@article {pinto_features_2021,
	title = {Features of the Opportunistic Behaviour of the Marine Bacterium Marinobacter algicola in the Microalga Ostreococcus tauri Phycosphere},
	journal = {Microorganisms},
	volume = {9},
	year = {2021},
	pages = {1777},
	abstract = {Although interactions between microalgae and bacteria are observed in both natural environment and the laboratory, the modalities of coexistence of bacteria inside microalgae phyco-spheres in laboratory cultures are mostly unknown. Here, we focused on well-controlled cultures of the model green picoalga Ostreococcus tauri and the most abundant member of its phycosphere, Marinobacter algicola. The prevalence of M. algicola in O. tauri cultures raises questions about how this bacterium maintains itself under laboratory conditions in the microalga culture. The results showed that M. algicola did not promote O. tauri growth in the absence of vitamin B12 while M. algicola depended on O. tauri to grow in synthetic medium, most likely to obtain organic carbon sources provided by the microalgae. M. algicola grew on a range of lipids, including triacylglycerols that are known to be produced by O. tauri in culture during abiotic stress. Genomic screening revealed the absence of genes of two particular modes of quorum-sensing in Marinobacter genomes which refutes the idea that these bacterial communication systems operate in this genus. To date, the {\textquoteright}opportunistic{\textquoteright} behaviour of M. algicola in the laboratory is limited to several phytoplanktonic species including Chlorophyta such as O. tauri. This would indicate a preferential occurrence of M. algicola in association with these specific microalgae under optimum laboratory conditions.},
	keywords = {RCC4221},
	doi = {10.3390/microorganisms9081777},
	author = {Pinto, Jordan and Lami, Rapha{\"e}l and Krasovec, Marc and Grimaud, R{\'e}gis and Urios, Laurent and Lupette, Josselin and Escande, Marie-Line and Sanchez, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Intertaglia, Laurent and Grimsley, Nigel and Piganeau, Gwenael and Sanchez, Sophie}
}
@article {Decelle2019,
	title = {Algal remodeling in a ubiquitous planktonic photosymbiosis},
	journal = {Current Biology},
	volume = {29},
	number = {6},
	year = {2019},
	note = {Publisher: Cell Press tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1719},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {968{\textendash}978.e4},
	abstract = {Photosymbiosis between single-celled hosts and microalgae is common in oceanic plankton, especially in oligotrophic surface waters. However, the functioning of this ecologically important cell-cell interaction and the subcellular mechanisms allowing the host to accommodate and benefit from its microalgae remain enigmatic. Here, using a combination of quantitative single-cell structural and chemical imaging techniques (FIB-SEM, nanoSIMS, Synchrotron X-ray fluorescence), we show that the structural organization, physiology, and trophic status of the algal symbionts (the haptophyte Phaeocystis) significantly change within their acantharian hosts compared to their free-living phase in culture. In symbiosis, algal cell division is blocked, photosynthesis is enhanced, and cell volume is increased by up to 10-fold with a higher number of plastids (from 2 to up to 30) and thylakoid membranes. The multiplication of plastids can lead to a 38-fold increase of the total plastid volume in a cell. Subcellular mapping of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous) and their stoichiometric ratios shows that symbiotic algae are impoverished in phosphorous and suggests a higher investment in energy-acquisition machinery rather than in growth. Nanoscale imaging also showed that the host supplies a substantial amount of trace metals (e.g., iron and cobalt), which are stored in algal vacuoles at high concentrations (up to 660 ppm). Sulfur mapping reveals a high concentration in algal vacuoles that may be a source of antioxidant molecules. Overall, this study unveils an unprecedented morphological and metabolic transformation of microalgae following their integration into a host, and it suggests that this widespread symbiosis is a farming strategy wherein the host engulfs and exploits microalgae.},
	keywords = {RCC1719},
	issn = {0960-9822},
	doi = {10.1016/J.CUB.2019.01.073},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982219301320$\#$undfig1},
	author = {Decelle, Johan and Stryhanyuk, Hryhoriy and Gallet, Benoit and Veronesi, Giulia and Schmidt, Matthias and Balzano, Sergio and Marro, Sophie and Uwizeye, Clarisse and Jouneau, Pierre-Henri and Lupette, Josselin and Jouhet, Juliette and Mar{\'e}chal, {\'E}ric and Schwab, Yannick and Schieber, Nicole L. and Tucoulou, R{\'e}mi and Richnow, Hans and Finazzi, Giovanni and Musat, Niculina}
}
