We report here the 98.5 Mbp haploid genome (12,924 protein coding genes) of Ulva mutabilis,
a ubiquitous and iconic representative of the Ulvophyceae or green seaweeds. Ulva's …

The genus Dictyota (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) comprises parenchymatous algae occurring
predominantly in tropical to warm-temperate waters and has gathered attention due to its …

… , Kenny Bogaert Kenny Bogaert is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of
Liège. He received his PhD in Biology from the Ghent University in 2015 for work on the early …

Brown algae are an extremely interesting, but surprisingly poorly explored, group of organisms.
They are one of only five eukaryotic lineages to have independently evolved complex …

Virtually all plastid (chloroplast) genomes are circular double-stranded DNA molecules,
typically between 100 and 200 kb in size and encoding circa 80–250 genes. Exceptions to this …

The green alga Ostreobium is an important coral holobiont member, playing key roles in
skeletal decalcification and providing photosynthate to bleached corals that have lost their …

Acetate can be efficiently metabolized by the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
The regular concentration is 17 mM, although higher concentrations are reported to increase …

Background The molecular mechanism underlying sexual reproduction in land plants is
well understood in model plants and is a target for crop improvement. However, unlike land …

Oxygenic photosynthesis, the chemical process whereby light energy powers the conversion
of carbon dioxide into organic compounds and oxygen is released as a waste product, …

Auxin is a key regulator of many developmental processes in land plants and plays a strikingly
similar role in the phylogenetically distant brown seaweeds. Emerging evidence shows …