleo-SST applications using the currently available analytical technology. The ratio of C38:3 over C38:2 methyl ketone is on average 11 times higher than the ratio of C37:3 over C37:2 from 24 to 32~{\textdegree}C, suggesting a greater potential of using U38MeK' for paleotemperature reconstruction in high temperature settings.}, keywords = {Culture experiments, RCC3483, RCC6484, Temperature calibrations}, issn = {0146-6380}, doi = {10.1016/j.orggeochem.2023.104606}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0146638023000529}, author = {Liao, Sian and Novak, Joseph and Huang, Yongsong} } @article {mertens_morpho-molecular_2023, title = {Morpho-molecular analysis of podolampadacean dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae), with the description of two new genera}, journal = {Phycologia}, year = {2023}, note = {Publisher: Taylor \& Francis _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2022.2158281}, month = {feb}, pages = {1{\textendash}19}, abstract = {Sequences were obtained for 58 podolampadacean single cells from France, Reunion Island (French territories) and Japan (6 SSU rDNA only, 40 SSU+LSU and 12 LSU only). The sequenced taxa belong to five of the eight described genera: Podolampas, Blepharocysta, Lissodinium, Gaarderiella and Mysticella. Two new genera, Alatosphaera and Pseudalatosphaera, were erected to accommodate {\textquoteleft}Blepharocysta{\textquoteright} hermosillae and {\textquoteleft}Blepharocysta{\textquoteright} denticulata. Most genera are well supported by concatenated LSU{\textendash}SSU rDNA phylogenies, with the least support for Lissodinium. Metabarcoding of podolampadaceans using the V4 region of SSU rDNA showed a resolution too low to discriminate genera or species. Roscoffia and Cabra are here considered podolampadaceans, whilst Lessardia is considered to belong in a separate family. The relationship of Rhinodinium to the Podolampadaceae needs further study. Desmoschisis was recorded for the first time in Alatosphaera and Pseudalatosphaera. Several ribotypes need further study to attribute a species name to them.}, keywords = {Alatosphaera, Blepharocysta, desmoschisis, Gaarderiella, Lissodinium, LSU rDNA, Mysticella, Podolampas, Pseudalatosphaera, SSU rDNA}, issn = {0031-8884}, doi = {10.1080/00318884.2022.2158281}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2022.2158281}, author = {Mertens, Kenneth Neil and Carbonell-Moore, M. Consuelo and Chom{\'e}rat, Nicolas and Bilien, Gwenael and Boulben, Sylviane and Guillou, Laure and Romac, Sarah and Probert, Ian and Ishikawa, Akira and N{\'e}zan, Elisabeth} } @article {noordally_phospho-dawn_2023, title = {A phospho-dawn of protein modification anticipates light onset in the picoeukaryote \textit{O. tauri}, journal = {Journal of Experimental Botany}, year = {2023}, month = {jul}, pages = {erad290}, abstract = {Abstract Diel regulation of protein levels and protein modification had been less studied than transcript rhythms. Here, we compare transcriptome data under light-dark cycles to partial proteome and phosphoproteome data, assayed using shotgun mass-spectrometry, from the alga Ostreococcus tauri, the smallest free-living eukaryote. 10\% of quantified proteins but two-thirds of phosphoproteins were rhythmic. Mathematical modelling showed that light-stimulated protein synthesis can account for the observed clustering of protein peaks in the daytime. Prompted by night-peaking and apparently dark-stable proteins, we also tested cultures under prolonged darkness, where the proteome changed less than under the diel cycle. Among the dark-stable proteins were prasinophyte-specific sequences that were also reported to accumulate when O. tauri formed lipid droplets. In the phosphoproteome, 39\% of rhythmic phospho-sites reached peak levels just before dawn. This anticipatory phosphorylation suggests that a clock-regulated phospho-dawn prepares green cells for daytime functions. Acid-directed and proline-directed protein phosphorylation sites were regulated in antiphase, implicating the clock-related, casein kinases 1 and 2 in phase-specific regulation, alternating with the CMGC protein kinase family. Understanding the dynamic phosphoprotein network should be facilitated by the minimal kinome and proteome of O. tauri. The data are available from ProteomeXchange, with identifiers PXD001734, PXD001735 and PXD002909.}, keywords = {RCC745}, issn = {0022-0957, 1460-2431}, doi = {10.1093/jxb/erad290}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jxb/erad290/7229478}, author = {Noordally, Zeenat B and Hindle, Matthew M and Martin, Sarah F and Seaton, Daniel D and Simpson, T Ian and Le Bihan, Thierry and Millar, Andrew J} } @article {klintzsch_stable_2023, title = {Stable Carbon Isotope Signature of Methane Released from Phytoplankton}, journal = {Geophysical Research Letters}, year = {2023}, month = {feb}, abstract = {Aquatic ecosystems play an important role in global methane cycling and many field studies have reported methane supersaturation in the oxic surface mixed layer (SML) of the ocean and in the epilimnion of lakes. The origin of methane formed under oxic condition is hotly debated and several pathways have recently been offered to explain the {\textquoteleft}methane paradox{\textquoteright}. In this context, stable isotope measurements have been applied to constrain methane sources in supersaturated oxygenated waters. Here we present stable carbon isotope signatures for six widespread marine phytoplankton species, three haptophyte algae and three cyanobacteria, incubated under laboratory conditions. The observed isotopic patterns implicate that methane formed by phytoplankton might be clearly distinguished from methane produced by methanogenic archaea. Comparing results from phytoplankton experiments with isotopic data from field measurements, suggests that algal and cyanobacterial populations may contribute substantially to methane formation observed in the SML of oceans and lakes.}, keywords = {RCC1216, ⛔ No DOI found}, doi = {10.22541/essoar.167689993.32180072/v1}, url = {https://essopenarchive.org/users/587513/articles/625160-stable-carbon-isotope-signature-of-methane-released-from-phytoplankton?commit=633a121ee07c48e6c59ffeca06fd5d5ebe1df4d4}, author = {Klintzsch, Thomas and Geisinger, Hannah and Wieland, Anna and Langer, Gerald and Nehrke, Gernot and Bizic, Mina and Greule, Markus and Lenhart, Katharina and Borsch, Christian and Schroll, Moritz and Keppler, Frank} } @article {guerin_genomic_2022, title = {Genomic adaptation of the picoeukaryote Pelagomonas calceolata to iron-poor oceans revealed by a chromosome-scale genome sequence}, journal = {Communications Biology}, volume = {5}, number = {1}, year = {2022}, note = {Number: 1 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group}, pages = {1{\textendash}14}, abstract = {The smallest phytoplankton species are key actors in oceans biogeochemical cycling and their abundance and distribution are affected with global environmental changes. Among them, algae of the Pelagophyceae class encompass coastal species causative of harmful algal blooms while others are cosmopolitan and abundant. The lack of genomic reference in this lineage is a main limitation to study its ecological importance. Here, we analysed Pelagomonas calceolata relative abundance, ecological niche and potential for the adaptation in all oceans using a complete chromosome-scale assembled genome sequence. Our results show that P. calceolata is one of the most abundant eukaryotic species in the oceans with a relative abundance favoured by high temperature, low-light and iron-poor conditions. Climate change projections based on its relative abundance suggest an extension of the P. calceolata habitat toward the poles at the end of this century. Finally, we observed a specific gene repertoire and expression level variations potentially explaining its ecological success in low-iron and low-nitrate environments. Collectively, these findings reveal the ecological importance of P. calceolata and lay the foundation for a global scale analysis of the adaptation and acclimation strategies of this small phytoplankton in a changing environment. Genomic inference reveals potential climate change-driven range expansion of the phytoplankton species Pelagomonas calceolata.}, keywords = {Biogeography, comparative genomics, metagenomics, RCC100, Water microbiology}, issn = {2399-3642}, doi = {10.1038/s42003-022-03939-z}, url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03939-z}, author = {Gu{\'e}rin, Nina and Ciccarella, Marta and Flamant, Elisa and Fr{\'e}mont, Paul and Mangenot, Sophie and Istace, Benjamin and Noel, Benjamin and Belser, Caroline and Bertrand, Laurie and Labadie, Karine and Cruaud, Corinne and Romac, Sarah and Bachy, Charles and Gachenot, Martin and Pelletier, Eric and Alberti, Adriana and Jaillon, Olivier and Wincker, Patrick and Aury, Jean-Marc and Carradec, Quentin} } @article {zhang_intense_2022, title = {Intense blooms of Phaeocystis globosa in the South China Sea are caused by a unique {\textquotedblleft}giant-colony{\textquotedblright} ecotype}, journal = {Harmful Algae}, volume = {114}, year = {2022}, pages = {102227}, abstract = {The haptophyte Phaeocystis globosa, an important causative agent of harmful algal blooms globally, exhibits varying morphological and physiological features and high genetic diversity, yet the relationship among these has never been elucidated. In this study, colony sizes and pigment profiles of 19 P. globosa isolates from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans were determined. Genetic divergence of these strains was analyzed using the chloroplast rbcS-rpl27 intergenic spacer, a novel high-resolution molecular marker. Strains could be divided into four genetic clades based on these sequences, or two groups based on colony size and the identity of diagnostic pigments (19{\textquoteright}-hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin, hex-fuco, and 19{\textquoteright}-butanoyloxyfucoxanthin, but-fuco). Three strains from the South China Sea (SCS), all belonging to the same genetic clade, have unique biological features in forming giant colonies and possessing but-fuco as their diagnostic pigment. Based on these findings, we propose that these SCS strains should be a unique {\textquotedblleft}giant-colony{\textquotedblright} ecotype of P. globosa. During the period 2016-2021, more than 1000 rbcS-rpl27 sequences were obtained from 16 P. globosa colony samples and 18 phytoplankton samples containing solitary P. globosa cells in the SCS. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that >95\% of the sequences from P. globosa colonies in the SCS were comprised of the {\textquotedblleft}giant-colony{\textquotedblright} ecotype, whereas the genetic diversity of solitary cells was much higher. Results demonstrated that intense blooms of P. globosa featuring giant colonies in the SCS were mainly caused by this giant-colony P. globosa ecotype.}, keywords = {ecotype, genetic diversity, Giant colony, Marker pigment, RCC1736, RCC2055, RCC678, RCC736}, issn = {1568-9883}, doi = {10.1016/j.hal.2022.102227}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568988322000555}, author = {Zhang, Qing-Chun and Liu, Chao and Wang, Jin-Xiu and Kong, Fan-Zhou and Niu, Zhuang and Xiang, Ling and Yu, Ren-Cheng} } @article {castejon_limpet_2022, title = {Limpet larvae (Patella aspera R{\"o}ding, 1798), obtained by gonad dissection and fecundation in vitro, settled and metamorphosed on crustose coralline algae}, journal = {Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom}, year = {2022}, note = {Publisher: Cambridge University Press}, month = {feb}, pages = {1{\textendash}12}, abstract = {

The limpet Patella aspera R{\"o}ding, 1798, is a native species from the Macaronesian region whose fishing is regulated. The early life of limpets, including the settlement process, is poorly known thus far. The current study evaluated different substrates to induce settlement in P. aspera, including microalgae strains (Halamphora coffeaeformis, Navicula incerta and Pavlova sp.) and crustose coralline algae (CCA) obtained from limpet shells. The results showed that gametes obtained by dissection and matured artificially using alkalinized seawater baths can produce viable larvae able to metamorphose to juveniles. Feeding was not required during larval development, suggesting lecithotrophy. Early postlarvae were identified by the shedding of the velum, and juveniles were identified by teleoconch and active grazing behaviour. The presence of CCA shortened the timing for settlement and increased the ratio of juveniles. The type and abundance of CCA can influence settlement success. Moreover, the results suggested that settlement and metamorphosis in true limpets (Patellogastropoda) might be triggered by a two-step mechanism, i.e. a first cue influencing the shift between swimming and crawling activity and a second cue determining settlement and metamorphosis to early postlarvae and juveniles.

