Biomass from microalgae: the potential of domestication towards sustainable biofactories

Agrobacterium-mediated and electroporation-mediated transformation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: a comparative study

(2018) Paola Mini et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

Systems and synthetic biology for the biotechnological application of cyanobacteria

(2018) Martin Hagemann et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Enzymatic hydrolysis of microalgal cellulose for bioethanol production, modeling and sensitivity analysis

(2018) Hanieh Shokrkar et al.   FUEL

Rapid and efficient genetic transformation of the green microalga Chlorella vulgaris

(2018) Manu Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

Separation, identification and quantification of carotenoids and chlorophylls in dietary supplements containing Chlorella vulgaris and Spirulina platensis using High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography

(2018) Veronika Hynstova et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS

Dynamics and function of DNA methylation in plants

(2018) Huiming Zhang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Enhancing heterologous expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by transcript sequence optimization

(2018) Iddo Weiner et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Multi-Product Microalgae Biorefineries: From Concept Towards Reality

(2018) G.P. 't Lam et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Photosystem II Subunit S overexpression increases the efficiency of water use in a field-grown crop

(2018) Katarzyna Głowacka et al.   Nature Communications

CO2 utilization in the production of biomass and biocompounds by three different microalgae

(2017) Joana Assunção et al.   ENGINEERING IN LIFE SCIENCES

Bioethanol production from acidic and enzymatic hydrolysates of mixed microalgae culture

(2017) Hanieh Shokrkar et al.   FUEL

Microalgal Cultivation in Secondary Effluent: Recent Developments and Future Work

(2017) Junping Lv et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

An improvedEscherichia coliscreen for Rubisco identifies a protein–protein interface that can enhance CO2-fixation kinetics

(2017) Robert H. Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Botryococcus braunii strains compared for biomass productivity, hydrocarbon and carbohydrate content

(2017) Joao Diogo Gouveia et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lipid production in Nannochloropsis gaditana is doubled by decreasing expression of a single transcriptional regulator

(2017) Imad Ajjawi et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Neuroprotective Activities of Spirulina platensis in the 6-OHDA Model of Parkinson’s Disease Are Related to Its Anti-Inflammatory Effects

(2017) Francisco Arnaldo Viana Lima et al.   NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH

Genetic and metabolic engineering in diatoms

(2017) Weichao Huang et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

High-yield secretion of recombinant proteins from the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2017) Erick Miguel Ramos-Martinez et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

A mutant of Chlamydomonas without LHCSR maintains high rates of photosynthesis, but has reduced cell division rates in sinusoidal light conditions

(2017) Michael Cantrell et al.   PLoS One

Efficient targeted DNA editing and replacement inChlamydomonas reinhardtiiusing Cpf1 ribonucleoproteins and single-stranded DNA

(2017) Aron Ferenczi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bioenergy application of Dunaliella salina SA 134 grown at various salinity levels for lipid production

(2017) Rajper Aftab Ahmed et al.   Scientific Reports

Enhanced extracellular polysaccharide production and growth by microalga Netrium digitus in a porous substrate bioreactor

(2017) Alice Ekelhof et al.   Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts

Enhancing photosynthetic biomass productivity of industrial oleaginous microalgae by overexpression of RuBisCO activase

(2017) Li Wei et al.   Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts

Knock-Down of the IFR1 Protein Perturbs the Homeostasis of Reactive Electrophile Species and Boosts Photosynthetic Hydrogen Production in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2017) Deepak Venkanna et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Microalgae as Bio-fertilizers for Rice Growth and Seed Yield Productivity

(2017) R. Dineshkumar et al.   Waste and Biomass Valorization

Microalgae, old sustainable food and fashion nutraceuticals

(2017) José L. García et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

CO2 Biofixation and Growth Kinetics of Chlorella vulgaris and Nannochloropsis gaditana

(2016) Michał Adamczyk et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

New tools for chloroplast genetic engineering allow the synthesis of human growth hormone in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2016) Thanyanan Wannathong et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The antioxidant, immunomodulatory, and anti-inflammatory activities of Spirulina: an overview

(2016) Qinghua Wu et al.   ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY

Simultaneous production of triacylglycerol and high-value carotenoids by the astaxanthin-producing oleaginous green microalga Chlorella zofingiensis

(2016) Jin Liu et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Biorefineries of carbon dioxide: From carbon capture and storage (CCS) to bioenergies production

(2016) Wai Yan Cheah et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Potential application of microalgaSpirulina platensisas a protein source

(2016) Anne Luize Lupatini et al.   JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

Temperature-sensitive PSII: a novel approach for sustained photosynthetic hydrogen production

(2016) Vinzenz Bayro-Kaiser et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

A novel genetic engineering platform for the effective management of biological contaminants for the production of microalgae

(2016) Maribel M. Loera-Quezada et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Genome editing of model oleaginous microalgaeNannochloropsisspp. by CRISPR/Cas9

(2016) Qintao Wang et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Microalgae biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuel for power generation

(2016) Jassinnee Milano et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Microalgae potential as a biogas source: current status, restraints and future trends

(2016) David U. Santos-Ballardo et al.   REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY

Light-dependent chlorophyll f synthase is a highly divergent paralog of PsbA of photosystem II

(2016) M.-Y. Ho et al.   SCIENCE

Improving photosynthesis and crop productivity by accelerating recovery from photoprotection

(2016) Johannes Kromdijk et al.   SCIENCE

DNA-free two-gene knockout in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii via CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoproteins

(2016) Kwangryul Baek et al.   Scientific Reports

A CRISPR/Cas9 system adapted for gene editing in marine algae

(2016) Marianne Nymark et al.   Scientific Reports

Microfluidic high-throughput selection of microalgal strains with superior photosynthetic productivity using competitive phototaxis

(2016) Jaoon Young Hwan Kim et al.   Scientific Reports

Robust Transgene Expression from Bicistronic mRNA in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2016) Masayuki Onishi et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Transgene Expression in Microalgae—From Tools to Applications

(2016) Lior Doron et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Microalgae potential as a biogas source: current status, restraints and future trends

(2016) David U. Santos-Ballardo et al.   REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY

Progress on lipid extraction from wet algal biomass for biodiesel production

(2016) Forough Ghasemi Naghdi et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Increased biomass productivity in green algae by tuning non-photochemical quenching

(2016) Silvia Berteotti et al.   Scientific Reports

CRISPR/Cas9-induced knockout and knock-in mutations in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2016) Sung-Eun Shin et al.   Scientific Reports

Extraction of nutraceuticals from Spirulina (blue-green alga): A bioorganic chemistry practice using thin-layer chromatography

(2015) Irma Herrera Bravo de Laguna et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EDUCATION

Regulation of starch and lipid accumulation in a microalga Chlorella sorokiniana

(2015) Tingting Li et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Utilization of biodiesel-derived glycerol or xylose for increased growth and lipid production by indigenous microalgae

(2015) Gustavo B. Leite et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Anaerobic digestion of microalgal biomass: Challenges, opportunities and research needs

(2015) Cristina Gonzalez-Fernandez et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Enhancing microalgal photosynthesis and productivity in wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds for biofuel production

(2015) Donna L. Sutherland et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Chemical absorption and CO 2 biofixation via the cultivation of Spirulina in semicontinuous mode with nutrient recycle

(2015) Gabriel Martins da Rosa et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Continuous cultivation of photosynthetic microorganisms: Approaches, applications and future trends

(2015) Bruno D. Fernandes et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Generation of random mutants to improve light-use efficiency of Nannochloropsis gaditana cultures for biofuel production

(2015) Giorgio Perin et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Fast forward genetics to identify mutations causing a high light tolerant phenotype in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by whole-genome-sequencing

(2015) Lisa Schierenbeck et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Dewatering and Drying Methods for Microalgae

(2015) Ching-Lung Chen et al.   DRYING TECHNOLOGY

An immune-enhancing water-soluble α-glucan from Chlorella vulgaris and structural characteristics

(2015) Mehdi Tabarsa et al.   FOOD SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Stable nuclear transformation of the oleaginous microalga Neochloris oleoabundans by electroporation

(2015) Wipa Chungjatupornchai et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

Biofertilizer and biostimulant properties of the microalga Acutodesmus dimorphus

(2015) Jesus Garcia-Gonzalez et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

Regulation of astaxanthin and its intermediates through cloning and genetic transformation of β-carotene ketolase in Haematococcus pluvialis

(2015) S. Kathiresan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Influence of enzymatic hydrolysis on the biochemical methane potential ofChlorella vulgarisandScenedesmussp.

