Acclimation of photosynthetic apparatus in the mesophilic red alga Dixoniella giordanoi.

ABSTRACT: Eukaryotic algae are photosynthetic organisms capable of exploiting sunlight to fix carbon dioxide into biomass with highly variable genetic and metabolic features. Information on algae metabolism from different species is inhomogeneous and, while green algae are, in general, more characterized, information on red algae is relatively scarce despite their relevant position in eukaryotic algae diversity. Within red algae, the best-known species are extremophiles or multicellular, while information on mesophilic unicellular organisms is still lacunose. Here, we investigate the photosynthetic properties of a recently isolated seawater unicellular mesophilic red alga, Dixoniella giordanoi. Upon exposure to different illuminations, D. giordanoi shows the ability to acclimate, modulate chlorophyl

SUBMITTER: Fattore N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8596783 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature