Brown algae (Phaeophyceae) are complex photosynthetic organisms with a very different
evolutionary history to green plants, to which they are only distantly related 1 . These …

Red seaweeds are key components of coastal ecosystems and are economically important
as food and as a source of gelling agents, but their genes and genomes have received little …

Porphyra umbilicalis (laver) belongs to an ancient group of red algae (Bangiophyceae), is
harvested for human food, and thrives in the harsh conditions of the upper intertidal zone. …

Red algae have the most gene-rich plastid genomes known, but despite their evolutionary
importance these genomes remain poorly sampled. Here we characterize three complete and …

Background Chlorophyll-binding proteins (CBPs) constitute a large family of proteins with
diverse functions in both light-harvesting and photoprotection. The evolution of CBPs has been …

• Intertidal seaweeds inhabit an inherently stressful environment with rapidly changing physical
conditions with the turning tides. Many macroalgae are therefore very resistant to abiotic …

The research described in this paper was designed to test the hypothesis that the differential
stress tolerance associated with the vertical zonation of intertidal seaweeds is attributable to …

The red macro-alga Chondrus crispus is known to produce superoxide radicals in response
to cell-free extracts of its green algal pathogenic endophyte Acrochaete operculata. So far, …

Seagrasses colonized the sea 1 on at least three independent occasions to form the basis
of one of the most productive and widespread coastal ecosystems on the planet 2 . Here we …

• Knowledge about primary metabolic processes is essential for the understanding of the
physiology and ecology of seaweeds. The Ectocarpus siliculosus genome now facilitates …