(2015) Ahmed Mahdy et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Chlamydomonas as a model for biofuels and bio-products production

(2015) Melissa A. Scranton et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Plant immunity triggered by engineered in vivo release of oligogalacturonides, damage-associated molecular patterns

(2015) Manuel Benedetti et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identification and characterization of multiple rubisco activases in chemoautotrophic bacteria

(2015) Yi-Chin Candace Tsai et al.   Nature Communications

A novel electroporation system for efficient molecular delivery into Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with a 3-dimensional microelectrode

(2015) Seongsu Kang et al.   Scientific Reports

Microalgae cultivation in urban wastewater: Nutrient removal and biomass production for biodiesel and methane

(2015) M.P. Caporgno et al.   Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts

Genetic engineering of the green alga Chlorella zofingiensis: a modified norflurazon-resistant phytoene desaturase gene as a dominant selectable marker

(2014) Jin Liu et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Protease cell wall degradation of Chlorella vulgaris: Effect on methane production

(2014) Ahmed Mahdy et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Pretreatment of microalgae to improve biogas production: A review

(2014) Fabiana Passos et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

High-efficiency nuclear transformation of the oleaginous marineNannochloropsisspecies using PCR product

(2014) Fengjuan Li et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Superior triacylglycerol (TAG) accumulation in starchless mutants of Scenedesmus obliquus: (II) evaluation of TAG yield and productivity in controlled photobioreactors

(2014) Guido Breuer et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Domestication of the green alga Chlorella sorokiniana: reduction of antenna size improves light-use efficiency in a photobioreactor

(2014) Stefano Cazzaniga et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Nutritional evaluation of microalgae oils rich in omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids as an alternative for fish oil

(2014) Eline Ryckebosch et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

Overview of the potential of microalgae for CO2 sequestration

(2014) V. Bhola et al.   International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Engineering photosynthetic organisms for the production of biohydrogen

(2014) Alexandra Dubini et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Optimizing Rubisco and its regulation for greater resource use efficiency

(2014) ELIZABETE CARMO-SILVA et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Reinventing the Green Revolution by Harnessing Crop Mutant Resources

(2014) P. Langridge   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Development of a Nuclear Transformation System for Oleaginous Green Alga Lobosphaera (Parietochloris) incisa and Genetic Complementation of a Mutant Strain, Deficient in Arachidonic Acid Biosynthesis

(2014) Boris Zorin et al.   PLoS One

A Simple and Non-Invasive Method for Nuclear Transformation of Intact-walled Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2014) Sora Kim et al.   PLoS One

Co-Cultivation of Fungal and Microalgal Cells as an Efficient System for Harvesting Microalgal Cells, Lipid Production and Wastewater Treatment

(2014) Digby Wrede et al.   PLoS One

DNA methylation as a system of plant genomic immunity

(2014) M. Yvonne Kim et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Metabolic engineering of yeasts by heterologous enzyme production for degradation of cellulose and hemicellulose from biomass: a perspective

(2014) William Kricka et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The role of the cell wall in plant immunity

(2014) Frederikke G. Malinovsky et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Screening and characterization of Isochrysis strains and optimization of culture conditions for docosahexaenoic acid production

(2013) Jin Liu et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Rubisco mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii enhance photosynthetic hydrogen production

(2013) T. S. Pinto et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Identification of Monoraphidium contortum as a promising species for liquid biofuel production

(2013) Christian Bogen et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Optimization of outdoor cultivation in flat panel airlift reactors for lipid production byChlorella vulgaris

(2013) Ronja Münkel et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

High-value products from microalgae—their development and commercialisation

(2013) Michael A. Borowitzka   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

Three-Dimensional Ultrastructural Study of Oil and Astaxanthin Accumulation during Encystment in the Green Alga Haematococcus pluvialis

(2013) Marina Wayama et al.   PLoS One

RNAi Knock-Down of LHCBM1, 2 and 3 Increases Photosynthetic H2 Production Efficiency of the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2013) Melanie Oey et al.   PLoS One

Reduction of water and energy requirement of algae cultivation using an algae biofilm photobioreactor

(2012) Altan Ozkan et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Genetically Engineered Algae for Biofuels: A Key Role for Ecologists

(2012)   BIOSCIENCE

Closed photobioreactors for production of microalgal biomasses

(2012) Bei Wang et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Improving carbon fixation pathways

(2012) Daniel C Ducat et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Regulation of the pigment optical density of an algal cell: Filling the gap between photosynthetic productivity in the laboratory and in mass culture

(2012) Cinzia Formighieri et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

HOW MANY SPECIES OF ALGAE ARE THERE?

(2012) Michael D. Guiry   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Opportunities and challenges for a sustainable energy future

(2012) Steven Chu et al.   NATURE

Modulation of the light-harvesting chlorophyll antenna size in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by TLA1 gene over-expression and RNA interference

(2012) M. Mitra et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Expression of theChlamydomonas reinhardtii Sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphataseinDunaliella bardawilleads to enhanced photosynthesis and increased glycerol production

(2012) Lei Fang et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Truncated Photosystem Chlorophyll Antenna Size in the Green Microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii upon Deletion of the TLA3-CpSRP43 Gene

(2012) H. Kirst et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Robust Expression and Secretion of Xylanase1 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by Fusion to a Selection Gene and Processing with the FMDV 2A Peptide

(2012) Beth A. Rasala et al.   PLoS One

SINGLET OXYGEN RESISTANT 1 links reactive electrophile signaling to singlet oxygen acclimation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2012) B. B. Fischer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cellulose degradation and assimilation by the unicellular phototrophic eukaryote Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2012) Olga Blifernez-Klassen et al.   Nature Communications

Optimization of photosynthetic light energy utilization by microalgae

(2012) Zoee Perrine et al.   Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts

Heterotrophic/mixotrophic cultivation of oleaginous Chlorella vulgaris on industrial co-products

(2012) Debjani Mitra et al.   Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts

Horizontal or vertical photobioreactors? How to improve microalgae photosynthetic efficiency

(2011) María Cuaresma et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Marine natural products

(2011) John W. Blunt et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Mutagenesis and phenotypic selection as a strategy toward domestication of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strains for improved performance in photobioreactors

(2011) Giulia Bonente et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Decoding algal genomes: tracing back the history of photosynthetic life on Earth

(2011) Leïla Tirichine et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

High Cleavage Efficiency of a 2A Peptide Derived from Porcine Teschovirus-1 in Human Cell Lines, Zebrafish and Mice

(2011) Jin Hee Kim et al.   PLoS One

Reduction-oxidation poise regulates the sign of phototaxis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2011) K.-i. Wakabayashi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Improving photosynthesis for algal biofuels: toward a green revolution

(2011) Patrick G. Stephenson et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms in Eukaryotic Marine Phytoplankton

(2010) John R. Reinfelder   Annual Review of Marine Science

Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency for Greater Yield

(2010) Xin-Guang Zhu et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

MRL1, a Conserved Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein, Is Required for Stabilization of rbcL mRNA in Chlamydomonas and Arabidopsis

(2010) X. Johnson et al.   PLANT CELL

Advancing Our Understanding and Capacity to Engineer Nature's CO2-Sequestering Enzyme, Rubisco

(2010) S. M. Whitney et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Energy's Tricky Tradeoffs

(2010) A. Cho   SCIENCE

Productivity ofChlorella sorokinianain a short light-path (SLP) panel photobioreactor under high irradiance

(2009) María Cuaresma et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

The kinetic properties of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase may explain the high apparent photosynthetic affinity of Nannochloropsis sp. to ambient inorganic carbon

(2009) Dan Tchernov et al.   ISRAEL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Improvement of light to biomass conversion by de-regulation of light-harvesting protein translation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2009) J. Beckmann et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

An ancient light-harvesting protein is critical for the regulation of algal photosynthesis

(2009) Graham Peers et al.   NATURE

Solar energy conversion efficiencies in photosynthesis: Minimizing the chlorophyll antennae to maximize efficiency

(2009) Anastasios Melis   PLANT SCIENCE

Microalgae for biodiesel production and other applications: A review

(2009) Teresa M. Mata et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Microalgae for oil: Strain selection, induction of lipid synthesis and outdoor mass cultivation in a low-cost photobioreactor

(2008) Liliana Rodolfi et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Biology and technology for photochemical fuel production

(2008) Michael Hambourger et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

The Occurrence of thepsbSGene Product inChlamydomonas reinhardtiiand in Other Photosynthetic Organisms and Its Correlation with Energy Quenching†

(2008) Giulia Bonente et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY