Differences in the Formation Mechanism of Giant Colonies in Two Phaeocystis globosa Strains.

ABSTRACT: Phaeocystis globosa has become one of the primary causes of harmful algal bloom in coastal areas of southern China in recent years, and it poses a serious threat to the marine environment and other activities depending upon on it (e.g., aquaculture, cooling system of power plants), especially in the Beibu Gulf. We found colonies of P. globosa collected form Guangxi (China) were much larger than those obtained from Shantou cultured in lab. To better understand the causes of giant colonies formation, colonial cells collected from P. globosa GX strain (GX-C) and ST strain (ST-C) were separated by filtration. Morphological observations, phylogenetic analyses, rapid light-response curves, fatty acid profiling and transcriptome analyses of two type cells were performed in the laboratory. Althoug

SUBMITTER: Liang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7432625 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature