@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 {cho_phylogenomic_2023, title = {Phylogenomic position of genetically diverse phagotrophic stramenopile flagellates in the sediment-associated MAST-6 lineage and a potentially halotolerant placididean}, journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution}, year = {2023}, month = {nov}, pages = {107964}, abstract = {Unlike morphologically conspicuous ochrophytes, many flagellates belonging to basally branching stramenopiles are small and often overlooked. As a result, many of these lineages are known only through molecular surveys and identified as MArine STramenopiles (MAST), and remain largely uncharacterized at the cellular or genomic level. These likely phagotrophic flagellates are not only phylogenetically diverse, but also extremely abundant in some environments, making their characterization all the more important. MAST-6 is one example of a phylogenetically distinct group that has been known to be associated with sediments, but little else is known about it. Indeed, until the present study, only a single species from this group, Pseudophyllomitus vesiculosus (Pseudophyllomitidae), has been both formally described and associated with genomic information. Here, we describe four new species including two new genera of sediment-dwelling MAST-6, Vomastramonas tehuelche gen. et sp. nov., Mastreximonas tlaamin gen. et sp. nov., one undescribed Pseudophyllomitus sp., BSC2, and a new species belonging to Placididea, the potentially halotolerant Haloplacidia sinai sp. nov. We also provide two additional bikosian transcriptomes from a public culture collection, to allow for better phylogenetic reconstructions of deep-branching stramenopiles. With the SSU rRNA sequences of the new MAST-6 species, we investigate the phylogenetic diversity of the MAST-6 group and show a high relative abundance of MAST-6 related to M. tlaamin in samples across various depths and geographical locations. Using the new MAST-6 species, we also update the phylogenomic tree of stramenopiles, particularly focusing on the paraphyly of Bigyra.}, keywords = {benthic protists, Bigyra, MAST-6, phylogenomics, Placididea, RCC1078, RCC257, Stramenopile}, issn = {1055-7903}, doi = {10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107964}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790323002646}, author = {Cho, Anna and Tikhonenkov, Denis V. and Lax, Gordon and Prokina, Kristina I. and Keeling, Patrick J.} } @booklet {devic_population_2023, title = {Population dynamics of the cosmopolitan eukaryotic picophytoplankton Bathycoccus during seasonal blooms in the bay of Banyuls sur Mer (North Western Mediterranean sea)}, year = {2023}, publisher = {BioRxiv}, type = {preprint}, abstract = {Abstract Although Bathycoccus is one of the most abundant picophytoplankton, little is known about the genetic diversity underlying its adaptation to ecological niches. In this study, the diversity of Bathycoccus populations during their annual bloom in the Mediterranean bay of Banyuls France was assessed by an INDEL based approach. Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) was used to characterise structural variants (SV) among the genomes of Bathycoccus sampled from geographically distinct regions in the world ocean. Markers derived from INDEL were validated by PCR and sequencing in the world-wide strains. These markers were then used to genotype 55 Bathycoccus strains isolated during the winter bloom 2018-2019 in Banyuls. With five markers, eight Multi Loci Genotypes (MLG) were determined, two of which represented 53\% and 29\% of the isolates. Physiological studies confirmed that isolates are phenotypically different, cells isolated in February growing better at low temperature than those isolated in December. When tested on environmental samples, two diversity markers showed a similar allele frequency in sea water as in individual Bathycoccus strains isolated at the same period. We conclude that these markers constitute a resource to identify the most abundant variant alleles in a given bloom. A follow-up on three consecutive blooms revealed differences in allele abundance during the course of a bloom, particularly at initiation, and between years. In addition to Bathycoccus prasinos , two other species of Bathycoccus were identified including the recently described species B. calidus and a novel species B. catiminus , suggesting that species diversity of the genus Bathycoccus may be underestimated.}, keywords = {RCC1613, RCC1615, RCC1868, RCC4222, RCC4752, RCC5417, RCC685}, doi = {10.1101/2023.02.09.527951}, url = {http://biorxiv.org/lookup/doi/10.1101/2023.02.09.527951}, author = {Devic, Martine and Mariac, C{\'e}dric and Verg{\'e}, Val{\'e}rie and Schatt, Philipe and Dennu, Louis and Lozano, Jean-Claude and Bouget, Fran{\c c}ois-Yves and Sabot, Fran{\c c}ois} } @article {lacour_photoacclimation_2022, title = {Photoacclimation of the polar diatom Chaetoceros neogracilis at low temperature}, journal = {PLOS ONE}, volume = {17}, number = {9}, year = {2022}, note = {Publisher: Public Library of Science}, month = {sep}, pages = {e0272822}, abstract = {Polar microalgae face two major challenges: 1- growing at temperatures (-1.7 to 5{\textdegree}C) that limit enzyme kinetics; and 2- surviving and exploiting a wide range of irradiance. The objective of this study is to understand the adaptation of an Arctic diatom to its environment by studying its ability to acclimate to changes in light and temperature. We acclimated the polar diatom Chaetoceros neogracilis to various light levels at two different temperatures and studied its growth and photosynthetic properties using semi-continuous cultures. Rubisco content was high, to compensate for low catalytic rates, but did not change detectably with growth temperature. Contrary to what is observed in temperate species, in C. neogracilis, carbon fixation rate (20 min 14C incorporation) equaled net growth rate (μ) suggesting very low or very rapid (<20 min) re-oxidation of the newly fixed carbon. The comparison of saturation irradiances for electron transport, oxygen net production and carbon fixation revealed alternative electron pathways that could provide energy and reducing power to the cell without consuming organic carbon which is a very limiting product at low temperatures. High protein contents, low re-oxidation of newly fixed carbon and the use of electron pathways alternative to carbon fixation may be important characteristics allowing efficient growth under those extreme environmental conditions.}, keywords = {5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase, Carbon fixation, diatoms, Fluorescence, Light, Photons, Photosynthesis, pigments, RCC2278, Ribulose-1}, issn = {1932-6203}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0272822}, url = {https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272822}, author = {Lacour, Thomas and Larivi{\`e}re, Jade and Ferland, Joannie and Morin, Philippe-Isra{\"e}l and Grondin, Pierre-Luc and Donaher, Natalie and Cockshutt, Amanda and Campbell, Douglas A. and Babin, Marcel} } @article {carrigee_phycoerythrobilin_2022, title = {The phycoerythrobilin isomerization activity of MpeV in Synechococcus sp. WH8020 is prevented by the presence of a histidine at position 141 within its phycoerythrin-I β-subunit substrate}, journal = {Frontiers in Microbiology}, volume = {13}, year = {2022}, pages = {1011189}, abstract = {Marine Synechococcus efficiently harvest available light for photosynthesis using complex antenna systems, called phycobilisomes, composed of an allophycocyanin core surrounded by rods, which in the open ocean are always constituted of phycocyanin and two phycoerythrin (PE) types: PEI and PEII. These cyanobacteria display a wide pigment diversity primarily resulting from differences in the ratio of the two chromophores bound to PEs, the green-light absorbing phycoerythrobilin and the blue-light absorbing phycourobilin. Prior to phycobiliprotein assembly, bilin lyases post-translationally catalyze the ligation of phycoerythrobilin to conserved cysteine residues on α- or β-subunits, whereas the closely related lyase-isomerases isomerize phycoerythrobilin to phycourobilin during the attachment reaction. MpeV was recently shown in Synechococcus sp. RS9916 to be a lyase-isomerase which doubly links phycourobilin to two cysteine residues (C50 and C61; hereafter C50, 61) on the β-subunit of both PEI and PEII. Here we show that Synechococcus sp. WH8020, which belongs to the same pigment type as RS9916, contains MpeV that demonstrates lyase-isomerase activity on the PEII β-subunit but only lyase activity on the PEI β-subunit. We also demonstrate that occurrence of a histidine at position 141 of the PEI β-subunit from WH8020, instead of a leucine in its counterpart from RS9916, prevents the isomerization activity by WH8020 MpeV, showing for the first time that both the substrate and the enzyme play a role in the isomerization reaction. We propose a structural-based mechanism for the role of H141 in blocking isomerization. More generally, the knowledge of the amino acid present at position 141 of the β-subunits may be used to predict which phycobilin is bound at C50, 61 of both PEI and PEII from marine Synechococcus strains.}, keywords = {RCC2437, RCC307, RCC751}, issn = {1664-302X}, doi = {10.3389/fmicb.2022.1011189}, url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1011189/full}, author = {Carrigee, Lyndsay A. and Frick, Jacob P. and Liu, Xindi and Karty, Jonathan A. and Trinidad, Jonathan C. and Tom, Irin P. and Yang, Xiaojing and Dufour, Louison and Partensky, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Schluchter, Wendy M.} } @article {liu_phycosphere_2022, title = {Phycosphere pH of unicellular nano- and micro- phytoplankton cells and consequences for iron speciation}, journal = {The ISME Journal}, volume = {16}, number = {10}, year = {2022}, note = {Number: 10 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group}, month = {oct}, pages = {2329{\textendash}2336}, abstract = {Surface ocean pH is declining due to anthropogenic atmospheric CO2 uptake with a global decline of \textasciitilde0.3 possible by 2100. Extracellular pH influences a range of biological processes, including nutrient uptake, calcification and silicification. However, there are poor constraints on how pH levels in the extracellular microenvironment surrounding phytoplankton cells (the phycosphere) differ from bulk seawater. This adds uncertainty to biological impacts of environmental change. Furthermore, previous modelling work suggests that phycosphere pH of small cells is close to bulk seawater, and this has not been experimentally verified. Here we observe under 140 μmol photons{\textperiodcentered}m-2{\textperiodcentered}s-1 the phycosphere pH of Chlamydomonas concordia (5 {\textmu}m diameter), Emiliania huxleyi (5 {\textmu}m), Coscinodiscus radiatus (50 {\textmu}m) and C. wailesii (100 {\textmu}m) are 0.11 {\textpm} 0.07, 0.20 {\textpm} 0.09, 0.41 {\textpm} 0.04 and 0.15 {\textpm} 0.20 (mean {\textpm} SD) higher than bulk seawater (pH 8.00), respectively. Thickness of the pH boundary layer of C. wailesii increases from 18 {\textpm} 4 to 122 {\textpm} 17 {\textmu}m when bulk seawater pH decreases from 8.00 to 7.78. Phycosphere pH is regulated by photosynthesis and extracellular enzymatic transformation of bicarbonate, as well as being influenced by light intensity and seawater pH and buffering capacity. The pH change alters Fe speciation in the phycosphere, and hence Fe availability to phytoplankton is likely better predicted by the phycosphere, rather than bulk seawater. Overall, the precise quantification of chemical conditions in the phycosphere is crucial for assessing the sensitivity of marine phytoplankton to ongoing ocean acidification and Fe limitation in surface oceans.