}, keywords = {Early postlarvae, lecithotrophy, metamorphosis, oocyte alkalinization, pediveliger larvae, RCC3458, settlement}, issn = {0025-3154, 1469-7769}, doi = {10.1017/S0025315421000916}, author = {Castej{\'o}n, Diego and Nogueira, Natacha and Andrade, Carlos A. P.} } @article {nikitashina_metabolic_2022, title = {Metabolic adaptation of diatoms to hypersalinity}, journal = {Phytochemistry}, year = {2022}, pages = {113267}, abstract = {Microalgae are important primary producers and form the basis for the marine food web. As global climate changes, so do salinity levels that algae are exposed to. A metabolic response of algal cells partly alleviates the resulting osmotic stress. Some metabolites involved in the response are well studied, but the full metabolic implications of adaptation remain unclear. Improved analytical methodology provides an opportunity for additional insight. We can now follow responses to stress in major parts of the metabolome and derive comprehensive charts of the resulting metabolic re-wiring. In this study, we subjected three species of diatoms to high salinity conditions and compared their metabolome to controls in an untargeted manner. The three well-investigated species with sequenced genomes Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Thalassiosira pseudonana, and Skeletonema marinoi were selected for our survey. The microalgae react to salinity stress with common adaptations in the metabolome by amino acid up-regulation, production of saccharides, and inositols. But also species-specific dysregulation of metabolites is common. Several metabolites previously not connected with osmotic stress reactions are identified, including 4-hydroxyproline, pipecolinic acid, myo-inositol, threonic acid, and acylcarnitines. This expands our knowledge about osmoadaptation and calls for further functional characterization of metabolites and pathways in algal stress physiology.}, keywords = {Diatomic algae, Hypersalinity stress response, Osmolytes, Phaeodactylaceae, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, RCC75, Skeletonema marinoi, Skeletonemataceae, Thalassiosira pseudonana, Thalassiosiraceae, Untargeted metabolite profiling}, issn = {0031-9422}, doi = {10.1016/j.phytochem.2022.113267}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031942222001832}, author = {Nikitashina, Vera and Stettin, Daniel and Pohnert, Georg} } @article {pollara_bacterial_2021, title = {Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Signal Arrests Phytoplankton Cell Division and Impacts Virus-Induced Mortality}, journal = {mSphere}, volume = {6}, number = {3}, year = {2021}, pages = {e00009{\textendash}21, /msphere/6/3/mSph.00009{\textendash}21.atom}, abstract = {Interactions between phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria fundamentally shape marine ecosystems by controlling primary production, structuring marine food webs, mediating carbon export, and influencing global climate. Phytoplankton-bacterium interactions are facilitated by secreted compounds; however, linking these chemical signals, their mechanisms of action, and their resultant ecological consequences remains a fundamental challenge. The bacterial quorumsensing signal 2-heptyl-4-quinolone (HHQ) induces immediate, yet reversible, cellular stasis (no cell division or mortality) in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi; however, the mechanism responsible remains unknown. Using transcriptomic and proteomic approaches in combination with diagnostic biochemical and fluorescent cell-based assays, we show that HHQ exposure leads to prolonged S-phase arrest in phytoplankton coincident with the accumulation of DNA damage and a lack of repair despite the induction of the DNA damage response (DDR). While this effect is reversible, HHQ-exposed phytoplankton were also protected from viral mortality, ascribing a new role of quorum-sensing signals in regulating multitrophic interactions. Furthermore, our data demonstrate that in situ measurements of HHQ coincide with areas of enhanced micro- and nanoplankton biomass. Our results suggest bacterial communication signals as emerging players that may be one of the contributing factors that help structure complex microbial communities throughout the ocean.}, keywords = {rcc1731}, issn = {2379-5042}, doi = {10.1128/mSphere.00009-21}, url = {https://msphere.asm.org/content/6/3/e00009-21}, author = {Pollara, Scott B. and Becker, Jamie W. and Nunn, Brook L. and Boiteau, Rene and Repeta, Daniel and Mudge, Miranda C. and Downing, Grayton and Chase, Davis and Harvey, Elizabeth L. and Whalen, Kristen E.}, editor = {McMahon, Katherine} } @article {olusoji_cyanofilter_2021, title = {cyanoFilter: An R package to identify phytoplankton populations from flow cytometry data using cell pigmentation and granularity}, journal = {Ecological Modelling}, volume = {460}, year = {2021}, pages = {109743}, abstract = {Flow cytometry is often employed in ecology to measure traits and population size of bacteria and phytoplankton. This technique allows measuring millions of particles in a relatively small amount of time. However, distinguishing between different populations is not a straightforward task. Gating is a process in the identification of particles measured in flow cytometry. Gates can either be created manually using known characteristics of these particles, or by using automated clustering techniques. Available automated techniques implemented in statistical packages for flow cytometry are primarily developed for medicinal applications, while only two exist for phytoplankton. cyanoFilter is an R package built to identify phytoplankton populations from flow cytometry data. The package also integrates gating functions from two other automated algorithms. It also provides a gating accuracy test function that can be used to determine the accuracy of a desired gating function if monoculture flowcytometry data is available. The central algorithm in the package exploits observed pigmentation and granularity of phytoplankton cells. We demonstrate how its performance depends on strain similarity, using a model system of six cyanobacteria strains. Using the same system, we compare the performance of the central gating function in the package to similar functions in other packages.}, keywords = {Ecology, flow cytometry, Gating, phytoplankton, RCC2375, rcc2380, RCC2434, RCC2555, Software}, issn = {0304-3800}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109743}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030438002100291X}, author = {Olusoji, Oluwafemi D. and Spaak, Jurg W. and Holmes, Mark and Neyens, Thomas and Aerts, Marc and De Laender, Frederik} } @article {zhang_development_2021, title = {Development of high-resolution chloroplast markers for intraspecific phylogeographic studies of Phaeocystis globosa}, journal = {Journal of Oceanology and Limnology}, volume = {39}, number = {2}, year = {2021}, month = {mar}, pages = {508{\textendash}524}, abstract = {Phaeocystis globosa is an important harmful algal bloom causative species distributing widely in temperate and tropical coastal waters in the world. The morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics are different among geographic strains, which can not be distinguished with nuclear ribosomal DNA markers at present. Therefore, the genetic distance and phylogeographic relationships of nuclear 28S rDNA D1{\textendash}D2 and ITS regions, and three chloroplast intergenic spacers (petN-trnS1, trnM1-psbA, and rbcS-rpl27) were analyzed and compared among 13 strains of P. globosa isolated from the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean in this study. In addition, the nucleotide polymorphisms of 28S rDNA D1{\textendash}D2, ITS, and rbcS-rpl27 regions were evaluated in two P. globosa strains. The various levels of nucleotide polymorphism were in the nuclear 28S rDNA D1{\textendash}D2 region and ITS region, but no polymorphism was in the chloroplast rbcS-rpl27 intergenic spacer. A reasonable intraspecific phylogeographic relationship was presented by rbcS-rpl27 intergenic spacer, which had the strongest distinction to geographic strains compared to those of 28S rDNA D1{\textendash}D2 and ITS regions. In the phylogenetic tree of rbcS-rpl27 intergenic spacer, the two strains from the North Sea of the Atlantic Ocean were divided firstly from the species of P. globosa, and then formed an independent clade, while the other Atlantic strains and all of Pacific strains joined up to build the other clade. It was implied that at least two genetically distant populations of P. globosa existed in the Atlantic coastal regions. This study provided a high-resolution chloroplast marker to analyze intraspecific phylogeographic populations of P. globosa, and preliminarily clarified the genetic relationships of the Pacific and Atlantic strains of P. globosa.}, keywords = {RCC2055, RCC736}, issn = {2096-5508, 2523-3521}, doi = {10.1007/s00343-020-9304-5}, url = {https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00343-020-9304-5}, author = {Zhang, Qingchun and Niu, Zhuang and Wang, Jinxiu and Liu, Chao and Kong, Fanzhou and Hu, Xiaokun and Zhao, Jiayu and Yu, Rencheng} } @article {Wang2021, title = {Group 2i Isochrysidales produce characteristic alkenones reflecting sea ice distribution}, journal = {Nature Communications}, volume = {12}, number = {1}, year = {2021}, note = {Publisher: Springer US tex.mendeley-tags: RCC107,RCC1195,RCC1334,RCC5486}, month = {dec}, pages = {15}, abstract = {Alkenones are biomarkers produced solely by algae in the order Isochrysidales that have been used to reconstruct sea surface temperature (SST) since the 1980s. However, alkenone-based SST reconstructions in the northern high latitude oceans show significant bias towards warmer temperatures in core-tops, diverge from other SST proxies in down core records, and are often accompanied by anomalously high relative abundance of the C 37 tetra-unsaturated methyl alkenone (\%C 37:4 ). Elevated \%C 37:4 is widely interpreted as an indicator of low sea surface salinity from polar water masses, but its biological source has thus far remained elusive. Here we identify a lineage of Isochrysidales that is responsible for elevated C 37:4 methyl alkenone in the northern high latitude oceans through next-generation sequencing and lab-culture experiments. This Isochrysidales lineage co-occurs widely with sea ice in marine environments and is distinct from other known marine alkenone-producers, namely Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica . More importantly, the \%C 37:4 in seawater filtered particulate organic matter and surface sediments is significantly correlated with annual mean sea ice concentrations. In sediment cores from the Svalbard region, the \%C 37:4 concentration aligns with the Greenland temperature record and other qualitative regional sea ice records spanning the past 14 kyrs, reflecting sea ice concentrations quantitatively. Our findings imply that \%C 37:4 is a powerful proxy for reconstructing sea ice conditions in the high latitude oceans on thousand- and, potentially, on million-year timescales.}, keywords = {RCC107, RCC1195, RCC1334, RCC5486}, issn = {2041-1723}, doi = {10.1038/s41467-020-20187-z}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20187-z http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20187-z}, author = {Wang, Karen Jiaxi and Huang, Yongsong and Majaneva, Markus and Belt, Simon T. and Liao, Sian and Novak, Joseph and Kartzinel, Tyler R. and Herbert, Timothy D. and Richter, Nora and Cabedo-Sanz, Patricia} } @article {Henry2021, title = {The influences of phytoplankton species, mineral particles and concentrations of dispersed oil on the formation and fate of marine oil-related aggregates}, journal = {Science of the Total Environment}, volume = {752}, year = {2021}, note = {Publisher: Elsevier B.V. tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1698,RCC1719,RCC290}, month = {jan}, pages = {141786}, abstract = {The formation and fallout of oil-related marine snow have been associated with interactions between dispersed oil and small marine particles, like phytoplankton and mineral particles. In these studies, the influences of phytoplankton species, mineral particle concentration, and oil concentration on the aggregation of oil in seawater (SW) were investigated. The experiments were performed in a low-turbidity carousel incubation system, using natural SW at 13 {\textdegree}C. Aggregation was measured by silhouette camera analyses, and oil compound group distribution and depletion by gas chromatography (GC-FID or GC{\textendash}MS). Aggregates with median sizes larger than 500 ??m in diameter were measured in the presence of dispersed oil and the phytoplankton species Thalassiosira rotula, Phaeocystis globosa, Skeletonema pseudocostatum, but not with the microalgae Micromonas pusilla. When mineral particles (diatomaceous earth) were incubated at different concentrations (5{\textendash}30 mg/L) with dispersed oil and S. pseudocostatum, the largest aggregates were measured at the lower mineral particle concentration (5 mg/L). Since dispersed oil rapidly dilutes in the marine water column, experiments were performed with oil concentrations of from 10 mg/L to 0.01 mg/L in the presence of S. pseudocostatum and diatomaceous earth. Aggregates larger than 500 ??m was measured only at the highest oil concentrations (10 mg/L). However, oil attachment to the marine particles were also measured at low oil concentrations (<=1 mg/L). Depletion of oil compound groups (n-alkanes, naphthalenes, PAHs, decalins) were measured at all oil concentrations, both in aggregate and water phases, with biodegradation as the expected main depletion process. These results showed that oil concentration may be important for oil-related marine snow formation, but that even oil droplets at low concentrations may attach to the particles and be transported by prevailing currents.}, keywords = {Aggregation, Dispersed oil, Marine snow, Mineral particles, phytoplankton, RCC1698, RCC1719, RCC290}, issn = {18791026}, doi = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141786}, author = {Henry, Ingrid A. and Netzer, Roman and Davies, Emlyn and Brakstad, Odd Gunnar} } @article {grebert_molecular_2021, title = {Molecular bases of an alternative dual-enzyme system for light color acclimation of marine \textit{Synechococcus cyanobacteria}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, volume = {118}, number = {9}, year = {2021}, pages = {e2019715118}, abstract = {

Marine Synechococcus cyanobacteria owe their ubiquity in part to the wide pigment diversity of their light-harvesting complexes. In open ocean waters, cells predominantly possess sophisticated antennae with rods composed of phycocyanin and two types of phycoerythrins (PEI and PEII). Some strains are specialized for harvesting either green or blue light, while others can dynamically modify their light absorption spectrum to match the dominant ambient color. This process, called type IV chromatic acclimation (CA4), has been linked to the presence of a small genomic island occurring in two configurations (CA4-A and CA4-B). While the CA4-A process has been partially characterized, the CA4-B process has remained an enigma. Here we characterize the function of two members of the phycobilin lyase E/F clan, MpeW and MpeQ, in Synechococcus sp. strain A15-62 and demonstrate their critical role in CA4-B. While MpeW, encoded in the CA4-B island and up-regulated in green light, attaches the green light-absorbing chromophore phycoerythrobilin to cysteine-83 of the PEII α-subunit in green light, MpeQ binds phycoerythrobilin and isomerizes it into the blue light-absorbing phycourobilin at the same site in blue light, reversing the relationship of MpeZ and MpeY in the CA4-A strain RS9916. Our data thus reveal key molecular differences between the two types of chromatic acclimaters, both highly abundant but occupying distinct complementary ecological niches in the ocean. They also support an evolutionary scenario whereby CA4-B island acquisition allowed former blue light specialists to become chromatic acclimaters, while former green light specialists would have acquired this capacity by gaining a CA4-A island.

}, keywords = {RCC2374, to add}, issn = {0027-8424, 1091-6490}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.2019715118}, url = {http://www.pnas.org/lookup/doi/10.1073/pnas.2019715118}, author = {Gr{\'e}bert, Th{\'e}ophile and Nguyen, Adam A. and Pokhrel, Suman and Joseph, Kes Lynn and Ratin, Morgane and Dufour, Louison and Chen, Bo and Haney, Allissa M. and Karty, Jonathan A. and Trinidad, Jonathan C. and Garczarek, Laurence and Schluchter, Wendy M. and Kehoe, David M. and Partensky, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric} } @article {jimenez_no_2021, title = {No evidence of Phago-mixotropy in Micromonas polaris (Mamiellophyceae), the Dominant Picophytoplankton Species in the Arctic}, journal = {Journal of Phycology}, volume = {57}, number = {2}, year = {2021}, note = {_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jpy.13125}, pages = {435{\textendash}446}, abstract = {In the Arctic Ocean, the small green alga Micromonas polaris dominates picophytoplankton during the summer months but is also present in winter. It has been previously hypothesized to be phago-mixotrophic (capable of bacteria ingestion) based on laboratory and field experiments. Prey uptake was analyzed in several M. polaris strains isolated from different regions and depths of the Arctic Ocean and in Ochromonas triangulata, a known phago-mixotroph used as a control. Measuring ingestion of either fluorescent beads or fluorescently labeled bacteria by flow cytometry, we found no evidence of phago-mixotrophy in any M. polaris strain while O. triangulata was ingesting both beads and bacteria. In addition, in silico predictions revealed that members of the genus Micromonas lack a genetic signature of phagocytotic capacity.}, keywords = {Arctic, Micromonas, phago-mixotrophy, phytoplankton, rcc, RCC21, RCC2288, RCC2306, RCC4298}, issn = {1529-8817}, doi = {10.1111/jpy.13125}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jpy.13125}, author = {Jimenez, Valeria and Burns, John A. and Le Gall, Florence and Not, Fabrice and Vaulot, Daniel} } @article {Farhat2021, title = {Rapid protein evolution, organellar reductions, and invasive intronic elements in the marine aerobic parasite dinoflagellate Amoebophrya spp.}, journal = {BMC Biology}, year = {2021}, note = {Publisher: BMC Biology tex.mendeley-tags: RCC4383,RCC4398}, pages = {1{\textendash}21}, keywords = {Dinoflagellate, genome, Introner elements, Non-canonical introns, parasite, RCC4383, RCC4398}, doi = {10.1186/s12915-020-00927-9}, author = {Farhat, Sarah and Le, Phuong and Kayal, Ehsan and Noel, Benjamin and Bigeard, Estelle and Corre, Erwan and Maumus, Florian and Florent, Isabelle and Alberti, Adriana and Aury, Jean-Marc and Barbeyron, Tristan and Cai, Ruibo and Silva, Corinne Da and Istace, Benjamin and Labadie, Karine and Marie, Dominique and Mercier, Jonathan and Rukwavu, Tsinda and Szymczak, Jeremy and Tonon, Thierry and Alves-de-Souza, Catharina and Rouze, Pierre and de Peer, Yves Van and Wincker, Patrick and Rombauts, Stephane and Porcel, Betina M and Guillou, Laure} } @article {kawachi_rappemonads_2021, title = {Rappemonads are haptophyte phytoplankton}, journal = {Current Biology}, year = {2021}, month = {mar}, abstract = {Rapidly accumulating genetic data from environmental sequencing approaches have revealed an extraordinary level of unsuspected diversity within marine phytoplankton,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 which is responsible for around 50\% of global net primary production.12,13 However, the phenotypic identity of many of the organisms distinguished by environmental DNA sequences remains unclear. The rappemonads represent a plastid-bearing protistan lineage that to date has only been identified by environmental plastid 16S rRNA sequences.14, 15, 16, 17 The phenotypic identity of this group, which does not confidently cluster in any known algal clades in 16S rRNA phylogenetic reconstructions,15 has remained unknown since the first report of environmental sequences over two decades ago. We show that rappemonads are closely related to a haptophyte microalga, Pavlomulina ranunculiformis gen. nov. et sp. nov., and belong to a new haptophyte class, the Rappephyceae. Organellar phylogenomic analyses provide strong evidence for the inclusion of this lineage within the Haptophyta as a sister group to the Prymnesiophyceae. Members of this new class have a cosmopolitan distribution in coastal and oceanic regions. The relative read abundance of Rappephyceae in a large environmental barcoding dataset was comparable to, or greater than, those of major haptophyte species, such as the bloom-forming Gephyrocapsa huxleyi and Prymnesium parvum, and this result indicates that they likely have a significant impact as primary producers. Detailed characterization of Pavlomulina allowed for reconstruction of the ancient evolutionary history of the Haptophyta, a group that is one of the most important components of extant marine phytoplankton communities.}, keywords = {environmental DNA sequences, morphological evolution, organellar phylogenomics, phytoplankton diversity, RCC3430, transmission electron microscopy}, issn = {0960-9822}, doi = {10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.012}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982221003511}, author = {Kawachi, Masanobu and Nakayama, Takuro and Kayama, Motoki and Nomura, Mami and Miyashita, Hideaki and Bojo, Othman and Rhodes, Lesley and Sym, Stuart and Pienaar, Richard N. and Probert, Ian and Inouye, Isao and Kamikawa, Ryoma} } @article {bachy_viruses_2021, title = {Viruses infecting a warm water picoeukaryote shed light on spatial co-occurrence dynamics of marine viruses and their hosts}, journal = {The ISME Journal}, year = {2021}, note = {Publisher: Nature Publishing Group}, month = {may}, pages = {1{\textendash}19}, abstract = {The marine picoeukaryote Bathycoccus prasinos has been considered a cosmopolitan alga, although recent studies indicate two ecotypes exist, Clade BI (B. prasinos) and Clade BII. Viruses that infect Bathycoccus Clade BI are known (BpVs), but not that infect BII. We isolated three dsDNA prasinoviruses from the Sargasso Sea against Clade BII isolate RCC716. The BII-Vs do not infect BI, and two (BII-V2 and BII-V3) have larger genomes (\textasciitilde210 kb) than BI-Viruses and BII-V1. BII-Vs share \textasciitilde90\% of their proteins, and between 65\% to 83\% of their proteins with sequenced BpVs. Phylogenomic reconstructions and PolB analyses establish close-relatedness of BII-V2 and BII-V3, yet BII-V2 has 10-fold higher infectivity and induces greater mortality on host isolate RCC716. BII-V1 is more distant, has a shorter latent period, and infects both available BII isolates, RCC716 and RCC715, while BII-V2 and BII-V3 do not exhibit productive infection of the latter in our experiments. Global metagenome analyses show Clade BI and BII algal relative abundances correlate positively with their respective viruses. The distributions delineate BI/BpVs as occupying lower temperature mesotrophic and coastal systems, whereas BII/BII-Vs occupy warmer temperature, higher salinity ecosystems. Accordingly, with molecular diagnostic support, we name Clade BII Bathycoccus calidus sp. nov. and propose that molecular diversity within this new species likely connects to the differentiated host-virus dynamics observed in our time course experiments. Overall, the tightly linked biogeography of Bathycoccus host and virus clades observed herein supports species-level host specificity, with strain-level variations in infection parameters.}, keywords = {RCC715, RCC716}, issn = {1751-7370}, doi = {10.1038/s41396-021-00989-9}, url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-021-00989-9}, author = {Bachy, Charles and Yung, Charmaine C. M. and Needham, David M. and Gazit{\'u}a, Maria Consuelo and Roux, Simon and Limardo, Alexander J. and Choi, Chang Jae and Jorgens, Danielle M. and Sullivan, Matthew B. and Worden, Alexandra Z.} } @article {Nissimov2020, title = {Aquatic virus culture collection: an absent (but necessary) safety net for environmental microbiologists}, journal = {Applied Phycology}, volume = {00}, number = {00}, year = {2020}, note = {Publisher: Taylor \& Francis}, pages = {1{\textendash}15}, keywords = {algae, Aquatic viruses, bacteria, biological preservation, community resource, culture collection, genetic and metabolic diversity}, issn = {2638-8081}, doi = {10.1080/26388081.2020.1770123}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/26388081.2020.1770123 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26388081.2020.1770123}, author = {Nissimov, Jozef I and Campbell, Christine N and Probert, Ian and Wilson, William H} } @article {Androuin2020, title = {Better off alone? New insights in the symbiotic relationship between the flatworm Symsagittifera roscoffensis and the microalgae Tetraselmis convolutae}, journal = {Symbiosis}, number = {Keebles 1910}, year = {2020}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1563}, month = {jun}, abstract = {The acoel flatworm Symsagittifera roscoffensis lives in obligatory symbiosis with the microalgal chlorophyte Tetraselmis convolutae. Although this interaction has been studied for more than a century, little is known on the potential reciprocal benefits of both partners, a subject that is still controversial. In order to provide new insights into this question, we have compared the photophysiology of the free-living microalgae to the symbiotic form in the flatworm, both acclimated at different light irradiances. Photosynthesis {\textendash} Irradiance curves showed that the free-living T. convolutae had greater photosynthetic performance (i.e., oxygen production rates, ability to harvest light) than their symbiotic form, regardless of the light acclimation. However, they were affected by photoinhibition under high irradiances, which did not happen for the symbiotic form. The resistance of symbiotic microalgae to photoinhibition were corroborated by pigment analyses, which evidenced the induction of photoprotective mechanisms such as xanthophyll cycle as well as lutein and β-carotene accumulation. These processes were induced even under low light acclimation and exacerbated upon high light acclimation, suggesting a global stress situation for the symbiotic microalgae. We hypothesize that the internal conditions in the sub-epidermal zone of the flatworm (e.g., osmotic and pH), as well as the phototaxis toward high light imposed by the worm in its environment, would be major reasons for this chronic stress situation. Overall, our study suggests that the relationship between S. roscoffensis and T. convolutae may be a farming strategy in favor of the flatworm rather than a symbiosis with mutual benefits.}, keywords = {Animal-plant, Photobiology, RCC1563, symbiosis, Symsagittifera roscoffensis, Tetraselmis convolutae}, issn = {0334-5114}, doi = {10.1007/s13199-020-00691-y}, url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13199-020-00691-y}, author = {Androuin, Thibault and Six, Christophe and Bordeyne, Fran{\c c}ois and de Bettignies, Florian and Noisette, Fanny and Davoult, Dominique} } @article {Mucko2020, title = {Characterization of a lipid-producing thermotolerant marine photosynthetic pico-alga in the genus Picochlorum (Trebouxiophyceae)}, journal = {European Journal of Phycology}, volume = {00}, number = {00}, year = {2020}, note = {Publisher: Taylor \& Francis tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1034,RCC13,RCC14,RCC289,RCC475,RCC6905,RCC846,RCC9,RCC945}, month = {aug}, pages = {1{\textendash}16}, keywords = {morphology, photosynthetic picoeukaryotes, phylogeny, physiology, Picochlorum, RCC1034, RCC13, RCC14, rcc289, RCC475, RCC6905, RCC846, RCC9, RCC945}, issn = {0967-0262}, doi = {10.1080/09670262.2020.1757763}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2020.1757763 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09670262.2020.1757763}, author = {Mucko, Maja and Padis{\'a}k, Judit and Gligora Udovi{\v c}, Marija and P{\'a}lmai, Tam{\'a}s and Novak, Tihana and Medi{\'c}, Nikola and Ga{\v s}parovi{\'c}, Bla{\v z}enka and Peharec {\v S}tefani{\'c}, Petra and Orli{\'c}, Sandi and Ljube{\v s}i{\'c}, Zrinka} } @article {Kayal2020, title = {Dinoflagellate host chloroplasts and mitochondria remain functional during amoebophrya infection}, journal = {Frontiers in Microbiology}, volume = {11}, number = {December}, year = {2020}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1627,RCC4398}, month = {dec}, pages = {1{\textendash}11}, abstract = {Dinoflagellates are major components of phytoplankton that play critical roles in many microbial food webs, many of them being hosts of countless intracellular parasites. The phototrophic dinoflagellate Scrippsiella acuminata (Dinophyceae) can be infected by the microeukaryotic parasitoids Amoebophrya spp. (Syndiniales), some of which primarily target and digest the host nucleus. Early digestion of the nucleus at the beginning of the infection is expected to greatly impact the host metabolism, inducing the knockout of the organellar machineries that highly depend upon nuclear gene expression, such as the mitochondrial OXPHOS pathway and the plastid photosynthetic carbon fixation. However, previous studies have reported that chloroplasts remain functional in swimming host cells infected by Amoebophrya . We report here a multi-approach monitoring study of S. acuminata organelles over a complete infection cycle by nucleus-targeting Amoebophrya sp. strain A120. Our results show sustained and efficient photosystem II activity as a hallmark of functional chloroplast throughout the infection period despite the complete digestion of the host nucleus. We also report the importance played by light on parasite production, i.e., the amount of host biomass converted to parasite infective propagules. Using a differential gene expression analysis, we observed an apparent increase of all 3 mitochondrial and 9 out of the 11 plastidial genes involved in the electron transport chains (ETC) of the respiration pathways during the first stages of the infection. The longer resilience of organellar genes compared to those encoded by the nucleus suggests that both mitochondria and chloroplasts remain functional throughout most of the infection. This extended organelle functionality, along with higher parasite production under light conditions, suggests that host bioenergetic organelles likely benefit the parasite Amoebophrya sp. A120 and improve its fitness during the intracellular infective stage.}, keywords = {amoebophrya, chloroplast, Dinoflagellate, frontiers in microbiology, frontiersin, kleptoplast, marine plankton, org, organelles, parasitism, RCC1627, RCC4398, www}, issn = {1664-302X}, doi = {10.3389/fmicb.2020.600823}, url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.600823/full}, author = {Kayal, Ehsan and Alves-de-Souza, Catharina and Farhat, Sarah and Velo-Suarez, Lourdes and Monjol, Joanne and Szymczak, Jeremy and Bigeard, Estelle and Marie, Dominique and Noel, Benjamin and Porcel, Betina M and Corre, Erwan and Six, Christophe and Guillou, Laure} } @article {Kuwata2020, title = {Draft whole-genome sequence of triparma laevis f. inornata (parmales, bolidophyceae), isolated from the oyashio region, western north pacific ocean}, journal = {Microbiology Resource Announcements}, volume = {9}, number = {33}, year = {2020}, note = {ISBN: 9781493991730 tex.mendeley-tags: RCC4655}, month = {aug}, pages = {13{\textendash}14}, abstract = {We present the first draft whole-genome sequence for the Parmales (Bolidophyceae, Heterokonta), a picoplanktonic sister group of diatoms, using a Triparma laevis f. inornata strain that was isolated from the Oyashio region in the western North Pacific Ocean.}, keywords = {RCC4655}, issn = {2576-098X}, doi = {10.1128/MRA.00367-20}, url = {https://mra.asm.org/content/9/33/e00367-20}, author = {Kuwata, Akira and Saitoh, Kenji and Nakamura, Yoji and Ichinomiya, Mutsuo and Sato, Naoki}, editor = {Stajich, Jason E.} } @article {Klintzsch2020, title = {Effects of temperature and light on methane production of widespread marine phytoplankton}, journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences}, volume = {125}, number = {9}, year = {2020}, note = {Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU) tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1216}, month = {sep}, keywords = {RCC1216}, issn = {2169-8953}, doi = {10.1029/2020jg005793}, url = {https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020JG005793 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020JG005793 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020JG005793}, author = {Klintzsch, T. and Langer, G. and Wieland, A. and Geisinger, H. and Lenhart, K. and Nehrke, G. and Keppler, F.} } @article {Dore2020, title = {Evolutionary mechanisms of long-term genome diversification associated with niche partitioning in marine picocyanobacteria}, journal = {Frontiers in Microbiology}, volume = {11}, number = {September}, year = {2020}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1084,RCC1085,RCC1086,RCC1087,RCC156,RCC158,RCC162,RCC2033,RCC2035,RCC2319,RCC2366,RCC2368,RCC2369,RCC2374,RCC2376,RCC2378,RCC2379,RCC2380,RCC2381,RCC2382,RCC2383,RCC2385,RCC2433,RCC2436,RCC2438,RCC2527,RCC2528,RCC2533,RCC2534,RCC2535,RCC2553,RCC2554,RCC2555,RCC2556,RCC2571,RCC2673,RCC278,RCC296,RCC307,RCC328,RCC3377,RCC407,RCC515,RCC539,RCC555,RCC556,RCC752,RCC753,RCC791}, month = {sep}, pages = {1{\textendash}23}, keywords = {amino-acid substitutions, comparative genomics, evolution, genomic islands, marine cyanobacteria, niche adaptation, Prochlorococcus, rcc1084, RCC1085, RCC1086, RCC1087, RCC156, RCC158, rcc162, RCC2033, RCC2035, RCC2319, RCC2366, RCC2368, RCC2369, RCC2374, RCC2376, RCC2378, RCC2379, rcc2380, RCC2381, rcc2382, RCC2383, RCC2385, RCC2433, RCC2436, RCC2438, RCC2527, RCC2528, RCC2533, RCC2534, RCC2535, RCC2553, RCC2554, RCC2555, RCC2556, RCC2571, RCC2673, RCC278, rcc296, RCC307, RCC328, RCC3377, RCC407, RCC515, rcc539, rcc555, RCC556, rcc752, RCC753, rcc791, Synechococcus}, issn = {1664-302X}, doi = {10.3389/fmicb.2020.567431}, url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.567431/full}, author = {Dor{\'e}, Hugo and Farrant, Gregory K. and Guyet, Ulysse and Haguait, Julie and Humily, Florian and Ratin, Morgane and Pitt, Frances D. and Ostrowski, Martin and Six, Christophe and Brillet-Gu{\'e}guen, Loraine and Hoebeke, Mark and Bisch, Antoine and Le Corguill{\'e}, Gildas and Corre, Erwan and Labadie, Karine and Aury, Jean-Marc and Wincker, Patrick and Choi, Dong Han and Noh, Jae Hoon and Eveillard, Damien and Scanlan, David J. and Partensky, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Garczarek, Laurence} } @article {Henry2020, title = {Formation and fate of oil-related aggregates (ORAs) in seawater at different temperatures}, journal = {Marine Pollution Bulletin}, volume = {159}, number = {July}, year = {2020}, note = {Publisher: Elsevier tex.mendeley-tags: RCC4289}, month = {oct}, pages = {111483}, abstract = {In this study, the formation and fate of oil-related aggregates (ORAs) from chemically dispersed oil in seawater (SW) were investigated at different temperatures (5 {\textdegree}C, 13 {\textdegree}C, 20 {\textdegree}C). Experiments in natural SW alone, and in SW amended with typical marine snow constituents (phytoplankton and mineral particles), showed that the presence of algae stimulated the formation of large ORAs, while high SW temperature resulted in faster aggregate formation. The ORAs formed at 5 {\textdegree}C and 13 {\textdegree}C required mineral particles for sinking, while the aggregates also sank in the absence of mineral particles at 20{\textdegree}. Early in the experimental periods, oil compound accumulation in ORAs was faster than biodegradation, particularly in aggregates with algae, followed by rapid biodegradation. High abundances of bacteria associated with hydrocarbon biodegradation were determined in the ORAs, together with algae-associated bacteria, while clustering analyses showed separation between bacterial communities in experiments with oil alone and oil with algae/mineral particles.}, keywords = {Aggregation, biodegradation, Dispersed oil, Marine snow, Microbial communities, RCC4289, Sinking}, issn = {0025326X}, doi = {10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111483}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111483 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0025326X20306019}, author = {Henry, Ingrid A. and Netzer, Roman and Davies, Emlyn J. and Brakstad, Odd Gunnar} } @article {Langer2020, title = {Li partitioning into coccoliths of Emiliania huxleyi : evaluating the general role of {\textquotedblleft}vital effects{\textquotedblright} in explaining element partitioning in biogenic carbonates}, journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems}, year = {2020}, note = {ISBN: 0000000272 tex.mendeley-tags: RCC3652}, month = {jun}, pages = {0{\textendash}2}, abstract = {Abstract Emiliania huxleyi cells were grown in artificial seawater of different Li and Ca concentrations and coccolith Li/Ca ratios determined. Coccolith Li/Ca ratios were positively correlated to seawater Li/Ca ratios only if the seawater Li concentration was changed, not if the seawater Ca concentration was changed. This Li partitioning pattern of E. huxleyi was previously also observed in the benthic foraminifer Amphistegina lessonii and inorganically precipitated calcite. We argue that Li partitioning in both E. huxleyi and A. lessonii is dominated by a coupled transmembrane transport of Li and Ca from seawater to the site of calcification. We present a refined version of a recently proposed transmembrane transport model for Li and Ca. The model assumes that Li and Ca enter the cell via Ca channels, the Li flux being dependent on the Ca flux. While the original model features a linear function to describe the experimental data, our refined version uses a power function, changing the stoichiometry of Li and Ca. The version presented here accurately predicts the observed dependence of DLi on seawater Li/Ca ratios. Our data demonstrate that minor element partitioning in calcifying organisms is partly mediated by biological processes even if the partitioning behaviour of the calcifying organism is indistinguishable from that of inorganically precipitated calcium carbonate.}, keywords = {RCC3652}, issn = {1525-2027}, doi = {10.1029/2020GC009129}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020GC009129}, author = {Langer, Gerald and Sadekov, Aleksey and Greaves, Mervyn and Nehrke, Gernot and Probert, Ian and Misra, Sambuddha and Thoms, Silke} } @article {Aveiro2020, title = {The polar lipidome of cultured emiliania huxleyi: A source of bioactive lipids with relevance for biotechnological applications}, journal = {Biomolecules}, volume = {10}, number = {10}, year = {2020}, note = {tex.ids= Aveiro2020a tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1250 publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute}, pages = {1434}, abstract = {Polar lipids from microalgae have aroused greater interest as a natural source of omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), an alternative to fish, but also as bioactive compounds with multiple applications. The present study aims to characterize the polar lipid profile of cultured microalga Emiliania huxleyi using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry (HILIC{\textendash}MS) and fatty acids (FA) analysis by gas chromatography (GC{\textendash}MS). The lipidome of E. huxleyi revealed the presence of distinct n-3 PUFA (40\% of total FA), namely docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3) and stearidonic acid (18:4n-3), which give this microalga an increased commercial value as a source of n-3 PUFA present in the form of polar lipids. A total of 134 species of polar lipids were identified and some of these species, particularly glycolipids, have already been reported for their bioactive properties. Among betaine lipids, the diacylglyceryl carboxyhydroxymethylcholine (DGCC) class is the least reported in microalgae. For the first time, monomethylphosphatidylethanolamine (MMPE) has been found in the lipidome of E. huxleyi. Overall, this study highlights the potential of E. huxleyi as a sustainable source of high-value polar lipids that can be exploited for different applications, namely human and animal nutrition, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.}, keywords = {Emiliania huxleyi, haptophyta, Lipidomics, Mass spectrometry, Microalgae, RCC1250}, issn = {2218-273X}, doi = {10.3390/biom10101434}, url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/10/10/1434}, author = {Aveiro, Susana S. and Melo, T{\^a}nia and Figueiredo, Ana and Domingues, Pedro and Pereira, Hugo and Maia, In{\^e}s B. and Silva, Joana and Domingues, M. Ros{\'a}rio and Nunes, Cl{\'a}udia and Moreira, Ana S. P.} } @article {Guyet2020, title = {Synergic effects of temperature and irradiance on the physiology of the marine synechococcus strain WH7803}, journal = {Frontiers in Microbiology}, volume = {11}, year = {2020}, note = {Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A. tex.mendeley-tags: RCC752}, month = {jul}, pages = {1707}, abstract = {Understanding how microorganisms adjust their metabolism to maintain their ability to cope with short-term environmental variations constitutes one of the major current challenges in microbial ecology. Here, the best physiologically characterized marine Synechococcus strain, WH7803, was exposed to modulated light/dark cycles or acclimated to continuous high-light (HL) or low-light (LL), then shifted to various stress conditions, including low (LT) or high temperature (HT), HL and ultraviolet (UV) radiations. Physiological responses were analyzed by measuring time courses of photosystem (PS) II quantum yield, PSII repair rate, pigment ratios and global changes in gene expression. Previously published membrane lipid composition were also used for correlation analyses. These data revealed that cells previously acclimated to HL are better prepared than LL-acclimated cells to sustain an additional light or UV stress, but not a LT stress. Indeed, LT seems to induce a synergic effect with the HL treatment, as previously observed with oxidative stress. While all tested shift conditions induced the downregulation of many photosynthetic genes, notably those encoding PSI, cytochrome b6/f and phycobilisomes, UV stress proved to be more deleterious for PSII than the other treatments, and full recovery of damaged PSII from UV stress seemed to involve the neo-synthesis of a fairly large number of PSII subunits and not just the reassembly of pre-existing subunits after D1 replacement. In contrast, genes involved in glycogen degradation and carotenoid biosynthesis pathways were more particularly upregulated in response to LT. Altogether, these experiments allowed us to identify responses common to all stresses and those more specific to a given stress, thus highlighting genes potentially involved in niche acclimation of a key member of marine ecosystems. Our data also revealed important specific features of the stress responses compared to model freshwater cyanobacteria.}, keywords = {light stress, marine cyanobacteria, rcc752, Synechococcus, temperature stress, transcriptomics, UV radiations}, issn = {1664302X}, doi = {10.3389/fmicb.2020.01707}, url = {www.frontiersin.org}, author = {Guyet, Ulysse and Nguyen, Ngoc A. and Dor{\'e}, Hugo and Haguait, Julie and Pittera, Justine and Conan, Ma{\"e}l and Ratin, Morgane and Corre, Erwan and Le Corguill{\'e}, Gildas and Brillet-Gu{\'e}guen, Loraine and Hoebeke, Mark and Six, Christophe and Steglich, Claudia and Siegel, Anne and Eveillard, Damien and Partensky, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Garczarek, Laurence} } @article {Lorenzo2019, title = {Effects of elevated co 2 on growth, calcification and spectral dependence of photoinhibition in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae)}, journal = {Journal of Phycology}, year = {2019}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1226}, month = {may}, pages = {jpy.12885}, keywords = {rcc1226}, issn = {0022-3646}, doi = {10.1111/jpy.12885}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jpy.12885}, author = {Lorenzo, M. Rosario and Neale, Patrick J. and Sobrino, Cristina and Le{\'o}n, Pablo and V{\'a}zquez, V{\'\i}ctor and Bresnan, Eileen and Segovia, Mar{\'\i}a} } @article {Sanfilippo2019, title = {Interplay between differentially expressed enzymes contributes to light color acclimation in marine Synechococcus}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, volume = {116}, number = {13}, year = {2019}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1086,RCC2035,RCC2380,RCC2382,RCC2385,RCC2433,RCC2437,RCC2528,RCC2533,RCC2534,RCC2535,RCC2571,RCC2673,RCC28,RCC307,RCC328,RCC515,RCC555,RCC791}, month = {mar}, pages = {6457{\textendash}6462}, abstract = {Marine Synechococcus , a globally important group of cyanobacteria, thrives in various light niches in part due to its varied photosynthetic light-harvesting pigments. Many Synechococcus strains use a process known as chromatic acclimation to optimize the ratio of two chromophores, green-light{\textendash}absorbing phycoerythrobilin (PEB) and blue-light{\textendash}absorbing phycourobilin (PUB), within their light-harvesting complexes. A full mechanistic understanding of how Synechococcus cells tune their PEB to PUB ratio during chromatic acclimation has not yet been obtained. Here, we show that interplay between two enzymes named MpeY and MpeZ controls differential PEB and PUB covalent attachment to the same cysteine residue. MpeY attaches PEB to the light-harvesting protein MpeA in green light, while MpeZ attaches PUB to MpeA in blue light. We demonstrate that the ratio of mpeY to mpeZ mRNA determines if PEB or PUB is attached. Additionally, strains encoding only MpeY or MpeZ do not acclimate. Examination of strains of Synechococcus isolated from across the globe indicates that the interplay between MpeY and MpeZ uncovered here is a critical feature of chromatic acclimation for marine Synechococcus worldwide.}, keywords = {RCC1086, RCC2035, rcc2380, rcc2382, RCC2385, RCC2433, RCC2437, RCC2528, RCC2533, RCC2534, RCC2535, RCC2571, RCC2673, RCC28, RCC307, RCC328, RCC515, rcc555, rcc791}, issn = {0027-8424}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1810491116}, url = {http://www.pnas.org/lookup/doi/10.1073/pnas.1810491116}, author = {Sanfilippo, Joseph E. and Nguyen, Adam A. and Garczarek, Laurence and Karty, Jonathan A. and Pokhrel, Suman and Strnat, Johann A. and Partensky, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Schluchter, Wendy M. and Kehoe, David M.} } @article {Klintzsch2019, title = {Methane production by three widespread marine phytoplankton species: release rates, precursor compounds, and potential relevance for the environment}, journal = {Biogeosciences}, volume = {16}, number = {20}, year = {2019}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1216}, month = {oct}, pages = {4129{\textendash}4144}, keywords = {RCC1216}, issn = {1726-4189}, doi = {10.5194/bg-16-4129-2019}, url = {https://www.biogeosciences.net/16/4129/2019/}, author = {Klintzsch, Thomas and Langer, Gerald and Nehrke, Gernot and Wieland, Anna and Lenhart, Katharina and Keppler, Frank} } @article {Sanchez2019, title = {Simplified transformation of ostreococcus tauri using polyethylene glycol}, journal = {Genes}, volume = {10}, number = {5}, year = {2019}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC4221}, month = {may}, pages = {399}, abstract = {Ostreococcustauri is an easily cultured representative of unicellular algae (class Mamiellophyceae) that abound in oceans worldwide. Eight complete 13{\textendash}22 Mb genomes of phylogenetically divergent species within this class are available, and their DNA sequences are nearly always present in metagenomic data produced from marine samples. Here we describe a simplified and robust transformation protocol for the smallest of these algae (O. tauri). Polyethylene glycol (PEG) treatment was much more efficient than the previously described electroporation protocol. Short (2 min or less) incubation times in PEG gave {\textquestiondown}104 transformants per microgram DNA. The time of cell recovery after transformation could be reduced to a few hours, permitting the experiment to be done in a day rather than overnight as used in previous protocols. DNA was randomly inserted in the O. tauri genome. In our hands PEG was 20{\textendash}40-fold more efficient than electroporation for the transformation of O. tauri, and this improvement will facilitate mutagenesis of all of the dispensable genes present in the tiny O. tauri genome.}, keywords = {bioluminescence, Chlorophyta, Ecosystem, Gene Expression, luciferase, mamiellophyceae, Ostreococcus, picoeukaryote, plankton, Prasinophyte, promoter, RCC4221}, issn = {2073-4425}, doi = {10.3390/genes10050399}, url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10/5/399}, author = {Sanchez, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Geffroy, Sol{\`e}ne and Norest, Manon and Yau, Sheree and Moreau, Herv{\'e} and Grimsley, Nigel} } @article {Kashiyama2019, title = {Taming chlorophylls by early eukaryotes underpinned algal interactions and the diversification of the eukaryotes on the oxygenated Earth}, journal = {The ISME Journal}, year = {2019}, note = {Publisher: Springer US tex.mendeley-tags: RCC164,RCC22,RCC24,RCC375,RCC916}, month = {feb}, pages = {1}, abstract = {Extant eukaryote ecology is primarily sustained by oxygenic photosynthesis, in which chlorophylls play essential roles. The exceptional photosensitivity of chlorophylls allows them to harvest solar energy for photosynthesis, but on the other hand, they also generate cytotoxic reactive oxygen species. A risk of such phototoxicity of the chlorophyll must become particularly prominent upon dynamic cellular interactions that potentially disrupt the mechanisms that are designed to quench photoexcited chlorophylls in the phototrophic cells. Extensive examination of a wide variety of phagotrophic, parasitic, and phototrophic microeukaryotes demonstrates that a catabolic process that converts chlorophylls into nonphotosensitive 132,173-cyclopheophorbide enols (CPEs) is phylogenetically ubiquitous among extant eukaryotes. The accumulation of CPEs is identified in phagotrophic algivores belonging to virtually all major eukaryotic assemblages with the exception of Archaeplastida, in which no algivorous species have been reported. In addition, accumulation of CPEs is revealed to be common among phototrophic microeukaryotes (i.e., microalgae) along with dismantling of their secondary chloroplasts. Thus, we infer that CPE-accumulating chlorophyll catabolism (CACC) primarily evolved among algivorous microeukaryotes to detoxify chlorophylls in an early stage of their evolution. Subsequently, it also underpinned photosynthetic endosymbiosis by securing close interactions with photosynthetic machinery containing abundant chlorophylls, which led to the acquisition of secondary chloroplasts. Our results strongly suggest that CACC, which allowed the consumption of oxygenic primary producers, ultimately permitted the successful radiation of the eukaryotes throughout and after the late Proterozoic global oxygenation.}, keywords = {Biochemistry, Biogeochemistry, Cellular microbiology, microbial ecology, RCC164, RCC22, RCC24, RCC375, RCC916}, issn = {1751-7362}, doi = {10.1038/s41396-019-0377-0}, url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-019-0377-0}, author = {Kashiyama, Yuichiro and Yokoyama, Akiko and Shiratori, Takashi and Hess, Sebastian and Not, Fabrice and Bachy, Charles and Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Andres and Kawahara, Jun and Suzaki, Toshinobu and Nakazawa, Masami and Ishikawa, Takahiro and Maruyama, Moe and Wang, Mengyun and Chen, Man and Gong, Yingchun and Seto, Kensuke and Kagami, Maiko and Hamamoto, Yoko and Honda, Daiske and Umetani, Takahiro and Shihongi, Akira and Kayama, Motoki and Matsuda, Toshiki and Taira, Junya and Yabuki, Akinori and Tsuchiya, Masashi and Hirakawa, Yoshihisa and Kawaguchi, Akane and Nomura, Mami and Nakamura, Atsushi and Namba, Noriaki and Matsumoto, Mitsufumi and Tanaka, Tsuyoshi and Yoshino, Tomoko and Higuchi, Rina and Yamamoto, Akihiro and Maruyama, Tadanobu and Yamaguchi, Aika and Uzuka, Akihiro and Miyagishima, Shinya and Tanifuji, Goro and Kawachi, Masanobu and Kinoshita, Yusuke and Tamiaki, Hitoshi} } @article {Breton2019, title = {Unveiling membrane thermoregulation strategies in marine picocyanobacteria}, journal = {New Phytologist}, number = {July}, year = {2019}, note = {ISBN: 0000000244022 tex.mendeley-tags: RCC2374,RCC2385,RCC515,RCC539}, month = {oct}, pages = {nph.16239}, keywords = {RCC2374, RCC2385, RCC515, rcc539}, issn = {0028-646X}, doi = {10.1111/nph.16239}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nph.16239}, author = {Breton, Sol{\`e}ne and Jouhet, Juliette and Guyet, Ulysse and Gros, Val{\'e}rie and Pittera, Justine and Demory, David and Partensky, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Dor{\'e}, Hugo and Ratin, Morgane and Mar{\'e}chal, {\'E}ric and Nguyen, Ngoc An and Garczarek, Laurence and Six, Christophe} } @article {Meng2018, title = {Analysis of the genomic basis of functional diversity in dinoflagellates using a transcriptome-based sequence similarity network}, journal = {Molecular Ecology}, year = {2018}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1491,RCC1516,RCC3387,RCC3468,RCC3507}, pages = {0{\textendash}2}, abstract = {Dinoflagellates are one of the most abundant and functionally diverse groups of eukaryotes. Despite an overall scarcity of genomic information for dinoflagellates, constantly emerging high-throughput sequencing resources can be used to characterize and compare these organisms. We assembled de novo and processed 46 dinoflagellate transcriptomes and used a sequence similarity network (SSN) to compare the underlying genomic basis of functional features within the group. This approach constitutes the most comprehensive picture to date of the genomic potential of dinoflagellates. A core predicted proteome composed of 252 connected components (CCs) of putative conserved protein domains (pCDs) was identified. Of these, 206 were novel and 16 lacked any functional annotation in public databases. Integration of functional information in our network analyses allowed investigation of pCDs specifically associated to functional traits. With respect to toxicity, sequences homologous to those of proteins found in species with toxicity potential (e.g. sxtA4 and sxtG) were not specific to known toxin-producing species. Although not fully specific to symbiosis, the most represented functions associated with proteins involved in the symbiotic trait were related to membrane processes and ion transport. Overall, our SSN approach led to identification of 45,207 and 90,794 specific and constitutive pCDs of respectively the toxic and symbiotic species represented in our analyses. Of these, 56\% and 57\% respectively (i.e. 25,393 and 52,193 pCDs) completely lacked annotation in public databases. This stresses the extent of our lack of knowledge, while emphasizing the potential of SSNs to identify candidate pCDs for further functional genomic characterization. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.}, keywords = {Genomics/Proteomics, Microbial Biology, Molecular Evolution, Protists, rcc1491, RCC1516, RCC3387, rcc3468, rcc3507, transcriptomics}, issn = {09621083}, doi = {10.1111/mec.14579}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29624751\%0Ahttp://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/mec.14579}, author = {Meng, Arnaud and Corre, Erwan and Probert, Ian and Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Andres and Siano, Raffaele and Annamale, Anita and Alberti, Adriana and Da Silva, Corinne and Wincker, Patrick and Le Crom, St{\'e}phane and Not, Fabrice and Bittner, Lucie} } @article {Paerl2018, title = {Carboxythiazole is a key microbial nutrient currency and critical component of thiamin biosynthesis}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {8}, number = {1}, year = {2018}, note = {Publisher: Springer US tex.mendeley-tags: RCC4222,RCC745}, pages = {5940}, keywords = {RCC4222, RCC745}, issn = {2045-2322}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-018-24321-2}, url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-24321-2}, author = {Paerl, Ryan W. and Bertrand, Erin M. and Rowland, Elden and Schatt, Phillippe and Mehiri, Mohamed and Niehaus, Thomas D. and Hanson, Andrew D. and Riemann, Lasse and Yves-Bouget, Francois} } @article {Farhat2018, title = {Comparative time-scale gene expression analysis highlights the infection processes of two amoebophrya strains}, journal = {Frontiers in Microbiology}, volume = {9}, number = {October}, year = {2018}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1627,RCC3596,RCC4383,RCC4398}, month = {oct}, pages = {1{\textendash}19}, keywords = {amoebophrya, Dinoflagellates, Gene Expression, infection, oxidative stress response, parasite, plankton, RCC1627, RCC3596, RCC4383, RCC4398, syndiniales}, issn = {1664-302X}, doi = {10.3389/fmicb.2018.02251}, url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02251/full}, author = {Farhat, Sarah and Florent, Isabelle and Noel, Benjamin and Kayal, Ehsan and Da Silva, Corinne and Bigeard, Estelle and Alberti, Adriana and Labadie, Karine and Corre, Erwan and Aury, Jean-Marc and Rombauts, Stephane and Wincker, Patrick and Guillou, Laure and Porcel, Betina M.} } @article {Smallwood2018, title = {Integrated systems biology and imaging of the smallest free-living eukaryote Ostreococcus tauri}, journal = {bioRxiv}, year = {2018}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC745}, keywords = {? No DOI found, RCC745}, author = {Smallwood, Authors Chuck R and Chen, Jian-hua and Kumar, Neeraj and Chrisler, William and Samuel, O and Kyle, Jennifer E and Nicora, Carrie D and Boudreau, Rosanne and Ekman, Axel and Kim, K and Moore, Ronald J and Mcdermott, Gerry and Cannon, William R and Evans, James E} } @article {Yamada2018, title = {Ontogenetic analysis of siliceous cell wall formation in Triparma laevis f. inornata (Parmales, Stramenopiles)}, journal = {Journal of Phycology}, year = {2018}, note = {ISBN: 0000000266291 tex.mendeley-tags: RCC4665}, month = {oct}, pages = {0{\textendash}2}, keywords = {RCC4665}, issn = {00223646}, doi = {10.1111/jpy.12800}, url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/jpy.12800}, author = {Yamada, Kazumasa and Katsura, Hirotaka and No{\"e}l, Mary-H{\'e}l{\`e}ne and Ichinomiya, Mutsuo and Kuwata, Akira and Sato, Shinya and Yoshikawa, Shinya} } @article {Klinger2018, title = {Plastid transcript editing across dinoflagellate lineages shows lineage-specific application but conserved trends}, journal = {Genome Biology and Evolution}, volume = {10}, number = {April}, year = {2018}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1513}, pages = {1019{\textendash}1038}, abstract = {Dinoflagellates are a group of unicellular protists with immense ecological and evolutionary significance and cell biological diversity. Of the photosynthetic dinoflagellates, the majority possess a plastid containing the pigment peridinin, whereas some lineages have replaced this plastid by serial endosymbiosis with plastids of distinct evolutionary affiliations, including a fucoxanthin pigment-containing plastid of haptophyte origin. Previous studies have described the presence of widespread substitutional RNA editing in peridinin and fucoxanthin plastid genes. Because reports of this process have been limited to manual assessment of individual lineages, global trends concerning this RNA editing and its effect on the biological function of the plastid are largely unknown. Using novel bioinformatic methods, we examine the dynamics and evolution of RNA editing over a large multispecies data set of dinoflagellates, including novel sequence data from the peridinin dinoflagellate Pyrocystis lunula and the fucoxanthin dinoflagellate Karenia mikimotoi. We demonstrate that while most individual RNA editing events in dinoflagellate plastids are restricted to single species, global patterns, and functional consequences of editing are broadly conserved. We find that editing is biased toward specific codon positions and regions of genes, and generally corrects otherwise deleterious changes in the genome prior to translation, though this effect is more prevalent in peridinin than fucoxanthin lineages. Our results support a model for promiscuous editing application subsequently shaped by purifying selection, and suggest the presence of an underlying editing mechanism transferred from the peridinin-containing ancestor into fucoxanthin plastids postendosymbiosis, with remarkably conserved functional consequences in the new lineage.}, keywords = {constructive neutral evolution, Dinoflagellate, plastid, RCC1513, serial endosymbiosis, transcript editing}, issn = {1759-6653}, doi = {10.1093/gbe/evy057}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/gbe/evy057/4935245}, author = {Klinger, Christen M and Paoli, Lucas and Newby, Robert J and Wang, Matthew Yu-Wei and Carroll, Hyrum D and Leblond, Jeffrey D and Howe, Christopher J and Dacks, Joel B and Bowler, Chris and Cahoon, A Bruce and Dorrell, Richard G and Richardson, Elisabeth} } @article {EMI4:EMI412614, title = {Relative stability of ploidy in a marine Synechococcus across various growth conditions}, journal = {Environmental Microbiology Reports}, year = {2018}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC752}, month = {feb}, pages = {in press}, abstract = {Marine picocyanobacteria of the genus Synechococcus are ubiquitous phototrophs in oceanic systems. Consistent with these organisms occupying vast tracts of the nutrient impoverished ocean, most marine Synechococcus so far studied are monoploid i.e. contain a single chromosome copy. The exception is the oligoploid strain Synechococcus sp. WH7803, which on average possesses around 4 chromosome copies. Here, we set out to understand the role of resource availability (through nutrient deplete growth) and physical stressors (UV, exposure to low and high temperature) in regulating ploidy level in this strain. Using qPCR to assay ploidy status we demonstrate the relative stability of chromosome copy number in Synechococcus sp. WH7803. Such robustness in maintaining an oligoploid status even under nutrient and physical stress is indicative of a fundamental role, perhaps facilitating recombination of damaged DNA regions as a result of prolonged exposure to oxidative stress, or allowing added flexibility in gene expression via possessing multiple alleles. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.}, keywords = {rcc752}, issn = {17582229}, doi = {10.1111/1758-2229.12614}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12614 http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/1758-2229.12614}, author = {Perez-Sepulveda, Blanca and Pitt, Frances and N{\textquoteright}Guyen, An Ngoc and Ratin, Morgane and Garczarek, Laurence and Millard, Andrew and Scanlan, David J} } @article {Mahmoud2017, title = {Adaptation to blue light in marine synechococcus requires MpeU, an enzyme with similarity to phycoerythrobilin lyase isomerases}, journal = {Frontiers in Microbiology}, volume = {8}, number = {February}, year = {2017}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2017,rcc555,sbr?hyto?app}, month = {feb}, pages = {243}, abstract = {Marine Synechococcus cyanobacteria have successfully adapted to environments with different light colors, which likely contributes to this genus being the second most abundant photosynthetic microorganism worldwide. Populations of Synechococcus that grow in deep, blue ocean waters contain large amounts of the blue-light absorbing chromophore phycourobilin (PUB) in their light harvesting complexes (phycobilisomes). Here we show that all Synechococcus strains adapted to blue light possess a gene called mpeU. MpeU is structurally similar to phycobilin lyases, enzymes that ligate chromophores to phycobiliproteins. Interruption of mpeU caused a reduction in PUB content, produced impaired phycobilisomes and reduced growth rate more strongly in blue than green light. When mpeU was reintroduced in the mpeU mutant background, the mpeU-less phenotype was complemented in terms of PUB content and phycobilisome content. Fluorescence spectra of mpeU mutant cells and purified phycobilisomes revealed red-shifted phycoerythrin emission peaks, likely indicating a defect in chromophore ligation to phycoerythrin-I (PE-I) or phycoerythrin-II (PE-II). Our results suggest that MpeU is a lyase-isomerase that attaches a phycoerythrobilin to a PEI or PEII subunit and isomerizes it to PUB. MpeU is therefore an important determinant in adaptation of Synechococcus spp. to capture photons in blue light environments throughout the world{\textquoteright}s oceans.}, keywords = {2017, Blue light, light harvesting complex, Lyase isomerase, marine cyanobacteria, Marine Synechococcus, phycobilin, Phycobilisome, Phycoerythrin, Phycourobilin, rcc555, sbr?hyto?app}, issn = {1664-302X}, doi = {10.3389/fmicb.2017.00243}, url = {http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00243/full}, author = {Mahmoud, Rania M. and Sanfilippo, Joseph E. and Nguyen, Adam A. and Strnat, Johann A. and Partensky, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Garczarek, Laurence and Abo El Kassem, Nabil and Kehoe, David M. and Schluchter, Wendy M.} } @article {Ni2016, title = {Arctic Micromonas uses protein pools and non-photochemical quenching to cope with temperature restrictions on Photosystem II protein turnover}, journal = {Photosynthesis Research}, volume = {131}, number = {2}, year = {2017}, note = {ISBN: 1112001603 Publisher: Springer Netherlands tex.mendeley-tags: 2016,RCC806}, month = {feb}, pages = {203{\textendash}220}, keywords = {2016, {\'a}, Photoinactivation, photoinactivation {\'a} xanthophyll cycle, Photosystem II, Prasinophyte, prasinophyte {\'a} photosystem ii, RCC806, Xanthophyll cycle}, issn = {0166-8595}, doi = {10.1007/s11120-016-0310-6}, url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11120-016-0310-6}, author = {Ni, Guangyan and Zimbalatti, Gabrielle and Murphy, Cole D. and Barnett, Audrey B. and Arsenault, Christopher M. and Li, Gang and Cockshutt, Amanda M. and Campbell, Douglas A.} } @article {LopesdosSantos2017, title = {Chloropicophyceae, a new class of picophytoplanktonic prasinophytes}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {7}, number = {1}, year = {2017}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2017,RCC1019,RCC1021,RCC1032,RCC1043,RCC1124,RCC138,RCC15,RCC1871,RCC19,RCC227,RCC2335,RCC2337,RCC2339,RCC287,RCC297,RCC3368,RCC3373,RCC3374,RCC3375,RCC3376,RCC3402,RCC4429,RCC4430,RCC4434,RCC4572,RCC4656,RCC696,RCC700,RCC701,RCC712,RCC713,RCC717,RCC719,RCC722,RCC726,RCC856,RCC857,RCC887,RCC917,RCC996,RCC997,RCC998,RCC999,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, month = {dec}, pages = {14019}, keywords = {2017, RCC1019, RCC1021, RCC1032, RCC1043, RCC1124, RCC138, RCC15, RCC1871, RCC19, RCC227, RCC2335, RCC2337, RCC2339, RCC287, RCC297, RCC3368, RCC3373, RCC3374, RCC3375, RCC3376, RCC3402, RCC4429, RCC4430, RCC4434, RCC4572, RCC4656, RCC696, RCC700, RCC701, RCC712, RCC713, RCC717, RCC719, RCC722, RCC726, RCC856, RCC857, RCC887, RCC917, RCC996, RCC997, RCC998, RCC999, sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, issn = {2045-2322}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-017-12412-5}, url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12412-5}, author = {Lopes dos Santos, Adriana and Pollina, Thibaut and Gourvil, Priscillia and Corre, Erwan and Marie, Dominique and Garrido, Jos{\'e} Luis and Rodr{\'\i}guez, Francisco and No{\"e}l, Mary-H{\'e}l{\`e}ne and Vaulot, Daniel and Eikrem, Wenche} } @article {Gutierrez-Rodriguez2017, title = {Dimethylated sulfur compounds in symbiotic protists: A potentially significant source for marine DMS(P)}, journal = {Limnology and Oceanography}, number = {February}, year = {2017}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2017,rcc1383,rcc1491,rcc3468,rcc3507,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, month = {feb}, keywords = {2017, rcc1383, rcc1491, rcc3468, rcc3507, sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, issn = {00243590}, doi = {10.1002/lno.10491}, url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/lno.10491}, author = {Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Andres and Pillet, Loic and Biard, Tristan and Said-Ahmad, Ward and Amrani, Alon and Sim{\'o}, Rafel and Not, Fabrice} } @article {Organelli2017, title = {On the discrimination of multiple phytoplankton groups from light absorption spectra of assemblages with mixed taxonomic composition and variable light conditions}, journal = {Applied Optics}, volume = {56}, number = {14}, year = {2017}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC151,RCC322,RCC904}, month = {may}, pages = {3952}, abstract = {According to recommendations of the international community of phytoplankton functional type algorithm devel- opers, a set of experiments on marine algal cultures was conducted to (1) investigate uncertainties and limits in phytoplankton group discrimination from hyperspectral light absorption properties of assemblages withmixed taxo- nomic composition, and (2) evaluate the extent to which modifications of the absorption spectral features due to variable light conditions affect the optical discrimination of phytoplankton. Results showed that spectral absorption signatures of multiple species can be extracted from mixed assemblages, even at low relative contributions. Errors in retrieved pigment abundances are, however, influenced by the co-occurrence of species with similar spectral features. Plasticity of absorption spectra due to changes in light conditions weakly affects interspecific differences, with errors {\textexclamdown}21\% for retrievals of pigment concentrations from mixed assemblages.