Genome dynamics following plastid endosymbiosis

Neoproterozoic origin and multiple transitions to macroscopic growth in green seaweeds

Andrea Del Cortona, Christopher J Jackson, François Bucchini, Michiel Van Bel, Sofie D’hondt, Pavel Škaloud, Charles F Delwiche, Andrew H Knoll, John A Raven, Heroen Verbruggen, Klaas Vandepoele, Olivier De Clerck, Frederik Leliaert

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The Neoproterozoic Era records the transition from a largely bacterial to a predominantly..

Genomic adaptations to an endolithic lifestyle in the coral-associated alga Ostreobium

Cintia Iha, Katherine E Dougan, Javier A Varela, Viridiana Avila, Christopher J Jackson, Kenny A Bogaert, Yibi Chen, Louise M Judd, Ryan Wick, Kathryn E Holt, Marisa M Pasella, Francesco Ricci, Sonja I Repetti, Monica Medina, Vanessa R Marcelino, Cheong Xin Chan, Heroen Verbruggen

2021-04-12

The green alga Ostreobium is an important coral holobiont member, playing key roles in skeletal decalcification and providing phot..

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

2020-12-01

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

Genomic adaptations to an endolithic lifestyle in the coral-associated alga Ostreobium

Cintia Iha, Katherine Dougan, Javier Varela, Viridiana Avila, Christopher Jackson, Kenny Bogaert, Yibi Chen, Louise Judd, Ryan Wick, Kathryn Holt, Marisa Pasella, Francesco Ricci, Sonja Repetti, Mónica Medina, Vanessa Marcelino, Cheong Xin Chan, Heroen Verbruggen

2020-07-22

<h4>Summary</h4> The green alga Ostreobium is an important coral holobiont member, playing key roles in skeletal decalcification a..

Neoproterozoic origin and multiple transitions to macroscopic growth in green seaweeds

Andrea Del Cortona, Christopher J Jackson, Francois Bucchini, Michiel Van Bel, Sofie D'hondt, Pavel Skaloud, Charles F Delwiche, Andrew H Knoll, John A Raven, Heroen Verbruggen, Klaas Vandepoele, Olivier De Clerck, Frederik Leliaert

2020-02-04

The Neoproterozoic Era records the transition from a largely bacterial to a predominantly eukaryotic phototrophic world, creating ..

The inflated mitochondrial genomes of siphonous green algae reflect processes driving expansion of noncoding DNA and proliferation of introns

Sonja Repetti, Christopher J Jackson, Louise M Judd, Ryan R Wick, Kathryn E Holt, Heroen Verbruggen

2020-01-03

Within the siphonous green algal order Bryopsidales, the size and gene arrangement of chloroplast genomes has been examined extens..

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

2019-10-09

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

2019-04-01

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

Reassessment of the classification of Bryopsidales (Chlorophyta) based on chloroplast phylogenomic analyses

Ma Chiela M Cremen, Frederik Leliaert, John West, Daryl W Lam, Satoshi Shimada, Juan M Lopez-Bautista, Heroen Verbruggen

2019-01-01

The Bryopsidales is a morphologically diverse group of mainly marine green macroalgae characterized by a siphonous structure. The ..

Patterns and drivers of species diversity in the Indo-Pacific red seaweed Portieria

Frederik Leliaert, Dioli Ann Payo, Carlos Frederico D Gurgel, Tom Schils, Stefano GA Draisma, Gary W Saunders, Mitsunobu Kamiya, Alison R Sherwood, Showe-Mei Lin, John M Huisman, Line Le Gall, Robert J Anderson, John J Bolton, Lydiane Mattio, Mayalen Zubia, Tracey Spokes, Christophe Vieira, Claude E Payri, Eric Coppejans, Sofie D'hondt

2018-10-01

AIM: Biogeographical processes underlying Indo‐Pacific biodiversity patterns have been relatively well studied in marine shallow w..

Large Diversity of Nonstandard Genes and Dynamic Evolution of Chloroplast Genomes in Siphonous Green Algae (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta)

Ma Chiela M Cremen, Frederik Leliaert, Vanessa R Marcelino, Heroen Verbruggen

2018-04-01

Chloroplast genomes have undergone tremendous alterations through the evolutionary history of the green algae (Chloroplastida). Th..

