Richard Wetherbee

On the role of cell surface associated, mucin-like glycoproteins in the pennate diatom Craspedostauros australis (Bacillariophyceae).

Nicole Poulsen, Helene Hennig, Veikko F Geyer, Stefan Diez, Richard Wetherbee, Sorel Fitz-Gibbon, Matteo Pellegrini, Nils Kröger

Journal article  |  2023  |  J Phycol

Diatoms are single-celled microalgae with silica-based cell walls (frustules) that are abundantly present in aquatic habitats, and..

Structure and formation of the perforated theca defining the Pelagophyceae (Heterokonta), and three new genera that substantiate the diverse nature of the class

Richard Wetherbee, Trevor T Bringloe, Allison van de Meene, Robert A Andersen, Heroen Verbruggen

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

The pelagophytes, a morphologically diverse class of marine heterokont algae, have been historically united only by DNA sequences...

Multigene Phylogeny, Morphological Observation and Re-examination of the Literature Lead to the Description of the Phaeosacciophyceae Classis Nova and Four New Species of the Heterokontophyta SI Clade

Louis Graf, Eun Chan Yang, Kwi Young Han, Frithjof C Kupper, Kylla M Benes, Jason K Oyadomari, Roger JH Herbert, Heroen Verbruggen, Richard Wetherbee, Robert A Andersen, Hwan Su Yoon

Journal article  |  2020  |  PROTIST

The relationships among the Aurearenophyceae, Phaeothamniophyceae, Phaeophyceae and Xanthophyceae lineages of the Heterokontophyta..

New pelagophytes show a novel mode of algal colony development and reveal a perforated theca that may define the class

Richard Wetherbee, Trevor T Bringloe, Joana F Costa, Allison van de Meene, Robert A Andersen, Heroen Verbruggen

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Pelagophytes (Heterokonta) are a morphologically diverse class of marine algae historically united only by DNA sequences. We estab..

Metatranscriptomic Identification of Diverse and Divergent RNA Viruses in Green and Chlorarachniophyte Algae Cultures

Justine Charon, Vanessa Rossetto Marcelino, Richard Wetherbee, Heroen Verbruggen, Edward C Holmes

Journal article  |  2020  |  Viruses

Our knowledge of the diversity and evolution of the virosphere will likely increase dramatically with the study of microbial eukar..

A new marine prasinophyte genus alternates between a flagellate and a dominant benthic stage with microrhizoids for adhesion

Richard Wetherbee, Vanessa Rossetto Marcelino, Joana F Costa, Brenna Grant, Simon Crawford, Ross F Waller, Robert A Andersen, Drew Berry, Geoffrey McFadden, Heroen Verbruggen

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Prasinophytes (Chlorophyta) are a diverse, paraphyletic group of planktonic microalgae for which benthic species are largely unkno..

The golden paradox - a new heterokont lineage with chloroplasts surrounded by two membranes

Richard Wetherbee, Christopher J Jackson, Sonja I Repetti, Lesley A Clementson, Joana F Costa, Allison van de Meene, Simon Crawford, Heroen Verbruggen

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

A marine, sand-dwelling, golden-brown alga is described from clonal cultures established from a high intertidal pool in southeaste..

Kraftionema allantoideum, a new genus and family of Ulotrichales (Chlorophyta) adapted for survival in high intertidal pools

Richard Wetherbee, Heroen Verbruggen

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

The marine, sand-dwelling green alga Kraftionema allantoideum gen. et sp. nov. is described from clonal cultures established from ..

Diatom adhesives: Molecular and mechanical properties

PJ Molino, A Chiovitti, MJ Higgins, TM Dugdale, R Wetherbee

Book Chapter  |  2016

Diatoms are an incredibly diverse group of microalgae that are primarily characterized by their highly ornamented siliceous cell w..

Andersenia, a genus of filamentous, sand-dwelling Pelagophyceae from southeastern Australia

Richard Wetherbee, Sebastian G Gornik, Brenna Grant, Ross F Waller

Journal article  |  2015  |  PHYCOLOGIA

A new marine pelagophyte genus, Andersenia, was described from clonal cultures established from sand samples collected in coastal ..