}, keywords = {RCC151, RCC322, RCC904}, issn = {0003-6935}, doi = {10.1364/AO.56.003952}, url = {https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-56-14-3952}, author = {Organelli, Emanuele and Nuccio, Caterina and Lazzara, Luigi and Uitz, Julia and Bricaud, Annick and Massi, Luca} } @article {LopesdosSantos2016, title = {Diversity and oceanic distribution of prasinophytes clade VII, the dominant group of green algae in oceanic waters}, journal = {The ISME Journal}, volume = {11}, number = {2}, year = {2017}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2016,RCC1019,RCC1021,RCC1032,RCC1043,RCC1124,RCC138,RCC15,RCC1871,RCC19,RCC227,RCC2335,RCC2337,RCC2339,RCC287,RCC297,RCC3368,RCC3373,RCC3374,RCC3375,RCC3376,RCC3402,RCC4429,RCC4430,RCC4434,RCC4656,RCC696,RCC700,RCC701,RCC712,RCC713,RCC717,RCC719,RCC722,RCC726,RCC856,RCC857,RCC917,RCC996,RCC997,RCC998,RCC999,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo,sbr?hyto?ppo}, month = {feb}, pages = {512{\textendash}528}, keywords = {2016, MACUMBA, MicroB3, RCC1019, RCC1021, RCC1032, RCC1043, RCC1124, RCC138, RCC15, RCC1871, RCC19, RCC227, RCC2335, RCC2337, RCC2339, RCC287, RCC297, RCC3368, RCC3373, RCC3374, RCC3375, RCC3376, RCC3402, RCC4429, RCC4430, RCC4434, RCC4656, RCC696, RCC700, RCC701, RCC712, RCC713, RCC717, RCC719, RCC722, RCC726, RCC856, RCC857, RCC917, RCC996, RCC997, RCC998, RCC999, sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo, sbr?hyto?ppo}, issn = {1751-7362}, doi = {10.1038/ismej.2016.120}, url = {http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/ismej.2016.120}, author = {Lopes dos Santos, Adriana and Gourvil, Priscillia and Tragin, Margot and No{\"e}l, Mary-H{\'e}l{\`e}ne and Decelle, Johan and Romac, Sarah and Vaulot, Daniel} } @article {Yoo2017a, title = {Mixotrophy in the marine red-tide cryptophyte Teleaulax amphioxeia and ingestion and grazing impact of cryptophytes on natural populations of bacteria in Korean coastal waters}, journal = {Harmful Algae}, volume = {68}, number = {May 2005}, year = {2017}, note = {Publisher: Elsevier B.V. tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1086}, pages = {105{\textendash}117}, abstract = {Cryptophytes are ubiquitous and one of the major phototrophic components in marine plankton communities. They often cause red tides in the waters of many countries. Understanding the bloom dynamics of cryptophytes is, therefore, of great importance. A critical step in this understanding is unveiling their trophic modes. Prior to this study, several freshwater cryptophyte species and marine Cryptomonas sp. and Geminifera cryophila were revealed to be mixotrophic. The trophic mode of the common marine cryptophyte species, Teleaulax amphioxeia has not been investigated yet. Thus, to explore the mixotrophic ability of T. amphioxeia by assessing the types of prey species that this species is able to feed on, the protoplasms of T. amphioxeia cells were carefully examined under an epifluorescence microscope and a transmission electron microscope after adding each of the diverse prey species. Furthermore, T. amphioxeia ingestion rates heterotrophic bacteria and the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. were measured as a function of prey concentration. Moreover, the feeding of natural populations of cryptophytes on natural populations of heterotrophic bacteria was assessed in Masan Bay in April 2006. This study reported for the first time, to our knowledge, that T. amphioxeia is a mixotrophic species. Among the prey organisms offered, T. amphioxeia fed only on heterotrophic bacteria and Synechococcus sp. The ingestion rates of T. amphioxeia on heterotrophic bacteria or Synechococcus sp. rapidly increased with increasing prey concentrations up to 8.6 {\texttimes} 106 cells ml-1, but slowly at higher prey concentrations. The maximum ingestion rates of T. amphioxeia on heterotrophic bacteria and Synechococcus sp. reached 0.7 and 0.3 cells predator-1 h-1, respectively. During the field experiments, the ingestion rates and grazing coefficients of cryptophytes on natural populations of heterotrophic bacteria were 0.3{\textendash}8.3 cells predator-1 h-1 and 0.012{\textendash}0.033 d-1, respectively. Marine cryptophytes, including T. amphioxeia, are known to be favorite prey species for many mixotrophic and heterotrophic dinoflagellates and ciliates. Cryptophytes, therefore, likely play important roles in marine food webs and may exert a considerable potential grazing impact on the populations of marine bacteria.}, keywords = {Bloom, Flagellate, Grazing impact, Predator-prey relationship, RCC1086, Red tide}, issn = {18781470}, doi = {10.1016/j.hal.2017.07.012}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2017.07.012}, author = {Yoo, Yeong Du and Seong, Kyeong Ah and Jeong, Hae Jin and Yih, Wonho and Rho, Jung Rae and Nam, Seung Won and Kim, Hyung Seop} } @article {Parks2017, title = {Phylogenomics reveals an extensive history of genome duplication in diatoms (Bacillariophyta)}, journal = {American Journal of Botany}, volume = {105}, number = {3}, year = {2017}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC205,RCC80}, pages = {1{\textendash}18}, keywords = {and, b, c, citation, diatoms, e, gene tree, genome duplication, j, n, nakov, paleopolyploidy, parks m, polyploidy, RCC205, RCC80, ruck, synonymous divergence, t, these authors contributed equally, to this work, wickett}, doi = {10.1101/181115}, author = {Parks, Matthew and Nakov, Teofil and Ruck, Elizabeth and Wickett, Norman J and Alverson, Andrew J and Rice, Ada L and Conservation, Plant and Botanic, Chicago and Glencoe, Garden} } @article {Arias2017, title = {Removal and biodegradation of phenanthrene, fluoranthene and pyrene by the marine algae rhodomonas baltica enriched from north atlantic coasts}, journal = {Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology}, volume = {98}, number = {3}, year = {2017}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC350}, pages = {392{\textendash}399}, abstract = {This study is focused on the removal, accumulation and degradation of three environmental ubiquitous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), phenanthrene (PHE), fluoranthene (FLA) and pyrene (PYR), by the marine alga Rhodomonas baltica enriched from the English Channel. After separation, purification and culture in several phases, R. baltica was exposed to PAH concentrations that are frequently encountered in the field in several anthropized environments. The results showed that R. baltica can grow under PAH stress, efficiently remove up to 70\% of these compounds from the medium by 216 h of culture and selectively bioaccumulate PAHs by their hydrophobicity. Between PHE, FLA and PYR, phenanthrene was the compound with higher degradation rates throughout incubation. The equilibrium partitioning theoretical approach showed that physico-chemical partitioning, rather than active bioconcentration, was the major factor governing the bioaccumulation, outlying a potential application in decontamination processes for this species.}, keywords = {RCC350}, issn = {1432-0800}, doi = {10.1007/s00128-016-1967-4}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-016-1967-4}, author = {Arias, Andr{\'e}s H and Souissi, Anissa and Glippa, Olivier and Roussin, Marion and Dumoulin, David and Net, Sopheak and Ouddane, Baghdad and Souissi, Sami} } @article {Potvin2015, title = {Morphology , molecular phylogeny , and pigment characterization of a novel phenotype of the dinoflagellate genus Pelagodinium from Korean waters}, journal = {Algae}, volume = {30}, number = {3}, year = {2015}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: rcc}, pages = {183{\textendash}195}, abstract = {The dinoflagellate genus Pelagodinium is genetically classified in distinct sub-clades and subgroups. However, it is dif- ficult to determine whether this genetic diversity represents intra- or interspecific divergence within the genus since only the morphology of the type strain of the genus Pelagodinium, Pelagodinium bei, is available. An isolate associated with the genus Pelagodinium from Shiwha Bay, Korea, was recently cultured. This isolate formed a subgroup with 3 to 4 strains from the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean. This subgroup was distinct from the subgroup contain- ing P. bei. The morphology of the isolate was analyzed using optical and scanning electron microscopy and was almost identical to that of P. bei except that this isolate had two series of amphiesmal vesicles (AVs) in the cingulum, unlike P. bei that has one series. When the pigment compositions of the isolate and P. bei were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography, these two strains had peridinin as a major accessory pigment and their pigment compositions were almost identical. In addition, the swimming behaviors of these two strains were very similar. The re-examination of the type culture of P. bei revealed two series in the cingulum as for the isolate. The new findings on the number of series of AVs in the cingulum, the pigment composition, and the swimming behaviors suggest that P. bei and the isolate may be conspecific despite their association to genetically different subgroups. This study provides a basis to further understand the molecular classification within Pelagodinium combining genetic, morphological, pigment, and behavioral data.}, keywords = {foraminifera, gymnodinium bei, pelagic symbiont, rcc, suessiaceae, suessiales}, doi = {10.4490/algae.2015.30.3.183}, author = {Potvin, {\'E}ric and Jeong, Hae Jin and Kang, Nam Seon and Noh, Jae Hoon and Yang, Eun Jin} } @article {Kamikawa2015, title = {Multiple losses of photosynthesis in Nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae)}, journal = {Phycological Research}, volume = {63}, year = {2015}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: rcc}, pages = {19{\textendash}28}, abstract = {In order to obtain insights into the evolution of colorless (apochlorotic) diatoms, we investigated newly established apochlorotic strains of Nitzschia spp. using light and electron microscopy and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Fluores- cence microscopic observations demonstrated that the apochlorotic diatoms lack chlorophylls. Transmission electron microscopy of two apochlorotic strains also demonstrated that their plastids lacked thylakoids; instead, having four- membrane-bound organelles without thylakoids, similar to nonphotosynthetic plastid remnants. From the apochlorotic strains, we also found plastid small subunit rRNA genes that were unusually long branched in phylogenetic analyses, as observed in other nonphotosynthetic plastids. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the nucleus-encoded large subunit rRNA genes showed eight distinct lineages for apochlo- rotic diatoms. The eight apochlorotic lineages were not monophyletic, suggesting that the loss of photosynthesis took place multiple times independently within Nitzschia. Several diatoms, including Nitzschia spp., are mixotrophic, which is an expected mode of nutrition that would help explain the evolutionary switch from a photosynthetic lifestyle to a heterotrophic lifestyle. Key}, keywords = {apochlorotic diatoms, genetic diversity, large subunit rrna, molecular phylogenetic analysis, nonphotosynthetic plastids, plastid 16s rrna, rcc}, issn = {13220829}, doi = {10.1111/pre.12072}, url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/pre.12072}, author = {Kamikawa, Ryoma and Yubuki, Naoji and Yoshida, Masaki and Taira, Misaka and Nakamura, Noriaki and Ishida, Ken-ichiro and Leander, Brian S. and Miyashita, Hideaki and Hashimoto, Tetsuo and Mayama, Shigeki and Inagaki, Yuji} } @article {Probert2014a, title = {Brandtodinium gen. nov. and B. nutricula comb. Nov. (Dinophyceae), a dinoflagellate commonly found in symbiosis with polycystine radiolarians}, journal = {Journal of Phycology}, volume = {50}, number = {2}, year = {2014}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC3378,RCC3379,RCC3380,RCC3381,RCC3382,RCC3383,RCC3384,RCC3385,RCC3386,RCC3387,RCC3388}, pages = {388{\textendash}399}, abstract = {Symbiotic interactions between pelagic hosts and microalgae have received little attention, although they are widespread in the photic layer of the world ocean, where they play a fundamental role in the ecology of the planktonic ecosystem. Polycystine radiolarians (including the orders Spumellaria, Collodaria and Nassellaria) are planktonic heterotrophic protists that are widely distributed and often abundant in the ocean. Many polycystines host symbiotic microalgae within their cytoplasm, mostly thought to be the dinoflagellate Scrippsiella nutricula, a species originally described by Karl Brandt in the late nineteenth century as Zooxanthella nutricula. The free-living stage of this dinoflagellate has never been characterized in terms of morphology and thecal plate tabulation. We examined morphological characters and sequenced conservative ribosomal markers of clonal cultures of the free-living stage of symbiotic dinoflagellates isolated from radiolarian hosts from the three polycystine orders. In addition, we sequenced symbiont genes directly from several polycystine-symbiont holobiont specimens from different oceanic regions. Thecal plate arrangement of the free-living stage does not match that of Scrippsiella or related genera, and LSU and SSU rDNA-based molecular phylogenies place these symbionts in a distinct clade within the Peridiniales. Both phylogenetic analyses and the comparison of morphological features of culture strains with those reported for other closely related species support the erection of a new genus that we name Brandtodinium gen. nov. and the recombination of S. nutricula as B. nutricula comb. nov.}, keywords = {Dinoflagellate, MACUMBA, Peridiniales, polycystines, Radiolaria, rcc, RCC3378, RCC3379, RCC3380, RCC3381, RCC3382, RCC3383, RCC3384, RCC3385, RCC3386, RCC3387, RCC3388, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$PO, Scrippsiella, symbiosis, taxonomy, Zooxanthella}, doi = {10.1111/jpy.12174}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12174}, author = {Probert, Ian and Siano, Raffaele and Poirier, Camille and Decelle, Johan and Biard, Tristan and Tuji, Akihiro and Suzuki, Noritoshi and Not, Fabrice} } @article {Nezan2014, title = {Genetic diversity of the harmful family Kareniaceae (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae) in France, with the description of {\textexclamdown}i{\textquestiondown}Karlodinium gentienii{\textexclamdown}/i{\textquestiondown} sp. nov.: A new potentially toxic dinoflagellate}, journal = {Harmful Algae}, volume = {40}, year = {2014}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2014,rcc,sbr?hyto?app}, pages = {75{\textendash}91}, abstract = {A B S T R A C T The family Kareniaceae is mostly known in France for recurrent blooms of Karenia mikimotoi in the Atlantic, English Channel, and Mediterranean Sea and for the unusual green discoloration in the saltwater lagoon of Diana (Corsica) caused by Karlodinium corsicum in April 1994. In terms of diversity, this taxonomic group was long overlooked owing to the difficult identification of these small unarmored dinoflagellates. In this study, thanks to the molecular characterization performed on single cells from field samples and cultures, twelve taxonomic units were assigned to the known genera Karenia, Karlodinium and Takayama, whereas one could not be affiliated to any described genus. The molecular phylogeny inferred from the D1{\textendash}D2 region of the LSU rDNA showed that five of them formed a sister taxon of a known species, and could not be identified at species-level, on the basis of molecular analysis only. Among these latter taxa, one Karlodinium which was successfully cultured was investigated by studying the external morphological features (using two procedures for cells fixation), ultrastructure, pigment composition, and haemolytic activity. The results of our analyses corroborate the genetic results in favour of the erection of Karlodinium gentienii sp. nov., which possesses an internal complex system of trichocysts connected to external micro-processes particularly abundant in the epicone, and a peculiar pigment composition. In addition, preliminary assays showed a haemolytic activity.}, keywords = {2014, rcc, sbr?hyto?app}, issn = {15689883}, doi = {10.1016/j.hal.2014.10.006}, url = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1568988314001863}, author = {N{\'e}zan, Elisabeth and Siano, Raffaele and Boulben, Sylviane and Six, Christophe and Bilien, Gwenael and Ch{\`e}ze, Karine and Duval, Audrey and Le Panse, Sophie and Qu{\'e}r{\'e}, Julien and Chom{\'e}rat, Nicolas} } @article {Duanmu2014, title = {Marine algae and land plants share conserved phytochrome signaling systems}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, volume = {111}, number = {44}, year = {2014}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: Micromonas,RCC,rcc}, pages = {15827{\textendash}15832}, abstract = {Phytochrome photosensors control a vast gene network in streptophyte plants, acting as master regulators of diverse growth and developmental processes throughout the life cycle. In contrast with their absence in known chlorophyte algal genomes and most sequenced prasinophyte algal genomes, a phytochrome is found in Micromonas pusilla, a widely distributed marine picoprasinophyte ({\textexclamdown}2 {\textmu}m cell diameter). Together with phytochromes identified from other prasinophyte lineages, we establish that prasinophyte and streptophyte phytochromes share core light-input and signaling-output domain architectures except for the loss of C-terminal response regulator receiver domains in the streptophyte phytochrome lineage. Phylogenetic reconstructions robustly support the presence of phytochrome in the common progenitor of green algae and land plants. These analyses reveal a monophyletic clade containing streptophyte, prasinophyte, cryptophyte, and glaucophyte phytochromes implying an origin in the eukaryotic ancestor of the Archaeplastida. Transcriptomic measurements reveal diurnal regulation of phytochrome and bilin chromophore biosynthetic genes in Micromonas. Expression of these genes precedes both light-mediated phytochrome redistribution from the cytoplasm to the nucleus and increased expression of photosynthesis-associated genes. Prasinophyte phytochromes perceive wavelengths of light transmitted farther through seawater than the red/far-red light sensed by land plant phytochromes. Prasinophyte phytochromes also retain light-regulated histidine kinase activity lost in the streptophyte phytochrome lineage. Our studies demonstrate that light-mediated nuclear translocation of phytochrome predates the emergence of land plants and likely represents a widespread signaling mechanism in unicellular algae.}, keywords = {Micromonas, rcc}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1416751111}, url = {http://www.pnas.org/content/111/44/15827.abstract}, author = {Duanmu, Deqiang and Bachy, Charles and Sudek, Sebastian and Wong, Chee-Hong and Jimenez, Valeria and Rockwell, Nathan C and Martin, Shelley S and Ngan, Chew Yee and Reistetter, Emily N and van Baren, Marijke J and Price, Dana C and Wei, Chia-Lin and Reyes-Prieto, Adrian and Lagarias, J Clark and Worden, Alexandra Z} } @article {Keeling2014, title = {The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): illuminating the functional diversity of eukaryotic life in the oceans through transcriptome sequencing}, journal = {PLoS biology}, volume = {12}, number = {6}, year = {2014}, note = {Publisher: Public Library of Science tex.mendeley-tags: 2014,rcc,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, pages = {e1001889}, abstract = {Current sampling of genomic sequence data from eukaryotes is relatively poor, biased, and inadequate to address important questions about their biology, evolution, and ecology; this Community Page describes a resource of 700 transcriptomes from marine microbial eukaryotes to help understand their role in the world{\textquoteright}s oceans}, keywords = {2014, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$PO, sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pbio.1001889}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371\%252Fjournal.pbio.1001889}, author = {Keeling, Patrick J and Burki, Fabien and Wilcox, Heather M and Allam, Bassem and Allen, Eric E and Amaral-Zettler, Linda A and Armbrust, E Virginia and Archibald, John M and Bharti, Arvind K and Bell, Callum J and Beszteri, Bank and Bidle, Kay D and Cameron, Connor T and Campbell, Lisa and Caron, David A and Cattolico, Rose Ann and Collier, Jackie L and Coyne, Kathryn and Davy, Simon K and Deschamps, Phillipe and Dyhrman, Sonya T and Edvardsen, Bente and Gates, Ruth D and Gobler, Christopher J and Greenwood, Spencer J and Guida, Stephanie M and Jacobi, Jennifer L and Jakobsen, Kjetill S and James, Erick R and Jenkins, Bethany and John, Uwe and Johnson, Matthew D and Juhl, Andrew R and Kamp, Anja and Katz, Laura A and Kiene, Ronald and Kudryavtsev, Alexander and Leander, Brian S and Lin, Senjie and Lovejoy, Connie and Lynn, Denis and Marchetti, Adrian and McManus, George and Nedelcu, Aurora M and Menden-Deuer, Susanne and Miceli, Cristina and Mock, Thomas and Montresor, Marina and Moran, Mary Ann and Murray, Shauna and Nadathur, Govind and Nagai, Satoshi and Ngam, Peter B and Palenik, Brian and Pawlowski, Jan and Petroni, Giulio and Piganeau, Gwenael and Posewitz, Matthew C and Rengefors, Karin and Romano, Giovanna and Rumpho, Mary E and Rynearson, Tatiana and Schilling, Kelly B and Schroeder, Declan C and Simpson, Alastair G B and Slamovits, Claudio H and Smith, David R and Smith, G Jason and Smith, Sarah R and Sosik, Heidi M and Stief, Peter and Theriot, Edward and Twary, Scott N and Umale, Pooja E and Vaulot, Daniel and Wawrik, Boris and Wheeler, Glen L and Wilson, William H and Xu, Yan and Zingone, Adriana and Worden, Alexandra Z} } @article {Collen2013, title = {Genome structure and metabolic features in the red seaweed Chondrus crispus shed light on evolution of the Archaeplastida}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, volume = {110}, number = {13}, year = {2013}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC299}, pages = {5247{\textendash}5252}, abstract = {Red seaweeds are key components of coastal ecosystems and are economically important as food and as a source of gelling agents, but their genes and genomes have received little attention. Here we report the sequencing of the 105-Mbp genome of the florideophyte Chondrus crispus (Irish moss) and the annotation of the 9,606 genes. The genome features an unusual structure characterized by gene-dense regions surrounded by repeat-rich regions dominated by transposable elements. Despite its fairly large size, this genome shows features typical of compact genomes, e.g., on average only 0.3 introns per gene, short introns, low median distance between genes, small gene families, and no indication of large-scale genome duplication. The genome also gives insights into the metabolism of marine red algae and adaptations to the marine environment, including genes related to halogen metabolism, oxylipins, and multicellularity (microRNA processing and transcription factors). Particularly interesting are features related to carbohydrate metabolism, which include a minimalistic gene set for starch biosynthesis, the presence of cellulose synthases acquired before the primary endosymbiosis showing the polyphyly of cellulose synthesis in Archaeplastida, and cellulases absent in terrestrial plants as well as the occurrence of a mannosylglycerate synthase potentially originating from a marine bacterium. To explain the observations on genome structure and gene content, we propose an evolutionary scenario involving an ancestral red alga that was driven by early ecological forces to lose genes, introns, and intergenetic DNA; this loss was followed by an expansion of genome size as a consequence of activity of transposable elements.}, keywords = {RCC299}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1221259110}, url = {http://www.pnas.org/content/110/13/5247.abstract}, author = {Collen, Jonas and Porcel, Betina and Carr{\'e}, Wilfrid and Ball, Steven G and Chaparro, Cristian and Tonon, Thierry and Barbeyron, Tristan and Michel, Gurvan and Noel, Benjamin and Valentin, Klaus and Elias, Marek and Artiguenave, Fran{\c c}ois and Arun, Alok and Aury, Jean-Marc and Barbosa-Neto, Jos{\'e} F and Bothwell, John H and Bouget, Fran{\c c}ois-Yves and Brillet, Loraine and Cabello-Hurtado, Francisco and Capella-Guti{\'e}rrez, Salvador and Charrier, B{\'e}n{\'e}dicte and Cladi{\`e}re, Lionel and Cock, J Mark and Coelho, Susana M and Colleoni, Christophe and Czjzek, Mirjam and Da Silva, Corinne and Delage, Ludovic and Denoeud, France and Deschamps, Philippe and Dittami, Simon M and Gabald{\'o}n, Toni and Gachon, Claire M M and Groisillier, Agn{\`e}s and Herv{\'e}, C{\'e}cile and Jabbari, Kamel and Katinka, Michael and Kloareg, Bernard and Kowalczyk, Nathalie and Labadie, Karine and Leblanc, Catherine and Lopez, Pascal J and McLachlan, Deirdre H and Meslet-Cladiere, Laurence and Moustafa, Ahmed and Nehr, Zofia and Nyvall Coll{\'e}n, Pi and Panaud, Olivier and Partensky, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Poulain, Julie and Rensing, Stefan A and Rousvoal, Sylvie and Samson, Gaelle and Symeonidi, Aikaterini and Weissenbach, Jean and Zambounis, Antonios and Wincker, Patrick and Boyen, Catherine} } @article {Guillou2013, title = {The protist ribosomal reference database (PR2): a catalog of unicellular eukaryote small SubUnit rRNA sequences with curated taxonomy}, journal = {Nucleic Acids Research}, volume = {41}, year = {2013}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2013,rcc,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo,sbr?hyto?ppo}, pages = {D597{\textendash}D604}, keywords = {2013, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$PO, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmE$PPO, sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo, sbr?hyto?ppo}, doi = {10.1093/nar/gks1160}, author = {Guillou, Laure and Bachar, Dipankar and Audic, St{\'e}phane and Bass, David and Berney, Cedric and Bittner, Lucie and Boutte, Christophe and Burgaud, Gaetan and de Vargas, Colomban and Decelle, Johan and del Campo, Javier and Dolan, John and Dunthorn, Micah and Bente, Edvardsen and Holzmann, Maria and Kooistra, Wiebe H C F and Lara, Enrique and Lebescot, Noan and Logares, Ramiro and Mah{\'e}, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Massana, Ramon and Montresor, Marina and Morard, Raphael and Not, Fabrice and Pawlowski, Jan and Probert, Ian and Sauvadet, Anne-Laure and Siano, Raffaele and Stoeck, Thorsten and Vaulot, Daniel and Zimmermann, Pascal and Christen, Richard} } @article {Decelle2012, title = {An original mode of symbiosis in open ocean plankton}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, volume = {109}, year = {2012}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2012,rcc,sbr?hyto?ppo}, pages = {18000{\textendash}18005}, keywords = {2012, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmE$PPO, sbr?hyto?ppo}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1212303109}, author = {Decelle, J and Probert, I and Bittner, L and Desdevises, Y and Colin, S and de Vargas, C and Gali, M and Simo, R and Not, F} } @article {Reid2011, title = {Coccolithophores: Functional biodiversity, enzymes and bioprospecting}, journal = {Marine Drugs}, volume = {9}, number = {4}, year = {2011}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2011,rcc}, pages = {586{\textendash}602}, keywords = {2011, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmE$PPO}, doi = {10.3390/md9040586}, url = {http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/4/586/}, author = {Reid, Emma L and Worthy, Charlotte A and Probert, Ian and Ali, Sohail T and Love, John and Napier, Johnathan and Littlechild, Jenny A and Somerfield, Paul J and Allen, Michael J} } @article {Laviale2011, title = {Relationships between pigment ratios and growth irradiance in 11 marine phytoplankton species}, journal = {Marine Ecology Progress Series}, volume = {425}, year = {2011}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: rcc}, month = {mar}, pages = {63{\textendash}77}, keywords = {cultures, hplc, irradiance, of the publisher, permitted without written consent, phytoplankton, pigment ratios, rcc, RCC?o?dd, regression analysis}, issn = {0171-8630}, doi = {10.3354/meps09013}, url = {http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v425/p63-77/}, author = {Laviale, M and Neveux, J} } @article {Frada2010, title = {A guide to extant coccolithophores (Calcihaptophycidae, Haptophyta) using light microscopy.}, journal = {Journal of Nannoplankton Research}, volume = {31}, year = {2010}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2010,rcc,sbr?hyto?ppo}, pages = {58{\textendash}112}, keywords = {2010, ? No DOI found, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmE$PPO, sbr?hyto?ppo}, author = {Frada, Miguel and Young, Jeremy and Cach{\~a}o, M{\'a}rio and Lino, S{\'\i}lvia and Martins, Ana and Narciso, {\'A}urea and Probert, Ian and de Vargas, Colomban} } @article {Siano2010, title = {Pelagodinium gen. nov. and P. beii comb. nov., a dinoflagellate symbiont of planktonic foraminifera}, journal = {Protist}, volume = {161}, year = {2010}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2010,rcc,rcc1491,sbr?hyto?ppo}, pages = {385{\textendash}399}, abstract = {The taxonomic status of the free-living stage of the dinoflagellate Gymnodinium b{\'e}ii, symbiont of the foraminifer Orbulina universa, was reassessed on the basis of detailed morpho-genetic analyses. Electron microscopy observations revealed previously undescribed morphological features of the cell that are important for species recognition. The presence of a single elongated apical vesicle (EAV) ornamented with a row of small knobs, absent in species of the genus Gymnodinium, calls into question the current taxonomic position of the symbiont. The presence of a type E extraplastidial eyespot, the arrangement of the amphiesmal vesicles in series and the absence of trichocysts confirm the affiliation with other symbiotic dinoflagellates and certain genetically related non-symbiotic genera, all belonging to the order Suessiales. The arrangement of the series of vesicles of the analyzed strain is unique within the Suessiales, and the ultrastructure of the pyrenoid is different from other symbiotic dinoflagellates. A large subunit (LSU) rDNA phylogenetic analysis confirmed that the analyzed pelagic symbiont clusters in an independent, well-supported clade within the Suessiales with other sequences of symbiotic dinoflagellates extracted from planktonic foraminifera. Hence a novel genus, Pelagodinium gen. nov., is erected for this pelagic, symbiotic dinoflagellate, and Gymnodinium b{\'e}ii is reclassified as Pelagodinium b{\'e}ii.}, keywords = {2010, ASSEMBLE, rcc, rcc1491, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmE$PPO, sbr?hyto?ppo}, doi = {10.1016/j.protis.2010.01.002}, author = {Siano, R and Montresor, M and Probert, I and Not, F and de Vargas, C} } @article {Liu2009, title = {Extreme diversity in noncalcifying haptophytes explains a major pigment paradox in open oceans}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, volume = {106}, year = {2009}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2009,rcc,sbr?hyto?ppo}, pages = {12803{\textendash}12808}, keywords = {2009, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmE$PPO, sbr?hyto?ppo}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0905841106}, author = {Liu, H and Probert, I and Uitz, J and Claustre, H and Aris-Brossou, S and Frada, M and Not, F and de Vargas, C} } @article {Worden2009, title = {Green evolution and dynamic adaptations revealed by genomes of the marine picoeukaryotes Micromonas}, journal = {Science}, volume = {324}, year = {2009}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC299,RCC827}, pages = {268{\textendash}272}, abstract = {The photosynthetic picoeukaryote Micromonas thrives from tropical to polar marine ecosystems and belongs to an anciently diverged sister clade to land plants. We sequenced genomes from two Micromonas isolates (22 Mb, CCMP1545; 21 Mb, RCC299) and the results improve understanding of their ecology and green-lineage evolution. Despite high 18S rDNA sequence identity, only 90\% of their predicted genes were shared. Novel intronic repeat elements in CCMP1545, otherwise found only in metagenomic data, and unique riboswitch arrangements emphasized their independent evolutionary paths. Phylogenomic profiles revealed putative ancestral features, but also indicated selection/acquisition processes are actively shaping a {\textquoteleft}unique{\textquoteright} gene pool in each differently than {\textquoteleft}core{\textquoteright} genes. Current climate-change trajectories are predicted to produce conditions favoring picophytoplankton, making Micromonas potential indicators of biological change in ocean ecosystems.}, keywords = {rcc, RCC299, RCC827, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$PO, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmE$PPO}, doi = {10.1126/science.1167222}, author = {Worden, A Z and Lee, J.- H and Mock, T and Rouz{\'e}, P and Simmons, M P and Aerts, A L and Allen, A E and Cuvelier, M L and Derelle, E and Everett, M V and Foulon, E and Grimwood, J and Gundlach, H and Henrissat, B and Napoli, C and McDonald, S M and Parker, M S and Rombauts, S and Salamov, A and Von Dassow, P and Badger, J H and Coutinho, P M and Demir, E and Dubchak, I and Gentemann, C and Eikrem, W and Gready, J E and John, U and Lanier, W and Lindquist, E A and Lucas, S and Mayer, K F X and Moreau, H and Not, F and Otillar, R and Panaud, O and Pangilinan, J and Paulsen, I and Piegu, B and Poliakov, A and Robbens, S and Schmutz, J and Toulza, E and Wyss, T and Zelensky, A and Zhou, K and Armbrust, E V and Bhattacharya, D and Goodenough, U W and Van de Peer, Y and Grigoriev, I V} } @article {Sharon2009, title = {Photosystem I gene cassettes are present in marine virus genomes}, journal = {Nature}, volume = {461}, number = {7261}, year = {2009}, note = {Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved tex.mendeley-tags: RCC307}, pages = {258{\textendash}262}, keywords = {RCC307, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmP$PM}, doi = {10.1038/nature08284}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature08284 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7261/suppinfo/nature08284_S1.html}, author = {Sharon, Itai and Alperovitch, Ariella and Rohwer, Forest and Haynes, Matthew and Glaser, Fabian and Atamna-Ismaeel, Nof and Pinter, Ron Y and Partensky, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Koonin, Eugene V and Wolf, Yuri I and Nelson, Nathan and B{\'e}j{\`a}, Oded} } @article {Langer2009, title = {Strain-specific responses of Emiliania huxleyi to changing seawater carbonate chemistry}, journal = {Biogeosciences}, volume = {6}, number = {11}, year = {2009}, note = {ISBN: 1726-4170 tex.mendeley-tags: 2009,rcc}, pages = {2637{\textendash}2646}, abstract = {Four strains of the coccolithophore E. huxleyi (RCC1212, RCC1216, RCC1238, RCC1256) were grown in dilute batch culture at four CO2 levels ranging from similar to 200 mu atm to similar to 1200 mu atm. Growth rate, particulate organic carbon content, and particulate inorganic carbon content were measured, and organic and inorganic carbon production calculated. The four strains did not show a uniform response to carbonate chemistry changes in any of the analysed parameters and none of the four strains displayed a response pattern previously described for this species. We conclude that the sensitivity of different strains of E. huxleyi to acidification differs substantially and that this likely has a genetic basis. We propose that this can explain apparently contradictory results reported in the literature.}, keywords = {2009, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmE$PPO}, doi = {10.5194/bg-6-2637-2009}, author = {Langer, G and Nehrke, G and Probert, I and Ly, J and Ziveri, P} } @article {Foulon2008, title = {Ecological niche partitioning in the picoplanktonic green alga Micromonas pusilla: evidence from environmental surveys using phylogenetic probes}, journal = {Environmental Microbiology}, volume = {10}, year = {2008}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2008,rcc,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, pages = {2433{\textendash}2443}, keywords = {2008, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$PO, sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, doi = {10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01673.x}, author = {Foulon, E and Not, F and Jalabert, F and Cariou, T and Massana, R and Simon, N} } @article {Misumi2008, title = {Genome analysis and its significance in four unicellular algae, Cyanidioshyzon merolae, Ostreococcus tauri, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and Thalassiosira pseudonana}, journal = {Journal of Plant Research}, volume = {121}, number = {1}, year = {2008}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc}, pages = {3{\textendash}17}, abstract = {Algae play a more important role than land plants in the maintenance of the global environment and productivity. Progress in genome analyses of these organisms means that we can now obtain information on algal genomes, global annotation and gene expression. The full genome information for several algae has already been analyzed. Whole genomes of the red alga Cyanidioshyzon merolae, the green algae Ostreococcus tauri and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana have been sequenced. Genome composition and the features of cells among the four algae were compared. Each alga maintains basic genes as photosynthetic eukaryotes and possesses additional gene groups to represent their particular characteristics. This review discusses and introduces the latest research that makes the best use of the particular features of each organism and the significance of genome analysis to study biological phenomena. In particular, examples of post-genome studies of organelle multiplication in C. merolae based on analyzed genome information are presented.