Organization of plastid genomes in the freshwater red algal order Batrachospermales (Rhodophyta)

Monica Orlandi Paiano, Andrea Del Cortona, Joana F Costa, Shao-Lun Liu, Heroen Verbruggen, Olivier De Clerck, Orlando Necchi

2018-02-01

Little is known about genome organization in members of the order Batrachospermales, and the infra-ordinal relationship remains un..

Plastid phylogenomics with broad taxon sampling further elucidates the distinct evolutionary origins and timing of secondary green plastids

Christopher Jackson, Andrew H Knoll, Cheong Xin Chan, Heroen Verbruggen

2018-01-24

Secondary plastids derived from green algae occur in chlorarachniophytes, photosynthetic euglenophytes, and the dinoflagellate gen..

Highly structured prokaryote communities exist within the skeleton of coral colonies

Vanessa R Marcelino, Madeleine JH van Oppen, Heroen Verbruggen

2018-01-01

Physiological performance, disease and bleaching prevalence are often patchy within individual coral colonies. These responses are..

High-throughput sequencing for algal systematics

Mariana C Oliveira, Sonja I Repetti, Cintia Iha, Christopher J Jackson, Pilar Diaz-Tapia, Karoline Magalhaes Ferreira Lubiana, Valeria Cassano, Joana F Costa, Ma Chiela M Cremen, Vanessa R Marcelino, Heroen Verbruggen

2018-01-01

In recent years, the use of molecular data in algal systematics has increased as high-throughput sequencing (HTS) has become more ..

The Plastid Genome in Cladophorales Green Algae Is Encoded by Hairpin Chromosomes

Andrea Del Cortona, Frederik Leliaert, Kenny A Bogaert, Monique Turmel, Christian Boedeker, Jan Janouskovec, Juan M Lopez-Bautista, Heroen Verbruggen, Klaas Vandepoele, Olivier De Clerck

2017-12-18

Virtually all plastid (chloroplast) genomes are circular double-stranded DNA molecules, typically between 100 and 200 kb in size a..

Diversity and stability of coral endolithic microbial communities at a naturally high pCO(2) reef

Vanessa Rossetto Marcelino, Kathleen M Morrow, Madeleine JH van Oppen, David G Bourne, Heroen Verbruggen

2017-10-01

The health and functioning of reef-building corals is dependent on a balanced association with prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes..

PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF THE CORAL SYMBIONT OSTREOBIUM (ULVOPHYCEAE) INFERRED FROM CHLOROPLAST GENOME DATA

Heroen Verbruggen, Vanessa R Marcelino, Michael D Guiry, Ma Chiela M Cremen, Christopher J Jackson

2017-08-01

The green algal genus Ostreobium is an important symbiont of corals, playing roles in reef decalcification and providing photosynt..

The plastid genome in Cladophorales green algae is encoded by hairpin plasmids

Andrea Del Cortona, Frederik Leliaert, Kenny Bogaert, Monique Turmel, Christian Boedeker, Jan Janouškovec, Juan Lopez-Bautista, Heroen Verbruggen, Klaas Vandepoele, Olivier De Clerck

2017-06-02

Virtually all plastid (chloroplast) genomes are circular double-stranded DNA molecules, typically between 100-200 kb in size and e..

Reference datasets of tufAle and UPA markers to identify algae in metabarcoding surveys

Vanessa Rossetto Marcelino, Heroen Verbruggen

2017-04-01

The data presented here are related to the research article "Multi-marker metabarcoding of coral skeletons reveals a rich microbio..

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

Richard Wetherbee, Heroen Verbruggen

2016-10-01

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

Evolutionary Dynamics of Chloroplast Genomes in Low Light: A Case Study of the Endolithic Green Alga Ostreobium quekettii

Vanessa R Marcelino, Ma Chiela M Cremen, Chistopher J Jackson, Anthony AW Larkum, Heroen Verbruggen

2016-09-01

Some photosynthetic organisms live in extremely low light environments. Light limitation is associated with selective forces as we..