}, keywords = {Biogeochemistry, Microbial biooceanography, RCC1, rcc1731, Water microbiology}, issn = {1751-7370}, doi = {10.1038/s41396-022-01280-1}, url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-022-01280-1}, author = {Liu, Fengjie and Gledhill, Martha and Tan, Qiao-Guo and Zhu, Kechen and Zhang, Qiong and Sala{\"u}n, Pascal and Tagliabue, Alessandro and Zhang, Yanjun and Weiss, Dominik and Achterberg, Eric P. and Korchev, Yuri} } @article {meyer_pronounced_2022, title = {Pronounced Uptake and Metabolism of Organic Substrates by Diatoms Revealed by Pulse-Labeling Metabolomics}, journal = {Frontiers in Marine Science}, volume = {9}, year = {2022}, pages = {821167}, abstract = {Diatoms contribute as a dominant group of microalgae to approximately 20\% of the global carbon fixation. In the plankton, these photosynthetic algae are exposed to a plethora of metabolites, especially when competing algae are lysed. It is well established that diatoms can take up specific metabolites, such as vitamins, amino acids as nitrogen source, or dimethylsulfoniopropoionate to compensate for changes in water salinity. It is, however, unclear to which extent diatoms take up other organic resources and if these are incorporated into the cell{\textasciiacute}s metabolism. Here, we explore the general scope of uptake of metabolites from competitors. Using labeled metabolites released during lysis of algae grown under a 13CO2 atmosphere, we show that the cosmopolitan diatom Chaetoceros didymus takes up even dilute organic substrates from these lysates with little bias for molecular weight or polarity. This is reflected by a high degree of labeling in the metabolome of the exposed cells. The newly developed pulse label/mass spectrometry metabolomics approach reveals that polarity and molecular weight has no detectable influence on uptake. We further show that the taken-up metabolites are partly maintained without metabolic modification within the cells, but also a substantial part is subject to catabolic and anabolic transformation. One of the most dominant phytoplankton groups thus has the potential to compete with heterotrophs, suggesting that the observed osmotrophy may substantially impact organic material fluxes in the oceans. Our findings call for the refinement of our understanding of competition in the plankton.}, keywords = {RCC75}, issn = {2296-7745}, doi = {10.3389/fmars.2022.821167}, url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.821167/full}, author = {Meyer, Nils and Rydzyk, Aljoscha and Pohnert, Georg} } @article {akita_providing_2022, title = {Providing a phylogenetic framework for trait-based analyses in brown algae: Phylogenomic tree inferred from 32 nuclear protein-coding sequences}, journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution}, volume = {168}, year = {2022}, month = {mar}, pages = {107408}, abstract = {In the study of the evolution of biological complexity, a reliable phylogenetic framework is needed. Many attempts have been made to resolve phylogenetic relationships between higher groups (i.e., interordinal) of brown algae (Phaeophyceae) based on molecular evidence, but most of these relationships remain unclear. Analyses based on small multi-gene data (including chloroplast, mitochondrial and nuclear sequences) have yielded inconclusive and sometimes contradictory results. To address this problem, we have analyzed 32 nuclear protein-coding sequences in 39 Phaeophycean species belonging to eight orders. The resulting nuclear-based phylogenomic trees provide virtually full support for the phylogenetic relationships within the studied taxa, with few exceptions. The relationships largely confirm phylogenetic trees based on nuclear, chloroplast and mitochondrial sequences, except for the placement of the Sphacelariales with weak bootstrap support. Our study indicates that nuclear protein-coding sequences provide significant support to conclusively resolve phylogenetic relationships among Phaeophyceae, and may be a powerful approach to fully resolve interordinal relationships with increased taxon sampling.}, keywords = {Ectocarpales, genomics, Heterokontophytes, Phaeoexplorer, Phaeophyceae, RCC4962, RCC7086, RCC7088, RCC7090, RCC7092, RCC7094, RCC7096, RCC7098, RCC7101, RCC7104, RCC7107, RCC7108, RCC7109, RCC7112, RCC7115, RCC7116, RCC7117, RCC7120, RCC7123, RCC7124, RCC7125, RCC7127, RCC7129, RCC7131, RCC7134, RCC7137, RCC7138, RCC7139, stramenopiles}, issn = {1055-7903}, doi = {10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107408}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790322000215}, author = {Akita, Shingo and Vieira, Christophe and Hanyuda, Takeaki and Rousseau, Florence and Cruaud, Corinne and Couloux, Arnaud and Heesch, Svenja and Cock, J. Mark and Kawai, Hiroshi} } @article {russo_production_2021, title = {Production of Omega-3 Oil by Aurantiochytrium mangrovei Using Spent Osmotic Solution from Candied Fruit Industry as Sole Organic Carbon Source}, journal = {Processes}, volume = {9}, number = {10}, year = {2021}, note = {Number: 10 Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute}, month = {oct}, pages = {1834}, abstract = {Osmotic dehydration is an important phase in the production of dried products, including most fruits and vegetables, in the food industry. The drying process for candied fruit produces a liquid waste called {\textquotedblleft}spent osmotic solution{\textquotedblright}, which is characterized by a high content of organic compounds, mostly dissolved sugars. The sugar content of this food by-product could be valorized through the growth of biomass with a high added value. In this study, the spent osmotic solution from the candied fruit industry was used as an organic carbon source for the growth and production of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in the cultivation of Aurantiochytrium mangrovei RCC893. The carbon content of the standard media was completely replaced by the sugars present in this food by-product. After that, the growth condition of this strain was optimized through response surface methodologies using a central composite design (CCD), and the optimal combination of the spent osmotic solution and nitrogen was established. Moreover, a scale-up trial was performed using the optimal conditions obtained after CCD to evaluate the scalability of the process.}, keywords = {DHA, food waste, Microalgae, PUFA, rcc, RCC893, sustainability}, doi = {10.3390/pr9101834}, url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/9/10/1834}, author = {Russo, Giovanni L. and Langellotti, Antonio L. and Blasco, Thierry and Oliviero, Maria and Sacchi, Raffaele and Masi, Paolo} } @article {Calmes2020, title = {Parallelisable non-invasive biomass, fitness and growth measurement of macroalgae and other protists with nephelometry}, journal = {Algal Research}, volume = {46}, number = {November 2019}, year = {2020}, note = {Publisher: Elsevier tex.mendeley-tags: RCC149,RCC3088,RCC3510,RCC3553}, pages = {101762}, abstract = {With the exponential development of algal aquaculture and blue biotechnology, there is a strong demand for simple, inexpensive, high-throughput, quantitative phenotyping assays to measure the biomass, growth and fertility of algae and other marine protists. Here, we validate nephelometry, a method that relies on measuring the scattering of light by particles in suspension, as a non-invasive tool to measure in real-time the biomass of aquatic micro-organisms, such as microalgae, filamentous algae, as well as non-photosynthetic protists. Nephelometry is equally applicable to optic density and chlorophyll fluorescence measurements for the quantification of some microalgae, but outperforms other spectroscopy methods to quantify the biomass of biofilm-forming and filamentous algae, highly pigmented species and non-photosynthetic eukaryotes. Thanks to its insensitivity to the sample{\textquoteright}s pigmentation, nephelometry is also the method of choice when chlorophyll content varies between samples or time points, for example due to abiotic stress or pathogen infection. As examples, we illustrate how nephelometry can be combined with fluorometry or image analysis to monitor the quantity and time-course of spore release in fertile kelps or the progression of symptoms in diseased algal cultures.}, keywords = {Algal cultivation, Biomass, Biotechnology, Nephelometry, Phenotyping, RCC149, RCC3088, RCC3510, rcc3553}, issn = {22119264}, doi = {10.1016/j.algal.2019.101762}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2019.101762}, author = {Calmes, Beno{\^\i}t and Strittmatter, Martina and Jacquemin, Bertrand and Perrineau, Marie Mathilde and Rousseau, C{\'e}line and Badis, Yacine and Cock, J. Mark and Destombe, Christophe and Valero, Myriam and Gachon, Claire M.M.} } @article {Gebser2020, title = {Phytoplankton-derived zwitterionic gonyol and dimethylsulfonioacetate interfere with microbial dimethylsulfoniopropionate sulfur cycling}, journal = {MicrobiologyOpen}, number = {February}, year = {2020}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1731,RCC75,RCC76RCC1217,RCC841}, month = {feb}, pages = {e1014}, keywords = {rcc1217, rcc1731, RCC75, RCC76, RCC841, school of life sciences, university of essex}, issn = {20458827}, doi = {10.1002/mbo3.1014}, url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/mbo3.1014}, author = {Gebser, Bj{\"o}rn and Thume, Kathleen and Steinke, Michael and Pohnert, Georg} } @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 {Avilan2020, title = {ppGpp influences protein protection, growth and photosynthesis in Phaeodactylum tricornutum}, journal = {bioRxiv}, year = {2020}, note = {Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory tex.mendeley-tags: RCC2967}, month = {mar}, pages = {2020.03.05.978130}, abstract = {{\textbullet} Chloroplasts retain elements of a bacterial stress response pathway that is mediated by the signalling nucleotides guanosine penta-and tetraphosphate, or (p)ppGpp. In the model flowering plant Arabidopsis, ppGpp acts as a potent regulator of plastid gene expression and influences photosynthesis, plant growth and development. However, little is known about ppGpp metabolism or its evolution in other photosynthetic eukaryotes. {\textbullet} Here, we studied the function of ppGpp in the diatom P. tricornutum using transgenic lines containing an inducible system for ppGpp accumulation. We used these lines to investigate the effects of ppGpp on growth, photosynthesis, lipid metabolism and protein expression. {\textbullet} We demonstrate that ppGpp accumulation reduces photosynthetic capacity and promotes a quiescent-like state with reduced proliferation and ageing. Strikingly, using non-targeted proteomics, we discovered that ppGpp accumulation also leads to the coordinated upregulation of a protein protection response in multiple cellular compartments. {\textbullet} Our findings highlight the importance of ppGpp as a fundamental regulator of chloroplast function across different domains of life, and lead to new questions about the molecular mechanisms and roles of (p)ppGpp signalling in photosynthetic eukaryotes.}, keywords = {chloroplast, diatoms, lipid droplets, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Photosynthesis, ppGpp, proteome, RCC2967}, doi = {10.1101/2020.03.05.978130}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.05.978130}, author = {Avilan, Luisana and Lebrun, Regine and Puppo, Carine and Citerne, Sylvie and Cuin{\'e}, Stephane and Li-Beisson, Yonghua and Menand, Benoit and Field, Ben and Gontero, Brigitte} } @article {Morales-Sanchez2020, title = {Production of carbohydrates, lipids and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) by the polar marine microalga Chlamydomonas malina RCC2488}, journal = {Algal Research}, volume = {50}, number = {July}, year = {2020}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC2488}, month = {sep}, pages = {102016}, keywords = {RCC2488}, issn = {22119264}, doi = {10.1016/j.algal.2020.102016}, url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2211926420303477}, author = {Morales-S{\'a}nchez, Daniela and Schulze, Peter S.C. and Kiron, Viswanath and Wijffels, Ren{\'e} H.