}, keywords = {rcc}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve\&db=PubMed\&dopt=Citation\&list_uids=18074102}, author = {Misumi, O and Yoshida, Y and Nishida, K and Fujiwara, T and Sakajiri, T and Hirooka, S and Nishimura, Y and Kuroiwa, T} } @article {Fountain2008, title = {Permeation properties of a P2X receptor in the green algae Ostreococcus tauri}, journal = {Journal of Biological Chemistry}, volume = {283}, number = {22}, year = {2008}, note = {ISBN: 0021-9258 tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc}, pages = {15122{\textendash}15126}, abstract = {We have cloned a P2X receptor (OtP2X) from the green algae Ostreococcus tauri. The 42-kDa receptor shares similar to 28\% identity with human P2X receptors and 23\% with the Dictyostelium P2X receptor. ATP application evoked flickery single channel openings in outside-out membrane patches from human embryonic kidney 293 cells expressing OtP2X. Whole-cell recordings showed concentration-dependent cation currents reversing close to zero mV; ATP gave a half-maximal current at 250 mu m. alpha beta-Methylene-ATP evoked only small currents in comparison to ATP (EC50 {\textquestiondown} 5 mM). 2{\textquoteright},3{\textquoteright}-O-(4-Benzoylbenzoyl)-ATP, beta gamma-imido-ATP, ADP, and several other nucleotide triphosphates did not activate any current. The currents evoked by 300 mu m ATP were not inhibited by 100 mu m suramin, pyridoxal-phosphate-6-azophenyl-2{\textquoteright},4{\textquoteright}-disulfonic acid, 2{\textquoteright},3{\textquoteright}-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenol)-ATP, or copper. Ion substitution experiments indicated permeabilities relative to sodium with the rank order calcium {\textquestiondown} choline {\textquestiondown} Tris {\textquestiondown} tetraethylammonium {\textquestiondown} N-methyl-D-glucosamine. However, OtP2X had a low relative calcium permeability (P-Ca/P-Na = 0.4) in comparison with other P2X receptors. This was due at least in part to the presence of an asparagine residue (Asn(353)) at a position in the second transmembrane domain in place of the aspartate that is completely conserved in all other P2X receptor subunits, because replacement of Asn(353) with aspartate increased calcium permeability by similar to 50\%. The results indicate that the ability of ATP to gate cation permeation across membranes exists in cells that diverged in evolutionary terms from animals about I billion years ago.}, keywords = {CELLS, CHANNELS, EXTRACELLULAR ATP, FAMILY, FUNCTIONAL-CHARACTERIZATION, PERMEABILITY, PHARMACOLOGY, rcc}, doi = {10.1074/jbc.M801512200}, url = {http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2397467}, author = {Fountain, S J and Cao, L S and Young, M T and North, R A} } @article {Bowler2008, title = {The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes}, journal = {Nature}, volume = {456}, number = {7219}, year = {2008}, note = {Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved tex.mendeley-tags: 2008,rcc,sbr?hyto?ppo}, pages = {239{\textendash}244}, keywords = {2008, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmE$PPOdipo, sbr?hyto?ppo}, doi = {10.1038/nature07410}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature07410 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7219/suppinfo/nature07410_S1.html}, author = {Bowler, Chris and Allen, Andrew E and Badger, Jonathan H and Grimwood, Jane and Jabbari, Kamel and Kuo, Alan and Maheswari, Uma and Martens, Cindy and Maumus, Florian and Otillar, Robert P and Rayko, Edda and Salamov, Asaf and Vandepoele, Klaas and Beszteri, Bank and Gruber, Ansgar and Heijde, Marc and Katinka, Michael and Mock, Thomas and Valentin, Klaus and Verret, Frederic and Berges, John A and Brownlee, Colin and Cadoret, Jean-Paul and Chiovitti, Anthony and Choi, Chang Jae and Coesel, Sacha and De Martino, Alessandra and Detter, J Chris and Durkin, Colleen and Falciatore, Angela and Fournet, Jerome and Haruta, Miyoshi and Huysman, Marie J J and Jenkins, Bethany D and Jiroutova, Katerina and Jorgensen, Richard E and Joubert, Yolaine and Kaplan, Aaron and Kroger, Nils and Kroth, Peter G and La Roche, Julie and Lindquist, Erica and Lommer, Markus and Martin-Jezequel, Veronique and Lopez, Pascal J and Lucas, Susan and Mangogna, Manuela and McGinnis, Karen and Medlin, Linda K and Montsant, Anton and Secq, Marie-Pierre Oudot-Le and Napoli, Carolyn and Obornik, Miroslav and Parker, Micaela Schnitzler and Petit, Jean-Louis and Porcel, Betina M and Poulsen, Nicole and Robison, Matthew and Rychlewski, Leszek and Rynearson, Tatiana A and Schmutz, Jeremy and Shapiro, Harris and Siaut, Magali and Stanley, Michele and Sussman, Michael R and Taylor, Alison R and Vardi, Assaf and von Dassow, Peter and Vyverman, Wim and Willis, Anusuya and Wyrwicz, Lucjan S and Rokhsar, Daniel S and Weissenbach, Jean and Armbrust, E Virginia and Green, Beverley R and Van de Peer, Yves and Grigoriev, Igor V} } @article {Palenik2007, title = {The tiny eukaryote \textit{Ostreococcus provides genomic insights into the paradox of plankton speciation}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, volume = {104}, number = {18}, year = {2007}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc}, pages = {7705{\textendash}7710}, abstract = {The smallest known eukaryotes, at approximately 1-mum diameter, are Ostreococcus tauri and related species of marine phytoplankton. The genome of Ostreococcus lucimarinus has been completed and compared with that of O. tauri. This comparison reveals surprising differences across orthologous chromosomes in the two species from highly syntenic chromosomes in most cases to chromosomes with almost no similarity. Species divergence in these phytoplankton is occurring through multiple mechanisms acting differently on different chromosomes and likely including acquisition of new genes through horizontal gene transfer. We speculate that this latter process may be involved in altering the cell-surface characteristics of each species. In addition, the genome of O. lucimarinus provides insights into the unique metal metabolism of these organisms, which are predicted to have a large number of selenocysteine-containing proteins. Selenoenzymes are more catalytically active than similar enzymes lacking selenium, and thus the cell may require less of that protein. As reported here, selenoenzymes, novel fusion proteins, and loss of some major protein families including ones associated with chromatin are likely important adaptations for achieving a small cell size.}, keywords = {rcc}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve\&db=PubMed\&dopt=Citation\&list_uids=17460045}, author = {Palenik, B and Grimwood, J and Aerts, A and Rouz{\'e}, P and Salamov, A and Putnam, N and Dupont, C and Jorgensen, R and Derelle, E and Rombauts, S and Zhou, K and Otillar, R and Merchant, S S and Podell, S and Gaasterland, T and Napoli, C and Gendler, K and Manuell, A and Tai, V and Vallon, O and Piganeau, G and Jancek, S and Heijde, M and Jabbari, K and Bowler, C and Lohr, M and Robbens, S and Werner, G and Dubchak, I and Pazour, G J and Ren, Q and Paulsen, I and Delwiche, C and Schmutz, J and Rokhsar, D and Van de Peer, Y and Moreau, H and Grigoriev, I V} } @article {Palenik2006, title = {Genome sequence of Synechococcus CC9311: Insights into adaptation to a coastal environment}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, volume = {103}, number = {36}, year = {2006}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc}, pages = {13555{\textendash}13559}, abstract = {Coastal aquatic environments are typically more highly productive and dynamic than open ocean ones. Despite these differences, cyanobacteria from the genus Synechococcus are important primary producers in both types of ecosystems. We have found that the genome of a coastal cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. strain CC9311, has significant differences from an open ocean strain, Synechococcus sp. strain WH8102, and these are consistent with the differences between their respective environments. CC9311 has a greater capacity to sense and respond to changes in its (coastal) environment. It has a much larger capacity to transport, store, use, or export metals, especially iron and copper. In contrast, phosphate acquisition seems less important, consistent with the higher concentration of phosphate in coastal environments. CC9311 is predicted to have differences in its outer membrane lipopolysaccharide, and this may be characteristic of the speciation of some cyanobacterial groups. In addition, the types of potentially horizontally transferred genes are markedly different between the coastal and open ocean genomes and suggest a more prominent role for phages in horizontal gene transfer in oligotrophic environments.}, keywords = {rcc}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0602963103}, url = {http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/103/36/13555}, author = {Palenik, Brian and Ren, Qinghu and Dupont, Chris L and Myers, Garry S and Heidelberg, John F and Badger, Jonathan H and Madupu, Ramana and Nelson, William C and Brinkac, Lauren M and Dodson, Robert J and Durkin, A Scott and Daugherty, Sean C and Sullivan, Stephen A and Khouri, Hoda and Mohamoud, Yasmin and Halpin, Rebecca and Paulsen, Ian T} } @article {palenik_genome_2006, title = {Genome sequence of Synechococcus CC9311: Insights into adaptation to a coastal environment}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, volume = {103}, number = {36}, year = {2006}, note = {Publisher: National Academy of Sciences Section: Biological Sciences}, pages = {13555{\textendash}13559}, abstract = {Coastal aquatic environments are typically more highly productive and dynamic than open ocean ones. Despite these differences, cyanobacteria from the genus Synechococcus are important primary producers in both types of ecosystems. We have found that the genome of a coastal cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. strain CC9311, has significant differences from an open ocean strain, Synechococcus sp. strain WH8102, and these are consistent with the differences between their respective environments. CC9311 has a greater capacity to sense and respond to changes in its (coastal) environment. It has a much larger capacity to transport, store, use, or export metals, especially iron and copper. In contrast, phosphate acquisition seems less important, consistent with the higher concentration of phosphate in coastal environments. CC9311 is predicted to have differences in its outer membrane lipopolysaccharide, and this may be characteristic of the speciation of some cyanobacterial groups. In addition, the types of potentially horizontally transferred genes are markedly different between the coastal and open ocean genomes and suggest a more prominent role for phages in horizontal gene transfer in oligotrophic environments.}, keywords = {cyanobacteria, genomics, Marine, RCC1086}, issn = {0027-8424, 1091-6490}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0602963103}, url = {https://www.pnas.org/content/103/36/13555}, author = {Palenik, Brian and Ren, Qinghu and Dupont, Chris L. and Myers, Garry S. and Heidelberg, John F. and Badger, Jonathan H. and Madupu, Ramana and Nelson, William C. and Brinkac, Lauren M. and Dodson, Robert J. and Durkin, A. Scott and Daugherty, Sean C. and Sullivan, Stephen A. and Khouri, Hoda and Mohamoud, Yasmin and Halpin, Rebecca and Paulsen, Ian T.} } @article {Zhu2005, title = {Mapping of picoeucaryotes in marine ecosystems with quantitative PCR of the 18S rRNA gene}, journal = {FEMS Microbiology Ecology}, volume = {52}, number = {1}, year = {2005}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: Micromonas,RCC,rcc}, pages = {79{\textendash}92}, abstract = {A quantitative PCR (QPCR) assay based on the use of SYBR Green I was developed to assess the abundance of specific groups of picoeukaryotes in marine waters. Six primer sets were designed targeting four different taxonomic levels: domain (Eukaryota), division (Chlorophyta), order (Mamiellales) and genus (Bathycoccus, Micromonas, and Ostreococcus). Reaction conditions were optimized for each primer set which was validated in silico, on agarose gels, and by QPCR against a variety of target and non-target cultures. The approach was tested by estimating gene copy numbers for Micromonas, Bathycoccus, and Ostreococcus in seawater samples to which cultured cells were added in various concentrations. QPCR was then used to determine that rRNA gene (rDNA) copy number varied from one to more than 12,000 in 18 strains of phytoplankton. Finally, QPCR was applied to environmental samples from a Mediterranean Sea coastal site and the results were compared to those obtained by Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). The data obtained demonstrate that Chlorophyta and more specifically Mamiellales were important in these waters, especially during the winter picoplankton bloom. The timing of major abundance peaks of the targeted species was similar by QPCR and FISH. When used in conjunction with other techniques such as FISH or gene clone libraries, QPCR appears as very promising to quickly obtain data on the ecological distribution of important phytoplankton groups. Data interpretation must take into account primer specificity and the varying rRNA gene copy number among eukaryotes. ?? 2004 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}, keywords = {Coastal ecosystems, Ecology, Fluorescent in situ hybridization, Micromonas, picoplankton, prasinophytes, Quantitative PCR, rcc}, author = {Zhu, Fei and Massana, Ramon and Not, Fabrice and Marie, Dominique and Vaulot, Daniel} } @article {Biegala2003, title = {Quantitative assessment of picoeucaryotes in the natural environment using taxon specific oligonucleotide probes in association with TSA-FISH (Tyramide Signal Amplification - Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization) and flow cytometry}, journal = {Applied and Environmental Microbiology}, volume = {69}, year = {2003}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2003,rcc,sbr?hyto}, pages = {5519{\textendash}5529}, keywords = {2003, PICODIV, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto, sbr?hyto, SOMLIT}, doi = {10.1128/AEM.69.9.5519-5529.2003}, author = {Biegala, I C and Not, F and Vaulot, D and Simon, N} } @article {Not2002, title = {Application of fluorescent in situ hybridization coupled with tyramide signal amplification (FISH-TSA) to assess eukaryotic picoplankton composition}, volume = {28}, year = {2002}, note = {Publication Title: Aquatic microbial ecology tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc}, pages = {157{\textendash}166}, abstract = {Photosynthetic picoeukaryotes (phytoplankton cells with a diameter smaller than 2 to 3 ??m) contribute significantly to both biomass and primary production in the oligotrophic open ocean and coastal waters, at certain times of the year. The identification of these organisms is difficult because of their small size and simple morphology, therefore hindering detailed ecological studies of their distribution and role. In this paper, we demonstrate the use of oligonucleotide probes specific to algal classes or to lower order taxa in combination with fluorescent in situ hybridization and tyramide signal amplification (FISH-TSA) to determine eukaryotic picophytoplankton diversity. Target cells were detected and enumerated using epifluorescence microscopy. The sensitivity of the technique and the specificity of the probes were tested on pure and mixed picoplanktonic strains, as well as on natural samples from the English Channel. In these samples, the community was dominated by cells belonging to the division Chlorophyta. Haptophyta, Bolidophyceae and Pelagophyceae were also detected at low abundance. The FISH-TSA method is readily applicable to the study of picoplankton diversity in natural communities.}, keywords = {rcc}, issn = {0948-3055}, doi = {10.3354/ame028157}, author = {Not, F and Simon, N and Biegala, IC and Vaulot, D} } @article {Scanlan1996, title = {High degree of genetic variation in Prochlorococcus (Prochlorophyta) revealed by RFLP analysis}, journal = {European Journal of Phycology}, volume = {31}, number = {1}, year = {1996}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc}, pages = {1{\textendash}9}, keywords = {DIVINYL CHLOROPHYLL-A, FAMILY, Marine Synechococcus, Mediterranean Sea, Multiple Evolutionary Origins, north-atlantic, NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE, picoplankton, Prokaryote, rcc, RCC SBR$_\textrmP$hyto, UNICELLULAR CYANOBACTERIUM}, doi = {10.1080/09670269600651131}, author = {Scanlan, D J and Hess, W R and Partensky, F and Newman, J and Vaulot, D} } @article {Chretiennot-Dinet1995, title = {A new marine picoeucaryote: Ostreococcus tauri gen. et sp. nov. (Chlorophyta, Prasinophyceae)}, journal = {Phycologia}, volume = {34}, number = {4}, year = {1995}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC745}, pages = {285{\textendash}292}, keywords = {FRESH-WATER ECOSYSTEMS, morphology, picoplankton, pigments, PROCHLOROCOCCUS-MARINUS, Prokaryote, rcc, RCC745, Size}, doi = {10.2216/i0031-8884-34-4-285.1}, author = {Chr{\'e}tiennot-Dinet, M.-J. and Courties, C and Vaquer, A and Neveux, J and Claustre, H and Lautier, J and Machado, M C} }