The freshwater red algal genus Sheathia contains species with heterocortication (both bulbous and cylindrical cells
covering the main axis) and homocortication (only cylindrical cells). When the genus was proposed, the species with
heterocortication were revised, but al...
Gymnodinium smaydae is a newly described mixotrophic dinoflagellate that feeds on only Heterocapsa spp. and
Scrippsiella acuminata among 19 tested algal prey. It is one of the fastest growing dinoflagellates when feeding, but
does not grow well without pre...
Temperate rocky reefs dominated by the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, support diverse assemblages of benthic macroalgae
that provide a suite of ecosystem services, including high rates of primary production in aquatic ecosystems.
These forests and the benthic macroal...
Haematococcus pluvialis is a commercial microalga that can produce high quantities of astaxanthin. Under induced
conditions, some important changes in the subcellular structures related to astaxanthin accumulation were observable.
For example, a large number of astaxant...
Water temperature is known to affect the growth and feeding of marine dinoflagellates. Each dinoflagellate species
grows well at a certain optimal temperature but dies at very cold and hot temperatures. Thus, changes in water temperatures
driven by global warming and extremely...
Omega-3 fatty acids, including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), are polyunsaturated
fatty acids beneficial to human health. A limited number of microalgae have been used for commercial omega-3 production,
which necessitates the identification of new ...
The applications of DNA barcoding have a wide range of uses, such as in taxonomic studies to help elucidate cryptic
species and phylogenetic relationships and analyzing environmental samples for biodiversity monitoring and conservation
assessments of species. After obtaining t...