} } @article {Gafar2019, title = {Particulate inorganic to organic carbon production as a predictor for coccolithophorid sensitivity to ongoing ocean acidification}, journal = {Limnology and Oceanography Letters}, volume = {4}, number = {3}, year = {2019}, note = {Publisher: John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1130,RCC1141,RCC1168,RCC1198,RCC1200,RCC1323,RCC1334}, month = {jun}, pages = {62{\textendash}70}, abstract = {Ocean acidification (OA) can induce shifts in plankton community composition, with coccolithophores being mostly negatively impacted. This is likely to change particulate inorganic and organic carbon (PIC and POC, respectively) production, with impacts on the biological carbon pump. Hence, assessing and, most importantly, understanding species-specific sensitivities of coccolithophores is paramount. In a multispecies comparison, spanning more than two orders of magnitude in terms of POC and PIC production rates, among Calcidiscus leptoporus, Coccolithus pelagicus subsp. braarudii, Emiliania huxleyi, Gephyrocapsa oceanica, and Scyphosphaera apsteinii, we found that cellular PIC : POC was a good predictor for a species{\textquoteright} OA sensitivity. This is likely related to the need for cellular pH homeostasis, which is challenged by the process of calcification producing protons internally, especially when seawater pH decreases in an OA scenario. With higher PIC : POC, species and strains being more sensitive to OA coccolithophores may shift toward less calcified varieties in the future.}, keywords = {RCC1130, RCC1141, RCC1168, RCC1198, RCC1200, RCC1323, RCC1334}, issn = {2378-2242}, doi = {10.1002/lol2.10105}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/lol2.10105}, author = {Gafar, N. A. and Eyre, B. D. and Schulz, K. G.} } @article {bramucci_phaeobacter_2019, title = {Phaeobacter inhibens induces apoptosis-like programmed cell death in calcifying Emiliania huxleyi}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {9}, number = {1}, year = {2019}, note = {Number: 1 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group}, month = {mar}, pages = {1{\textendash}12}, abstract = {The model coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi, forms expansive blooms dominated by the calcifying cell type, which produce calcite scales called coccoliths. Blooms last several weeks, after which the calcified algal cells rapidly die, descending into the deep ocean. E. huxleyi bloom collapse is attributed to E. huxleyi viruses (EhVs) that infect and kill calcifying cells, while other E. huxleyi pathogens, such as bacteria belonging to the roseobacter clade, are overlooked. EhVs kill calcifying E. huxleyi by inducing production of bioactive viral-glycosphingolipids (vGSLs), which trigger algal programmed cell death (PCD). The roseobacter Phaeobacter inhibens was recently shown to interact with and kill the calcifying cell type of E. huxleyi, but the mechanism of algal death remains unelucidated. Here we demonstrate that P. inhibens kills calcifying E. huxleyi by inducing a highly specific type of PCD called apoptosis-like-PCD (AL-PCD). Host death can successfully be abolished in the presence of a pan-caspase inhibitor, which prevents the activation of caspase-like molecules. This finding differentiates P. inhibens and EhV pathogenesis of E. huxleyi, by demonstrating that bacterial-induced AL-PCD requires active caspase-like molecules, while the viral pathogen does not. This is the first demonstration of a bacterium inducing AL-PCD in an algal host as a killing mechanism.}, keywords = {RCC1216}, issn = {2045-2322}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-018-36847-6}, url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-36847-6}, author = {Bramucci, Anna R. and Case, Rebecca J.} } @article {Demory2019, title = {Picoeukaryotes of the Micromonas genus: sentinels of a warming ocean}, journal = {The ISME Journal}, volume = {13}, number = {1}, year = {2019}, note = {tex.ids= Demory2018 tex.mendeley-tags: RCC114,RCC1697,RCC1862,RCC2257,RCC2306,RCC299,RCC451,RCC497,RCC746,RCC829,RCC834 publisher: Nature Publishing Group}, month = {jan}, pages = {132{\textendash}146}, abstract = {Photosynthetic picoeukaryotesx in the genus Micromonas show among the widest latitudinal distributions on Earth, experiencing large thermal gradients from poles to tropics. Micromonas comprises at least four different species often found in sympatry. While such ubiquity might suggest a wide thermal niche, the temperature response of the different strains is still unexplored, leaving many questions as for their ecological success over such diverse ecosystems. Using combined experiments and theory, we characterize the thermal response of eleven Micromonas strains belonging to four species. We demonstrate that the variety of specific responses to temperature in the Micromonas genus makes this environmental factor an ideal marker to describe its global distribution and diversity. We then propose a diversity model for the genus Micromonas, which proves to be representative of the whole phytoplankton diversity. This prominent primary producer is therefore a sentinel organism of phytoplankton diversity at the global scale. We use the diversity within Micromonas to anticipate the potential impact of global warming on oceanic phytoplankton. We develop a dynamic, adaptive model and run forecast simulations, exploring a range of adaptation time scales, to probe the likely responses to climate change. Results stress how biodiversity erosion depends on the ability of organisms to adapt rapidly to temperature increase.}, keywords = {Biogeography, change ecology, Climate, microbial ecology, RCC114, RCC1697, RCC1862, RCC2257, RCC2306, RCC299, RCC451, RCC497, RCC746, RCC829, RCC834}, issn = {1751-7362}, doi = {10.1038/s41396-018-0248-0}, url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-018-0248-0}, author = {Demory, David and Baudoux, Anne-claire and Monier, Adam and Simon, Nathalie and Six, Christophe and Ge, Pei and Rigaut-jalabert, Fabienne and Marie, Dominique and Sciandra, Antoine and Bernard, Olivier and Rabouille, Sophie} } @article {Moldovan2018, title = {Pangenomic definition of prokaryotic species and the phylogenetic structure of prochlorococcus spp.}, journal = {Frontiers in Microbiology}, volume = {9}, number = {March}, year = {2018}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC158,RCC162,RCC269,RCC278,RCC3307,RCC407}, pages = {1{\textendash}11}, keywords = {monophyly, pangenome, paraphyly, prokaryotic species, RCC158, rcc162, RCC269, RCC278, RCC3307, RCC407, species definition, taxonomy}, issn = {1664-302X}, doi = {10.3389/fmicb.2018.00428}, url = {http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00428/full}, author = {Moldovan, Mikhail A. and Gelfand, Mikhail S.} } @article {Mizrachi2018, title = {Phenotypic variability in chloroplast redox state predicts cell fate in a marine diatom}, journal = {bioRxiv}, year = {2018}, note = {arXiv: 319517 tex.arxivid: 319517 tex.mendeley-tags: RCC2967}, keywords = {RCC2967}, doi = {10.1101/319517}, author = {Mizrachi, Avia and Graff, Shiri and Creveld, Van and Shapiro, Orr H and Rosenwasser, Shilo} } @article {Fiore2018, title = {A phosphate starvation response gene (psr1-like) is present and expressed in Micromonas pusilla and other marine algae}, journal = {bioRxiv}, year = {2018}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC299,RCC834}, keywords = {? No DOI found, RCC299, RCC834}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/484824}, author = {Fiore, Cara L. and Alexander, Harriet and Soule, Melissa C. Kido and Kujawinski, Elizabeth B.} } @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 {Soitamo2017, title = {Photoinhibition in marine picocyanobacteria}, journal = {Physiologia Plantarum}, volume = {161}, number = {1}, year = {2017}, note = {Publisher: John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd (10.1111) tex.mendeley-tags: RCC156,RCC2366,RCC296,RCC407}, month = {sep}, pages = {97{\textendash}108}, abstract = {Marine Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus cyanobacteria have different antenna compositions although they are genetically near to each other, and different strains thrive in very different illumination conditions. We measured growth and photoinhibition of PSII in two low-light and one high-light Prochlorococcus strains and in one Synechococcus strain. All strains were found to be able to shortly utilize moderate or even high light, but the low-light strains bleached rapidly in moderate light. Measurements of photoinhibition in the presence of the antibiotic lincomycin showed that a low-light Prochlorococcus strain was more sensitive than a high-light strain and both were more sensitive than the marine Synechococcus. The action spectrum of photoinhibition showed an increase from blue to ultraviolet wavelengths in all strains, suggesting contribution of manganese absorption to photoinhibition, but blue light caused less photoinhibition in marine cyanobacteria than expected on the basis of earlier results from plants and cyanobacteria. The visible-light part of the action spectrum resembled the absorption spectrum of the organism, suggesting that photosynthetic antenna pigments, especially divinyl chlorophylls, have a more important role as photoreceptors of visible-light photoinhibition in marine cyanobacteria than in other photoautotrophs.}, keywords = {RCC156, RCC2366, rcc296, RCC407}, issn = {0031-9317}, doi = {10.1111/ppl.12571}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.12571}, author = {Soitamo, Arto and Havurinne, Vesa and Tyystj{\"a}rvi, Esa} } @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 {Mackey2017, title = {Physiological and proteomic characterization of light adaptations in marine Synechococcus}, journal = {Environmental Microbiology}, volume = {19}, number = {6}, year = {2017}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: rcc539,rcc752}, month = {jun}, pages = {2348{\textendash}2365}, keywords = {rcc539, rcc752}, issn = {14622912}, doi = {10.1111/1462-2920.13744}, url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/1462-2920.13744}, author = {Mackey, Katherine R. M. and Post, Anton F and McIlvin, Matthew R and Saito, Mak A} } @article {Blanc-Mathieu2017, title = {Population genomics of picophytoplankton unveils novel chromosome hypervariability}, journal = {Science Advances}, volume = {3}, number = {7}, year = {2017}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1105,RCC1108,RCC1110,RCC1112,RCC1114,RCC1115,RCC1116,RCC1117,RCC1118,RCC1123,RCC1558,RCC1559,RCC1561,RCC299,RCC4221,RCC809}, month = {jul}, pages = {e1700239}, keywords = {RCC1105, RCC1108, RCC1110, RCC1112, RCC1114, RCC1115, RCC1116, RCC1117, RCC1118, RCC1123, RCC1558, RCC1559, RCC1561, RCC299, RCC4221, RCC809}, issn = {2375-2548}, doi = {10.1126/sciadv.1700239}, url = {http://advances.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1700239}, author = {Blanc-Mathieu, Romain and Krasovec, Marc and Hebrard, Maxime and Yau, Sheree and Desgranges, Elodie and Martin, Joel and Schackwitz, Wendy and Kuo, Alan and Salin, Gerald and Donnadieu, Cecile and Desdevises, Yves and Sanchez-Ferandin, Sophie and Moreau, Herv{\'e} and Rivals, Eric and Grigoriev, Igor V. and Grimsley, Nigel and Eyre-Walker, Adam and Piganeau, Gwenael} } @article {Derelle2017, title = {Prasinovirus attack of ostreococcus is furtive by day but savage by night}, journal = {Journal of Virology}, volume = {92}, number = {4}, year = {2017}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC4221}, month = {nov}, pages = {JVI.01703{\textendash}17}, abstract = {Prasinoviruses are large DNA viruses that infect diverse genera of green microalgae worldwide in aquatic ecosystems, but molecular knowledge of their life-cycles is lacking. Several complete genomes of both these viruses and their marine algal hosts are now available and have been used to show the pervasive presence of these species in microbial metagenomes. We have analysed the life-cycle of OtV5, a lytic virus, using RNA-Seq from 12 time points of healthy or infected Ostreococcus tauri cells over a day/night cycle in culture. In the day, viral gene transcription remained low while host nitrogen metabolism gene transcription was initially strongly repressed for two successive time points before being induced for 8 hours, but in the night viral transcription increased steeply while host nitrogen metabolism genes were repressed and many host functions that are normally reduced in the night appeared to be compensated either by genes expressed from the virus or by increased expression of a subset of 4.4 \% of the host{\textquoteright}s genes. Some host cells lysed progressively during the night, but a larger proportion lysed the following morning. Our data suggest that the life-cycles of algal viruses mirror the diurnal rhythms of their hosts.}, keywords = {accepted 9, mamiellophyceae, ncldv, Ostreococcus, phycodnaviridae, prasinophytes, RCC4221, received 28 september 2017}, issn = {0022-538X}, doi = {10.1128/JVI.01703-17}, url = {http://jvi.asm.org/lookup/doi/10.1128/JVI.01703-17}, author = {Derelle, Evelyne and Yau, Sheree and Moreau, Herv{\'e} and Grimsley, Nigel H.} } @article {Rokitta2016, title = {P- and n-depletion trigger similar cellular responses to promote senescence in eukaryotic phytoplankton}, journal = {Frontiers in Marine Science}, volume = {3}, number = {July}, year = {2016}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2016,RCC1217,RCC126}, month = {jun}, keywords = {2016, rcc1217, RCC126}, issn = {2296-7745}, doi = {10.3389/fmars.2016.00109}, url = {http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2016.00109 http://journal.frontiersin.org/Article/10.3389/fmars.2016.00109/abstract}, author = {Rokitta, Sebastian D. and von Dassow, Peter and Rost, Bj{\"o}rn and John, Uwe} } @article {Amiraux2016, title = {Paradoxical effects of temperature and solar irradiance on the photodegradation state of killed phytoplankton}, journal = {Journal of Phycology}, volume = {52}, number = {3}, year = {2016}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2016,rcc2022}, month = {jun}, pages = {475{\textendash}485}, abstract = {The aim of this paper was to study the effects of temperature and irradiance on the photodegradation state of killed phytoplankton cells. For this purpose, killed cells of the diatom Chaetoceros neogracilis RCC2022 were irradiated (PAR radiations) at 36 and 446 J. s(-1.) m(-2) (for a same cumulative dose of irradiation energy) and at two temperatures (7 and 17{\textdegree}C). Analyses of specific lipid tracers (fatty acids and sterols) revealed that low temperatures and irradiances increased photooxidative damages of monounsaturated lipids (i.e. palmitoleic acid, cholesterol and campesterol). The high efficiency of type II photosensitized degradation processes was attributed to: (i) the relative preservation of the sensitizer (chlorophyll) at low irradiances allowing a longer production of singlet oxygen and (ii) the slow diffusion rate of singlet oxygen through membranes at low temperatures inducing more damages. Conversely, high temperatures and irradiances induced (i) a rapid degradation of the photosensitizer and a loss of singlet oxygen by diffusion outside the membranes (limiting type II photosensitized oxidation), and (ii) intense autoxidation processes degrading unsaturated cell lipids and oxidation products used as photodegradation tracers. Our results may likely explain the paradoxical relationship observed in situ between latitude and photodegradation state of phytoplankton cells. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.}, keywords = {2016, rcc2022}, issn = {00223646}, doi = {10.1111/jpy.12410}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26992328 http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/jpy.12410}, author = {Amiraux, Remi and Jeanthon, Christian and Vaultier, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Rontani, Jean-Fran{\c c}ois}, editor = {Mock, T.} } @article {Blanco-Ameijeiras2016, title = {Phenotypic variability in the coccolithophore emiliania huxleyi.}, journal = {PloS one}, volume = {11}, number = {6}, year = {2016}, note = {ISBN: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157697 Publisher: Public Library of Science tex.mendeley-tags: 2016,rcc1212,rcc1215,rcc1216,rcc1228,rcc1238,rcc1255,rcc1258,rcc1259,rcc1731,rcc3553}, month = {jan}, pages = {e0157697}, abstract = {Coccolithophores are a vital part of oceanic phytoplankton assemblages that produce organic matter and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) containing traces of other elements (i.e. Sr and Mg). Their associated carbon export from the euphotic zone to the oceans{\textquoteright} interior plays a crucial role in CO2 feedback mechanisms and biogeochemical cycles. The coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi has been widely studied as a model organism to understand physiological, biogeochemical, and ecological processes in marine sciences. Here, we show the inter-strain variability in physiological and biogeochemical traits in 13 strains of E. huxleyi from various biogeographical provinces obtained from culture collections commonly used in the literature. Our results demonstrate that inter-strain genetic variability has greater potential to induce larger phenotypic differences than the phenotypic plasticity of single strains cultured under a broad range of variable environmental conditions. The range of variation found in physiological parameters and calcite Sr:Ca highlights the need to reconsider phenotypic variability in paleoproxy calibrations and model parameterizations to adequately translate findings from single strain laboratory experiments to the real ocean.}, keywords = {2016, rcc1212, RCC1215, RCC1216, RCC1228, rcc1238, RCC1255, rcc1258, RCC1259, rcc1731, rcc3553}, issn = {1932-6203}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0157697}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157697}, author = {Blanco-Ameijeiras, Sonia and Lebrato, Mario and Stoll, Heather M and Iglesias-Rodriguez, Debora and M{\"u}ller, Marius N and M{\'e}ndez-Vicente, Ana and Oschlies, Andreas} } @article {LopesdosSantos2016a, title = {Photosynthetic pigments of oceanic Chlorophyta belonging to prasinophytes clade VII}, journal = {Journal of Phycology}, volume = {52}, number = {1}, year = {2016}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2016,rcc,rcc1124,rcc15,rcc1871,rcc2337,rcc2339,rcc287,rcc3374,rcc3376,rcc3402,rcc719,rcc856,rcc857,rcc996,rcc998,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, pages = {148{\textendash}155}, abstract = {The ecological importance and diversity of pico/ nanoplanktonic algae remains poorly studied in marine waters, in part because many are tiny and without distinctive morphological features. Amongst green algae, Mamiellophyceae such as Micromonas or Bathycoccus are dominant in coastal waters while prasinophytes clade VII, yet not formerly described, appear to be major players in open oceanic waters. The pigment composition of 14 strains representative of different subclades of clade VII was analyzed using a method that improves the separation of loroxanthin and neoxanthin. All the prasinophytes clade VII analyzed here showed a pigment composition similar to that previously reported for RCC287 corresponding to pigment group prasino-2A. However, we detected in addition astaxanthin for which it is the first report in prasinophytes. Among the strains analyzed, the pigment signature is qualitatively similar within subclades A and B. By contrast, RCC3402 from subclade C (Picocystis) lacks loroxanthin, astaxanthin, and antheraxanthin but contains alloxanthin, diatoxanthin, and monadoxanthin that are usually found in diatoms or cryptophytes. For subclades A and B, loroxanthin was lowest at highest light irradiance suggesting a light-harvesting role of this pigment in clade VII as in Tetraselmis.}, keywords = {2016, MACUMBA, rcc, RCC1124, RCC15, RCC1871, RCC2337, RCC2339, RCC287, RCC3374, RCC3376, RCC3402, RCC719, RCC856, RCC857, RCC996, RCC998, RCC?o?dd, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$IPO, sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, doi = {10.1111/jpy.12376}, author = {Lopes dos Santos, Adriana and Gourvil, Priscillia and Rodriguez-Hernandez, Francisco and Garrido, Jos{\'e} Luis and Vaulot, Daniel} } @article {Tragin2016, title = {Phylogenetic diversity and ecology of green micro algae in marine systems}, journal = {Perspectives in Phycology}, volume = {in press}, year = {2016}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2016,rcc,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, keywords = {2016, ? No DOI found, rcc, sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, author = {Tragin, M and Lopes dos Santos, Adriana and Christen, R. and Vaulot, D.} } @article {Stawiarski2016, title = {The physiological response of picophytoplankton to temperature and its model representation}, journal = {Fronitiers in Marine Science}, volume = {3}, number = {164}, year = {2016}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: rcc162,rcc1677,rcc212,rcc289,rcc296,rcc30,rcc361,rcc438,rcc503}, pages = {1{\textendash}13}, keywords = {chlorophyll a to carbon, chlorophyll a to carbon ratio, Eppley, frontiers in marine science, frontiersin, org, physiological parameterization, phytoplankton growth rates, phytoplankton size scaling, picoeukaryotes, picophytoplankton, ratio, rcc162, rcc1677, rcc212, rcc289, rcc296, rcc30, rcc361, rcc438, rcc503, temperature tolerance, www}, issn = {2296-7745}, doi = {10.3389/fmars.2016.00164}, author = {Stawiarski, Beate and Buitenhuis, Erik T and Qu{\'e}r{\'e}, Corinne Le} } @article {Garrido2016, title = {Pigment variations in Emiliania huxleyi (CCMP370) as a response to changes in light intensity or quality}, journal = {Environmental Microbiology}, volume = {18}, number = {12}, year = {2016}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2016,rcc1255}, month = {dec}, pages = {4412{\textendash}4425}, keywords = {2016, RCC1255}, issn = {14622912}, doi = {10.1111/1462-2920.13373}, url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/1462-2920.13373}, author = {Garrido, Jos{\'e} L. and Brunet, Christophe and Rodr{\'\i}guez, Francisco} } @article {Percopo2016b, title = {Pseudo-nitzschia arctica sp. nov., a new cold-water cryptic Pseudo-nitzschia species within the P. pseudodelicatissima complex}, journal = {Journal of Phycology}, volume = {52}, number = {2}, year = {2016}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC2002,RCC2004,RCC2005,RCC2517}, month = {apr}, pages = {184{\textendash}199}, abstract = {A new nontoxic Pseudo-nitzschia species belonging to the P. pseudodelicatissima complex, P. arctica, was isolated from different areas of the Arctic. The erection of P. arctica is mainly supported by molecular data, since the species shares identical ultrastructure with another species in the complex, P. fryxelliana, and represents a new case of crypticity within the genus. Despite their morphological similarity, the two species are not closely related in phylogenies based on LSU, ITS and rbcL. Interestingly, P. arctica is phylogenetically most closely related to P. granii and P. subcurvata, from which the species is, however, morphologically different. P. granii and P. subcurvata lack the central larger interspace which is one of the defining features of the P. pseudodelicatissima complex. The close genetic relationship between P. arctica and the two species P. granii and P. subcurvata is demonstrated by analysis of the secondary structure of ITS2 which revealed no compensatory base changes, two hemi-compensatory base changes, and two deletions in P. arctica with respect to the other two species. These findings emphasize that rates of morphological differentiation, molecular evolution and speciation are often incongruent for Pseudo-nitzschia species, resulting in a restricted phylogenetic value for taxonomic characters used to discriminate species. The description of a new cryptic species, widely distributed in the Arctic and potentially representing an endemic component of the Arctic diatom flora, reinforces the idea of the existence of noncosmopolitan Pseudo-nitzschia species and highlights the need for combined morphological and molecular analyses to assess the distributional patterns of phytoplankton species.}, keywords = {RCC2002, RCC2004, RCC2005, RCC2517}, issn = {00223646}, doi = {10.1111/jpy.12395}, url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/jpy.12395}, author = {Percopo, Isabella and Ruggiero, Maria Valeria and Balzano, Sergio and Gourvil, Priscillia and Lundholm, Nina and Siano, Raffaele and Tammilehto, Anna and Vaulot, Daniel and Sarno, Diana}, editor = {Mock, T.} } @article {Stuken2015, title = {Paralytic shellfish toxin content is related to genomic sxtA4 copy number in Alexandrium minutum strains}, journal = {Frontiers in Microbiology}, volume = {6}, number = {May}, year = {2015}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2015,rcc,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, pages = {1{\textendash}10}, abstract = {Dinoflagellates are microscopic aquatic eukaryotes with huge genomes and an unusual cell regulation. For example, most genes are present in numerous copies and all copies seem to be obligatorily transcribed. The consequence of the gene copy number (CPN) for final protein synthesis is, however, not clear. One such gene is sxtA, the starting gene of paralytic shellfish toxin (PST) synthesis. PSTs are small neurotoxic compounds that can accumulate in the food chain and cause serious poisoning incidences when ingested. They are produced by dinoflagellates of the genera Alexandrium, Gymnodium, and Pyrodinium. Here we investigated if the genomic CPN of sxtA4 is related to PST content in Alexandrium minutum cells. SxtA4 is the 4th domain of the sxtA gene and its presence is essential for PST synthesis in dinoflagellates. We used PST and genome size measurements as well as quantitative PCR to analyze sxtA4 CPN and toxin content in 15 A. minutum strains. Our results show a strong positive correlation between the sxtA4 CPN and the total amount of PST produced in actively growing A. minutum cells. This correlation was independent of the toxin profile produced, as long as the strain contained the genomic domains sxtA1 and sxtA4.}, keywords = {2015, Alexandrium, copy, copy number variation, Dinoflagellate, gene dosage, genome size, number variation, paralytic shellfish toxin, paralytic shellfish toxin (PST), pst, rcc, RCC?o?dd, saxitoxin, saxitoxin (STX), sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo, stx, sxtA}, issn = {1664-302X}, doi = {10.3389/fmicb.2015.00404}, url = {http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00404}, author = {St{\"u}ken, Anke and Riob{\'o}, Pilar and Franco, Jos{\'e} and Jakobsen, Kjetill S. and Guillou, Laure and Figueroa, Rosa I.} } @article {Andersen2015, title = {Phaeocystis rex sp. nov. (Phaeocystales, Prymnesiophyceae): a new solitary species that produces a multilayered scale cell covering}, journal = {European Journal of Phycology}, volume = {50}, number = {2}, year = {2015}, note = {Publisher: Taylor \& Francis tex.mendeley-tags: 2015,RCC 4025,rcc}, pages = {207{\textendash}222}, abstract = {A morphologically distinct marine species, Phaeocystis rex sp. nov., was described on the basis of light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and DNA sequence comparisons. Non-motile cells were solitary (non-colonial), 6{\textendash}10 {\textmu}m in diameter and 8{\textendash}15 {\textmu}m long, and possessed chloroplasts with distinctive finger-like lobes. TEM observations demonstrated the presence of two short flagella and a very short haptonema that arose from an invagination of the protoplast. Non-motile cells were surrounded by one to several dense layers composed of scales, presumably unmineralized, and an amorphous material. Phylogenetic analyses based upon combined partial nucleotide sequences for five nuclear-or plastid-encoded genes (18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, 16S rRNA, psbA and rbcL) from cultured strains and from uncharacterized acantharian symbionts confirmed that P. rex was a distinct species. These analyses implied that P. rex occupies an intermediate evolutionary position between solitary and colonial Phaeocystis species.}, keywords = {2015, algae, organic scales, Phaeocystales, Phaeocystis rex, Prymnesiophyceae, rcc, RCC4025, RCC?o?dd, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmE$PPO, systematics, ultrastructure}, issn = {0967-0262}, doi = {10.1080/09670262.2015.1024287}, url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09670262.2015.1024287}, author = {Andersen, Robert A. and Bailey, J. Craig and Decelle, Johan and Probert, Ian} } @article {Gerecht2015, title = {Phosphorus availability modifies carbon production in Coccolithus pelagicus (Haptophyta)}, journal = {Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology}, volume = {472}, year = {2015}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1200}, month = {nov}, pages = {24{\textendash}31}, abstract = {The coccolithophore Coccolithus pelagicus (Wallich) Schiller fixes CO{\textexclamdown}inf{\textquestiondown}2{\textexclamdown}/inf{\textquestiondown} into particulate organic carbon (POC) through photosynthesis and into particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) in the form of calcite. To examine the role of phosphorus (P) availability in the production of POC and PIC, C. pelagicus subsp. braarudii (Gaarder) Geisen et al. was grown in semi-continuous cultures at three initial phosphate concentrations (P-replete, 1, and 0.5??M [P]). Reduced P-availability (1 and 0.5??M [P]) decreased POC production, while PIC production only decreased when phosphate concentrations became growth limiting (0.5??M [P]). This decrease has not been observed previously in batch cultures, highlighting the inadequacy of the batch culture approach with regard to determining carbon production. The reduction in growth rate by 50\% at 0.5??M [P] was accompanied by a doubling in cell volume (and POC). PIC production was halved, resulting in a lowered PIC to POC ratio. The average number of coccoliths per cell (and PIC content) remained the same among treatments, despite the significant change in cell size. Our data suggest that POC production in C. pelagicus is more sensitive towards a moderate reduction in phosphorus availability than PIC production. Once phosphorus availability limits cell division, however, phosphorus resources are invested into POC rather than PIC production. This reduces cell density and sinking rates, indicating that coccoliths do not act as ballast for reaching deeper nutrient-rich layers under nutrient limitation.}, keywords = {Calcification, Carbon production, Coccolithus pelagicus, Phosphorus limitation, RCC1200, Semi-continuous culture}, issn = {00220981}, doi = {10.1016/j.jembe.2015.06.019}, url = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022098115001756}, author = {Gerecht, A.C. and {\v S}upraha, L. and Edvardsen, B. and Langer, G. and Henderiks, J.} } @article {Decelle2015, title = {PhytoREF: a reference database of the plastidial 16S rRNA gene of photosynthetic eukaryotes with curated taxonomy}, journal = {Molecular Ecology Resources}, volume = {15}, number = {6}, year = {2015}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2015,macumba,rcc,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo,sbr?hyto?ppo}, pages = {1435{\textendash}1445}, abstract = {Photosynthetic eukaryotes have a critical role as the main producers in most ecosystems of the biosphere. The ongo- ing environmental metabarcoding revolution opens the perspective for holistic ecosystems biological studies of these organisms, in particular the unicellular microalgae that often lack distinctive morphological characters and have complex life cycles. To interpret environmental sequences, metabarcoding necessarily relies on taxonomically curated databases containing reference sequences of the targeted gene (or barcode) from identified organisms. To date, no such reference framework exists for photosynthetic eukaryotes. In this study, we built the PhytoREF data- base that contains 6490 plastidial 16S rDNA reference sequences that originate from a large diversity of eukaryotes representing all known major photosynthetic lineages. We compiled 3333 amplicon sequences available from public databases and 879 sequences extracted from plastidial genomes, and generated 411 novel sequences from cultured marine microalgal strains belonging to different eukaryotic lineages. A total of 1867 environmental Sanger 16S rDNA sequences were also included in the database. Stringent quality filtering and a phylogeny-based taxonomic classifica- tion were applied for each 16S rDNA sequence. The database mainly focuses on marine microalgae, but sequences from land plants (representing half of the PhytoREF sequences) and freshwater taxa were also included to broaden the applicability of PhytoREF to different aquatic and terrestrial habitats. PhytoREF, accessible via a web interface (http://phytoref.fr), is a new resource in molecular ecology to foster the discovery, assessment and monitoring of the diversity of photosynthetic eukaryotes using high-throughput sequencing.}, keywords = {2015, MACUMBA, rcc, RCC?o?dd, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$IPO, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmE$PPO, sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo, sbr?hyto?ppo}, issn = {1755098X}, doi = {10.1111/1755-0998.12401}, url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/1755-0998.12401}, author = {Decelle, Johan and Romac, Sarah and Stern, Rowena F. and Bendif, El Mahdi and Zingone, Adriana and Audic, St{\'e}phane and Guiry, Michael D. and Guillou, Laure and Tessier, D{\'e}sir{\'e} and Le Gall, Florence and Gourvil, Priscillia and dos Santos, Adriana Lopes and Probert, Ian and Vaulot, Daniel and de Vargas, Colomban and Christen, Richard} } @article {Lepelletier2014, title = {Parvilucifera rostrata sp. nov., a novel parasite in the phylum Perkinsozoa that infects the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum (Dinophyceae)}, journal = {Protist}, volume = {165}, year = {2014}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2014,macumba,rcc,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo,sbr?hyto?app}, pages = {31{\textendash}49}, keywords = {2014, MACUMBA, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$PO, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmP$PM, sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo, sbr?hyto?app}, doi = {10.1016/j.protis.2013.09.005}, author = {Lepelletier, F and Karpov, S A and Le Panse, S and Bigeard, E and Skovgaard, A and Jeanthon, C and Guillou, L} } @article {Shukla2013, title = {Phycoerythrin-specific bilin lyase{\textendash}isomerase controls blue-green chromatic acclimation in marine Synechococcus}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, volume = {109}, year = {2013}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2013,rcc,sbr?hyto?app}, pages = {20136{\textendash}20141}, keywords = {2013, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmP$PM, sbr?hyto?app}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1211777109}, author = {Shukla, A and Biswas, A and Blot, N and Partensky, F and Karty, J A and Hammad, L A and Garczarek, L and Gutu, A and Schluchter, W M and Kehoe, D M} } @article {Vandepoele2013, title = {pico-PLAZA, a genome database of microbial photosynthetic eukaryotes}, journal = {Environmental Microbiology}, volume = {15}, number = {8}, year = {2013}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: Micromonas,rcc}, pages = {2147{\textendash}2153}, abstract = {With the advent of next generation genome sequencing, the number of sequenced algal genomes and transcriptomes is rapidly growing. Although a few genome portals exist to browse individual genome sequences, exploring complete genome information from multiple species for the analysis of user-defined sequences or gene lists remains a major challenge. pico-PLAZA is a web-based resource (http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/pico-plaza/) for algal genomics that combines different data types with intuitive tools to explore genomic diversity, perform integrative evolutionary sequence analysis and study gene functions. Apart from homologous gene families, multiple sequence alignments, phylogenetic trees, Gene Ontology, InterPro and text-mining functional annotations, different interactive viewers are available to study genome organization using gene collinearity and synteny information. Different search functions, documentation pages, export functions and an extensive glossary are available to guide non-expert scientists. To illustrate the versatility of the platform, different case studies are presented demonstrating how pico-PLAZA can be used to functionally characterize large-scale EST/RNA-Seq data sets and to perform environmental genomics. Functional enrichments analysis of 16 Phaeodactylum tricornutum transcriptome libraries offers a molecular view on diatom adaptation to different environments of ecological relevance. Furthermore, we show how complementary genomic data sources can easily be combined to identify marker genes to study the diversity and distribution of algal species, for example in metagenomes, or to quantify intraspecific diversity from environmental strains.}, keywords = {Micromonas, rcc}, doi = {10.1111/1462-2920.12174}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12174}, author = {Vandepoele, Klaas and Van Bel, Michiel and Richard, Guilhem and Van Landeghem, Sofie and Verhelst, Bram and Moreau, Herv{\'e} and Van de Peer, Yves and Grimsley, Nigel and Piganeau, Gwenael} } @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 {Monier2012, title = {Phosphate transporters in marine phytoplankton and their viruses: cross-domain commonalities in viral-host gene exchanges}, journal = {Environmental Microbiology}, volume = {14}, number = {1}, year = {2012}, note = {Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd tex.mendeley-tags: Micromonas,RCC,rcc}, pages = {162{\textendash}176}, abstract = {Phosphate (PO4) is an important limiting nutrient in marine environments. Marine cyanobacteria scavenge PO4 using the high-affinity periplasmic phosphate binding protein PstS. The pstS gene has recently been identified in genomes of cyanobacterial viruses as well. Here, we analyse genes encoding transporters in genomes from viruses that infect eukaryotic phytoplankton. We identified inorganic PO4 transporter-encoding genes from the PHO4 superfamily in several virus genomes, along with other transporter-encoding genes. Homologues of the viral pho4 genes were also identified in genome sequences from the genera that these viruses infect. Genome sequences were available from host genera of all the phytoplankton viruses analysed except the host genus Bathycoccus. Pho4 was recovered from Bathycoccus by sequencing a targeted metagenome from an uncultured Atlantic Ocean population. Phylogenetic reconstruction showed that pho4 genes from pelagophytes, haptophytes and infecting viruses were more closely related to homologues in prasinophytes than to those in what, at the species level, are considered to be closer relatives (e.g. diatoms). We also identified PHO4 superfamily members in ocean metagenomes, including new metagenomes from the Pacific Ocean. The environmental sequences grouped with pelagophytes, haptophytes, prasinophytes and viruses as well as bacteria. The analyses suggest that multiple independent pho4 gene transfer events have occurred between marine viruses and both eukaryotic and bacterial hosts. Additionally, pho4 genes were identified in available genomes from viruses that infect marine eukaryotes but not those that infect terrestrial hosts. Commonalities in marine host-virus gene exchanges indicate that manipulation of host-PO4 uptake is an important adaptation for viral proliferation in marine systems. Our findings suggest that PO4-availability may not serve as a simple bottom-up control of marine phytoplankton.}, keywords = {Micromonas, rcc}, doi = {10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02576.x}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02576.x}, author = {Monier, Adam and Welsh, Rory M and Gentemann, Chelle and Weinstock, George and Sodergren, Erica and Armbrust, E Virginia and Eisen, Jonathan A and Worden, Alexandra Z} } @article {Treusch2012, title = {Phytoplankton distribution patterns in the northwestern Sargasso Sea revealed by small subunit rRNA genes from plastids}, journal = {The ISME journal}, volume = {6}, year = {2012}, note = {Publisher: International Society for Microbial Ecology tex.mendeley-tags: Micromonas,RCC,rcc}, pages = {481{\textendash}492}, keywords = {Bathycoccus, CHRYSOPHYCEAE, key?aper, Micromonas, Ostreococcus, pelagophyceae, Prasinophyceae, Prymnesiophyceae, QPCR, rcc, TRFLP}, doi = {10.1038/ismej.2011.117}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.117 http://www.nature.com/ismej/journal/vaop/ncurrent/suppinfo/ismej2011117s1.html}, author = {Treusch, Alexander H and Demir-Hilton, Elif and Vergin, Kevin L and Worden, Alexandra Z and Carlson, Craig A and Donatz, Michael G and Burton, Robert M and Giovannoni, Stephen J} } @article {Clerissi2012, title = {Prasinoviruses of the marine green alga Ostreococcus tauri are mainly species specific}, journal = {Journal of Virology}, volume = {86}, number = {8}, year = {2012}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1110,RCC1114,RCC1115,RCC1116,RCC1117,RCC1123,RCC1558,RCC1561,RCC745}, pages = {4611{\textendash}4619}, abstract = {Prasinoviruses infecting unicellular green algae in the order Mamiellales (class Mamiellophyceae) are commonly found in coastal marine waters where their host species frequently abound. We tested 40 Ostreococcus tauri viruses on 13 independently isolated wild-type O. tauri strains, 4 wild-type O. lucimarinus strains, 1 Ostreococcus sp. ({\textquotedblleft}Ostreococcus mediterraneus{\textquotedblright}) clade D strain, and 1 representative species of each of two other related species of Mamiellales, Bathycoccus prasinos and Micromonas pusilla. Thirty-four out of 40 viruses infected only O. tauri, 5 could infect one other species of the Ostreococcus genus, and 1 infected two other Ostreococcus spp., but none of them infected the other genera. We observed that the overall susceptibility pattern of Ostreococcus strains to viruses was related to the size of two host chromosomes known to show intraspecific size variations, that genetically related viruses tended to infect the same host strains, and that viruses carrying inteins were strictly strain specific. Comparison of two complete O. tauri virus proteomes revealed at least three predicted proteins to be candidate viral specificity determinants.}, keywords = {rcc, RCC1110, RCC1114, RCC1115, RCC1116, RCC1117, RCC1123, RCC1558, RCC1561, RCC745}, issn = {0022-538X}, doi = {10.1128/jvi.07221-11}, url = {http://jvi.asm.org/content/86/8/4611.abstract}, author = {Clerissi, Camille and Desdevises, Yves and Grimsley, Nigel} } @article {Ishida2011, title = {Partenskyella glossopodia (Chlorarachniophyceae) possesses a nucleomorph genome of approximately 1 Mbp}, journal = {Phycological Research}, volume = {59}, number = {2}, year = {2011}, note = {Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Asia tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc}, pages = {120{\textendash}122}, abstract = {SUMMARY The nucleomorph genome size of the recently described chlorarachniophyte Partenskyella glossopodia, which forms an independent lineage in the phylogeny of chlorarachniophytes, was analyzed by pulse-field gel electrophoresis and Southern hybridization. These analyses showed that the nucleomorph genome of P. glossopodia is composed of three linear chromosomes that are about 445 kbp, 313 kbp, and 275 kbp in size. Thus, the total genome size is approximately 1033 kbp, which is significantly larger than the known size of chlorarachniophyte nucleomorph genomes, i.e. 330{\textendash}610 kbp. This is the first study to report a nucleomorph genome that reaches approximately 1 Mbp in size.}, keywords = {Chlorarachniophytes, genome reduction, genome size, nucleomorph, Partenskyella glossopodia, rcc}, doi = {10.1111/j.1440-1835.2011.00608.x}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2011.00608.x}, author = {Ishida, Ken-ichiro and Endo, Hiroko and Koike, Sayaka} } @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 {Minge2010, title = {A phylogenetic mosaic plastid proteome and unusual plastid-targeting signals in the green-colored dinoflagellate Lepidodinium chlorophorum}, journal = {BMC Evolutionary Biology}, volume = {10}, year = {2010}, note = {ISBN: 1471-2148 tex.mendeley-tags: 2010,rcc}, pages = {191}, abstract = {Background: Plastid replacements through secondary endosymbioses include massive transfer of genes from the endosymbiont to the host nucleus and require a new targeting system to enable transport of the plastid-targeted proteins across 3-4 plastid membranes. The dinoflagellates are the only eukaryotic lineage that has been shown to have undergone several plastid replacement events, and this group is thus highly relevant for studying the processes involved in plastid evolution. In this study, we analyzed the phylogenetic origin and N-terminal extensions of plastid-targeted proteins from Lepidodinium chlorophorum, a member of the only dinoflagellate genus that harbors a green secondary plastid rather than the red algal-derived, peridinin-containing plastid usually found in photosynthetic dinoflagellates. Results: We sequenced 4,746 randomly picked clones from a L. chlorophorum cDNA library. 22 of the assembled genes were identified as genes encoding proteins functioning in plastids. Some of these were of green algal origin. This confirms that genes have been transferred from the plastid to the host nucleus of L. chlorophorum and indicates that the plastid is fully integrated as an organelle in the host. Other nuclear-encoded plastid-targeted protein genes, however, are clearly not of green algal origin, but have been derived from a number of different algal groups, including dinoflagellates, streptophytes, heterokonts, and red algae. The characteristics of N-terminal plastid-targeting peptides of all of these genes are substantially different from those found in peridinin-containing dinoflagellates and green algae. Conclusions: L. chlorophorum expresses plastid-targeted proteins with a range of different origins, which probably arose through endosymbiotic gene transfer (EGT) and horizontal gene transfer (HGT). The N-terminal extension of the genes is different from the extensions found in green alga and other dinoflagellates (peridinin- and haptophyte plastids). These modifications have likely enabled the mosaic proteome of L. chlorophorum.}, keywords = {2010, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmE$PPO}, doi = {10.1186/1471-2148-10-191}, author = {Minge, M A and Shalchian-Tabrizi, K and Torresen, O K and Takishita, K and Probert, I and Inagaki, Y and Klaveness, D and Jakobsen, K S} } @article {Ota2009, title = {Partenskyella glossopodia gen. et sp. nov., the first report of chlorarachniophyte that lacks pyrenoid}, journal = {Protist}, volume = {160}, year = {2009}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2009,rcc,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, pages = {137{\textendash}150}, keywords = {2009, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$PO, sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, doi = {10.1016/j.protis.2008.09.003}, author = {Ota, S and Vaulot, D and Le Gall, F and Yabuki, A and Ishida, K} } @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 {Six2009, title = {Photosystem II and pigment dynamics among ecotypes of the green alga Ostreococcus}, journal = {Plant Physiology}, volume = {151}, year = {2009}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC809}, pages = {379{\textendash}390}, abstract = {We investigated the photophysiological response of three ecotypes of the picophytoplankter Ostreococcus and a larger prasinophyte Pyramimonas obovata to a sudden increase in light irradiance. The deepwater Ostreococcus sp. RCC809 showed very high susceptibility to primary photoinactivation, likely a consequence of high oxidative stress, which may relate to the recently noted plastid terminal oxidase activity in this strain. The three Ostreococcus ecotypes were all able of deploying modulation of photosystem II repair cycle in order to cope with the light increase, but the effective clearance of photoinactivated D1 protein appeared to be slower in the deep water Ostreococcus sp. RCC809, suggesting that this step is rate-limiting in the photosystem II repair cycle in this strain. The deepwater Ostreococcus moreover accumulated lutein and showed substantial use of the xanthophyll cycle under light stress, demonstrating its high sensitivity to light fluctuations. The sustained component of the non-photochemical quenching of fluorescence correlated well with the xanthophyll de-epoxidation activity. Comparisons with the larger prasinophyte Pyramimonas obovata suggest that the photophysiology of Ostreococcus ecotypes requires high photosystem II repair rates to counter a high susceptibility to photoinactivation, consistent with low pigment package effects in their minute-sized cells.}, keywords = {rcc, RCC809, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmP$PM}, doi = {10.1104/pp.109.140566}, author = {Six, C and Sherrard, R and Lionard, M and Roy, S and Campbell, D A} } @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 {Rodriguez2008, title = {Phylogenetic and morphological characterization of the green algae infesting blue mussel Mytilus edulis in the North and South Atlantic}, journal = {Diseases of Aquatic Organisms}, volume = {81}, year = {2008}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC894}, pages = {231{\textendash}240}, keywords = {rcc, RCC894, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$PO}, doi = {10.3354/dao01956}, author = {Rodriguez, F and Feist, S W and Guillou, L and Harkestad, L S and Bateman, K and Renault, T and Mortensen, S} } @article {LeGall2008, title = {Picoplankton diversity in the south-east pacific ocean from cultures}, journal = {Biogeosciences}, volume = {5}, year = {2008}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2008,rcc,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo,sbr?hyto?app}, pages = {203{\textendash}214}, keywords = {2008, PICOFUNPAC, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$PO, sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo, sbr?hyto?app}, doi = {10.5194/bg-5-203-2008}, author = {Le Gall, F and Rigaut-Jalabert, F and Marie, D and Garczareck, L and Viprey, M and Godet, A and Vaulot, D} } @article {Jouenne2008, title = {Plankton taxonomy in the computer age}, journal = {Cahiers de Biologie Marine}, volume = {49}, year = {2008}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2008,rcc,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, pages = {355{\textendash}367}, abstract = {

Preservation of biodiversity starts with knowledge of biodiversity. Based on this principle, numerous projects combining taxonomy and web-based technologies have developed over the last fifteen years, often with the aim of listing all living organisms described to date. Individual lists have been progressively incorporated into federative projects, such as Species 2000 or the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Nowadays, modern taxonomy is splited up between traditionalism and pragmatism. The Internet can provide new advantages to taxonomy (accessibility and efficiency) without reducing quality. In the future, it would be highly desirable to ba able to publish species descriptions and revisions on permanent web-sites on the model of GENBANK. Biodiversity inventory projects should converge to a very limited number of portals (e.g. Encyclopedia of Life). We illustrate these concepts by presenting Plankton*Net an interactive web site dedicated to the taxonomy and images of plankton.

}, keywords = {2008, ? No DOI found, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$PO, sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo}, author = {Jouenne, F and Probert, I and Vaulot, D} } @article {Kettler2007, title = {Patterns and implications of gene gain and loss in the evolution of Prochlorococcus}, journal = {PLoS genetics}, volume = {3}, year = {2007}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc}, pages = {e231}, keywords = {rcc}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pgen.0030231}, author = {Kettler, G and Martiny, A C and Huang, K and Zucker, J and Coleman, M L and Rodrigue, S and Chen, F and Lapidus, A and Ferriera, S and Johnson, J and Steglich, C and Church, G and Richardson, P and Chisholm, S W} } @article {Dimier2007, title = {Photophysiological properties of the marine picoeukaryote Picochlorum RCC 237 (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)}, journal = {Journal of Phycology}, volume = {43}, number = {2}, year = {2007}, note = {ISBN: 0022-3646 tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc}, pages = {275{\textendash}283}, abstract = {The photophysiological properties of strain RCC 237 belonging to the marine picoplanktonic genus Picochlorum, first described by Henley et al., were investigated under different photon flux densities (PFD), ranging from 40 to 400 mu mol photons. m(-2).s(-1), mainly focusing on the development of the xanthophyll cycle and its relationship with the nonphotochemical quenching of fluorescence (NPQ). The functioning of the xanthophyll cycle and its photoprotective role was investigated by applying a progressive increase of PFD and using dithiotreitol and norflurazon to block specific enzymatic reactions in order to study in depth the relationship between xanthophyll cycle and NPQ. These two processes were significantly related only during the gradually increasing light periods and not during stable light periods, where NPQ and zeaxanthin were decoupled. This result reveals that NPQ is a photoprotective process developed by algae only when cells are experiencing increasing PFD or in response to stressful light variations, for instance after a sudden light shift. Results showed that the photobiological properties of Picochlorum strain RCC 237 seem to be well related to the surface water characteristics, as it is able to maintain its photosynthetic characteristics under different PFDs and to quickly activate the xanthophyll cycle under high light.}, keywords = {A FLUORESCENCE, CHLAMYDOMONAS-REINHARDTII, DIATOM PHAEODACTYLUM-TRICORNUTUM, ENERGY-DISSIPATION, fluctuating light, fluorescence quantum yield, MANTONIELLA-SQUAMATA, nonphotochemical quenching of fluorescence, photoacclimation, PHOTOSYNTHETIC APPARATUS, picoplankton, POOL SIZE, rcc, VIOLAXANTHIN DE-EPOXIDASE, Xanthophyll cycle, XANTHOPHYLL-CYCLE, zeaxanthin}, doi = {10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00327.x}, author = {Dimier, C and Corato, F and Saviello, G and Brunet, C} } @article {Khan2007, title = {Plastid genome sequence of the cryptophyte alga Rhodomonas salina CCMP1319: lateral transfer of putative DNA replication machinery and a test of chromist plastid phylogeny}, journal = {Molecular Biology and Evolution}, volume = {24}, number = {8}, year = {2007}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc}, pages = {1832{\textendash}1842}, abstract = {Cryptophytes are a group of unicellular algae with chlorophyll c-containing plastids derived from the uptake of a secondary (i.e., eukaryotic) endosymbiont. Biochemical and molecular data indicate that cryptophyte plastids are derived from red algae, yet the question of whether or not cryptophytes acquired their red algal plastids independent of those in heterokont, haptophyte, and dinoflagellate algae is of long-standing debate. To better understand the origin and evolution of the cryptophyte plastid, we have sequenced the plastid genome of Rhodomonas salina CCMP1319: at 135,854 bp, it is the largest secondary plastid genome characterized thus far. It also possesses interesting features not seen in the distantly related cryptophyte Guillardia theta or in other red secondary plastids, including pseudogenes, introns, and a bacterial-derived gene for the tau/gamma subunit of DNA polymerase III (dnaX), the first time putative DNA replication machinery has been found encoded in any plastid genome. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that dnaX was acquired by lateral gene transfer (LGT) in an ancestor of Rhodomonas, most likely from a firmicute bacterium. A phylogenomic survey revealed no additional cases of LGT, beyond a noncyanobacterial type rpl36 gene similar to that recently characterized in other cryptophytes and haptophytes. Rigorous concatenated analysis of 45 proteins encoded in 15 complete plastid genomes produced trees in which the heterokont, haptophyte, and cryptophyte (i.e., chromist) plastids were monophyletic, and heterokonts and haptophytes were each other{\textquoteright}s closest relatives. However, statistical support for chromist monophyly disappears when amino acids are recoded according to their chemical properties in order to minimize the impact of composition bias, and a significant fraction of the concatenate appears consistent with a sister-group relationship between cryptophyte and haptophyte plastids.}, keywords = {*DNA Replication, *Gene Transfer, *Genome, Bacteria/*genetics, Cryptophyta/*genetics, DNA, evolution, genes, Horizontal, Molecular, phylogeny, Plant, Plastids/*genetics, rcc, Sequence Analysis, symbiosis}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve\&db=PubMed\&dopt=Citation\&list_uids=17522086}, author = {Khan, H and Parks, N and Kozera, C and Curtis, B A and Parsons, B J and Bowman, S and Archibald, J M} } @article {Worden2006, title = {Picoeukaryote diversity in coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean}, journal = {Aquatic Microbial Ecology}, volume = {43}, number = {2}, year = {2006}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: Micromonas,RCC,rcc}, pages = {165{\textendash}175}, abstract = {The extraordinary molecular phylogenetic diversity of picoeukaryotes and their contributions to marine processes have been highlighted recently. Herein, picoeukaryotic diversity in the coastal Pacific Ocean is characterized for the first time, Close to full length small subunit ribosomal RNA (ssu rRNA) gene amplicons were cloned and sequenced from size fractionated samples ({\textexclamdown} 2 mu m) taken between September 2000 and October 2001. Sequences belonging to the order Mamiellales were abundant, with Micromonas pusilla-like sequences in all 5 libraries (4 operational taxonomic units, OTUs, at {\textquestiondown}= 99\% sequence similarity), Ostreococcus in 4 (1 OTU) and Bathycoccus in 2 (1 OTU). Phylogenetic reconstruction showed distinct Micromonas clades at this site (although not for other Mamiellales), supporting the idea that the designation M pusilla harbors cryptic species. In combination with picophytoplankton dynamics previously reported for the same period, the data indicates that picoplanktonic primary production at this site is likely to be dominated by prasinophytes. Furthermore, a Micromonas-clade with no cultured representatives was identified bearing highest identity to Sargasso Sea shotgun clone sequences. Comparison of the Pacific sequences with the shotgun clones showed Ostreococcus and Micromonas at 1 Sargasso site with elevated chlorophyll (chl) levels, but not at other Sargasso sites. Other Pacific clones were primarily Novel Alveolate Group II, which were highly diverse based on OTU analyses. Novel Alveolate Group 1, Ciliophora, Cercozoa-like and stramenopile sequences were also retrieved. Although picoeukaryotic diversity has been characterized in only 1 other Pacific Ocean sample (equatorial Pacific), most stramenopile and alveolate sequences corresponded to previously identified phylogenetic clades from studies conducted in other oceans and for which no cultured representatives exist.}, keywords = {18s rdna sequences, 18S rRNA, community structure, diversity, english-channel, eukaryotic picoplankton, global dispersal, Micromonas, north-atlantic, phylogenetic analysis, picoeukaryotes, picophytoplankton, picoplankton, prasinophytes, pusilla, rcc, RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENE, sargasso sea, small subunit, vibrio-cholerae}, doi = {10.3354/ame043165}, author = {Worden, A Z} } @inbook {Marie2005, title = {Phytoplankton cell counting by flow cytometry}, booktitle = {Algal culturing techniques}, year = {2005}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2005,rcc,sbr?hyto}, pages = {253{\textendash}267}, publisher = {Academic Press}, organization = {Academic Press}, keywords = {2005, PICODIV, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$PO, sbr?hyto}, author = {Marie, D and Simon, N and Vaulot, D}, editor = {Andersen, R A} } @article {Henley2004, title = {Phylogenetic analysis of the Nannochloris-like{\textquoteright} algae and diagnoses of Picochlorum oklahomensis gen. et sp nov (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)}, journal = {Phycologia}, volume = {43}, number = {6}, year = {2004}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2004,rcc,sbr?hyto}, pages = {641{\textendash}652}, abstract = {A broadly halotolerant new isolate of a small asexual coccoid chlorophyte and six new, related freshwater isolates provided the impetus for a phylogenetic analysis of the so-called {\textquoteright}Nannochloris-like{\textquoteright} algae within the Trebouxiophyceae. Previous taxonomic disagreements concerning this group had not been rigorously tested with molecular phylogenetic analyses. We show with 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequence phylogeny that 19 of 22 isolates previously assigned to either Nannochloris or Nanochlorum fall within a diverse sister clade to a clade including the four {\textquoteright}true{\textquoteright} Chlorella species sensu loto. In addition, Marvania geminata, Gloeotila contorta, Chlorella sp. Yanaqocha RA1, Koliella spiculiformis, {\textquoteright}Chlorella minutissima{\textquoteright} C-1.1.9. and new Koliella, Gloeotila and Marvania isolates were included in the Nannochloris-like clade. Distinct freshwater and marine or saline lineages comprise at least three major subclades, generally corresponding to cell division pattern. Seven of 14 marine or saline isolates are known (and the others presumed) to divide by autosporulation. Eight freshwater isolates divide by binary fission, including two Koliella, two Gloeotila, N. bacillaris, Chlorella sp. Yanaqocha RA1, and two new unassigned isolates. Four freshwater isolates divide by budding or autosporulation (three Marvania, including CCAP 251/1b. previously assigned to N. coccoides). The autosporic taxa N. eucaryotum UTEX 2502 (marine) and C. minutissima C-1.1.9 (freshwater), which have nearly identical 18S rDNA sequences, are deeper-branching than the freshwater and marine or saline lineages. We propose including the 13 marine or saline, autosporic taxa (excluding N. eucaryotum UTEX 2502) in the new genus Picochlorum until distinctive morphological or biochemical characters are identified that would indicate multiple genera corresponding to subclades. Such characters exist in the freshwater lineages, supporting retention of Koliella, Gloeotila, Marvania and Nannochloris as distinct genera, although each is currently represented by few isolates. Nannochloris at this time may be restricted to N. bacillaris and Chlorella sp. Yanaqocha RA1. We also describe halotolerant P. oklahomensis Hironaka sp. nov. Based on 18S rDNA sequence and lack of chlorophyll b, Nannochloris sp. UTEX 2379 should be reassigned to the Eustigmatophyceae.}, keywords = {18s-, 2004, Aquatic-sciences, cell-wall, chlorella-, green-alga, life-cycle, marvania-geminata, morphology-, Nanochlorum-eucaryotum, position-, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$PO, sbr?hyto, SEQUENCES}, doi = {10.2216/i0031-8884-43-6-641.1}, author = {Henley, W J and Hironaka, J L and Guillou, L and Buchheim, M A and Buchheim, J A and Fawley, M W and Fawley, K P} } @article {Latasa2004, title = {Pigment suites and taxonomic groups in Prasinophyceae}, journal = {Journal of Phycology}, volume = {40}, number = {6}, year = {2004}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2004,rcc,sbr?hyto}, month = {dec}, pages = {1149{\textendash}1155}, keywords = {2004, PICODIV, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$PO, sbr?hyto}, issn = {00223646}, doi = {10.1111/j.1529-8817.2004.03136.x}, url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2004.03136.x}, author = {Latasa, Mikel and Scharek, Renate and Gall, Florence Le and Guillou, Laure and Le Gall, F} } @article {Fawley2000, title = {Phylogenetic analyses of 18S rDNA sequences reveal a new coccoid lineage of the Prasinophyceae (Chlorophyta)}, journal = {Journal of Phycology}, volume = {36}, number = {2}, year = {2000}, note = {ISBN: 0022-3646 Publisher: Phycological Soc Amer Inc tex.address: 810 East 10Th St, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc}, pages = {387{\textendash}393}, abstract = {Phylogenetic analyses of 18S rDNA sequences from 25 prasinophytes, including 10 coccoid isolates, reveals that coccoid organisms are-found in at least three prasinophyte lineages, The coccoid Ostreococcus tauri is included in the Mamiellales lineage and Pycnococcus provasolii is allied with the f dfellate Pseudoscourfieldia marina. A previously undescribed prasinophyte lineage is comprised of the coccoid Prasinococcus cf. Capsulatus (CCMP 1407) and other isolates tentatively identified as Prasinococcussp. (CCMP 1202, CCMP 1614, and CCMP 1194), as well as three unnamed coccoids (CCMP 1193, CCMP 1413, and CCMP 1220). No flagellate organisms are known from this lineage. Organisms of this new lineage share some characteristics of both the Pycnococcaceae and the Mamiellales, although relationships among these separate lineages were not supported by bootstrap analyses. An additional unnamed coccoid isolate (CCMP 1205) is separate from all major prasinophyte lineages. The analyses did not resolve the relationships among the major prasinophyte lineages, although they support previous conclusions that the Prasinophyceae are not monophyletic.}, keywords = {ALGAL CAROTENOIDS, coccoid algae, EVOLUTIONARY TREES, Gen, GREEN-ALGAE, LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX, MICROMONADOPHYCEAE CHLOROPHYTA, Prasinophyceae, PRASINOXANTHIN, PSEUDOSCOURFIELDIA-MARINA, rcc, RDNA, RIBOSOMAL-RNA SEQUENCES, Sequence Analysis, sp-nov}, doi = {10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.99105.x}, author = {Fawley, M W and Yun, Y and Qin, M} } @article {Courties1998, title = {Phylogenetic analysis and genome size of Ostreococcus tauri (Chlorophyta, Prasinophyceae)}, journal = {Journal of Phycology}, volume = {34}, number = {5}, year = {1998}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC745}, pages = {844{\textendash}849}, abstract = {Ostreococcus tauri Courties et Chretiennot-Dinet is the smallest described autotrophic eukaryote dominating the phytoplanktonic assemblage of the marine Mediterranean Thau lagoon (France). Its taxonomic position was partly elucidated from ultrastructure and high-pressure liquid chromatography (HLPC) pigment analysis. The sequence analysis of the 18S rDNA gene of O. Tauri measured here is available in EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database (accession number: Y15814) and allowed to clarify its phylogenetic position. O. Tauri belongs to the Prasinophyceae and appears very close to Mantoniella, a typical scaly Prasinophyceae, morphologically very different from the naked and coccoid Ostreococcus. An electrophoretic analysis of O. Tauri shows that the nucleus contains 10.20 mbp. This small genome fragmented into 14 chromosomes ranging in size from 300 to 1500 kbp, confirms the minimalist characteristics of Ostreococcus tauri.}, keywords = {rcc, RCC745, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto}, doi = {10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340844.x}, author = {Courties, C and Perasso, R and Chr{\'e}tiennot-Dinet, M.-J. and Gouy, M and Guillou, L and Troussellier, M} } @article {Vaulot1994, title = {Phaeocystis spp.: morphology, ploidy, pigment composition and genome size of cultured strains}, journal = {Journal of Phycology}, volume = {30}, year = {1994}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc}, pages = {1022{\textendash}1035}, keywords = {rcc, RCC SBR$_\textrmP$hyto}, doi = {10.1111/j.0022-3646.1994.01022.x}, author = {Vaulot, D and Birrien, J.-L. and Marie, D and Casotti, R and Veldhuis, M J W and Kraay, G W and Chr{\'e}tiennot-Dinet, M.-J.} } @article {Partensky1993, title = {Photoacclimation of Prochlorococcus sp. (Prochlorophyta) strains isolated from the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea}, journal = {Plant Physiology}, volume = {101}, year = {1993}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC,rcc,sbr?hyto}, pages = {295{\textendash}296}, keywords = {hplc, Photosynthesis, Pigment, rcc, RCC SBR$_\textrmP$hyto, sbr?hyto, \#PROCHLOROPHYTE}, doi = {10.1104/pp.101.1.285}, author = {Partensky, F and Hoepffner, N and Li, W K W and Ulloa, O and Vaulot, D} } @article {Morel1993, title = {Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus: a comparative study of their size, pigmentation and related optical properties}, journal = {Journal of Marine Research}, volume = {51}, year = {1993}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 1993,rcc,sbr?hyto}, pages = {617{\textendash}649}, keywords = {1993, hplc, OPTICS, Pigment, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto, sbr?hyto, Synechococcus, \#PROCHLOROPHYTE}, doi = {10.1357/0022240933223963}, author = {Morel, A and Ahn, Y.-W. and Partensky, F and Vaulot, Daniel and Claustre, H} } @article {ISI:A1984AAU2400012, title = {Purification and properties of ι-carrageenase from a marine bacterium}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Microbiology}, volume = {30}, number = {12}, year = {1984}, note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC5933}, month = {dec}, pages = {1500{\textendash}1506}, keywords = {RCC5933}, issn = {0008-4166}, doi = {10.1139/m84-239}, url = {http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/m84-239}, author = {Greer, C. W. and Yaphe, W.} }