Every refuge has its price: Ostreobium as a model for understanding how algae can live in rock and stay in business

The role of the endolithic alga Ostreobium spp. during coral bleaching recovery

(2022) Claudia Tatiana Galindo-Martínez et al.   Scientific Reports

Multiple techniques point to oxygenic phototrophs dominating the Isopora palifera skeletal microbiome

(2021) Francesco Ricci et al.   CORAL REEFS

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

(2021) Cintia Iha et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Light Capture, Skeletal Morphology, and the Biomass of Corals’ Boring Endoliths

(2021) A. J. Fordyce et al.   mSphere

Large phylogenomic datasets reveal deep relationships and trait evolution in chlorophyte green algae

(2021) Xi Li et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Phylogenomic analysis restructures the ulvophyceae

(2021) Øyvind Sætren Gulbrandsen et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Neoproterozoic origin and multiple transitions to macroscopic growth in green seaweeds

(2020) Andrea Del Cortona et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Substantial near-infrared radiation-driven photosynthesis of chlorophyll f-containing cyanobacteria in a natural habitat

(2020) Michael Kühl et al.   eLife

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

(2020) Sonja I. Repetti et al.   PeerJ

Functional diversity of microboring Ostreobium algae isolated from corals

(2020) Anaïs Massé et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Carbonate dissolution by reef microbial borers: a biogeological process producing alkalinity under different pCO2 conditions

(2019) A. Tribollet et al.   FACIES

A siphonous macroalgal genome suggests convergent functions of homeobox genes in algae and land plants

(2019) Asuka Arimoto et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Down to the bone: the role of overlooked endolithic microbiomes in reef coral health

(2019) Mathieu Pernice et al.   ISME Journal

Beneath the surface: community assembly and functions of the coral skeleton microbiome

(2019) Francesco Ricci et al.   Microbiome

Conspicuous endolithic algal associations in a mesophotic reef-building coral

(2018) Fanny L Gonzalez-Zapata et al.   CORAL REEFS

The complete mitochondrial genome of the Caulerpa lentillifera (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta): Sequence, genome content, organization structure and phylogenetic consideration

(2018) Fengrong Zheng et al.   GENE

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

(2018) Ma Chiela M Cremen et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

A siphonous morphology affects light-harvesting modulation in the intertidal green macroalga Bryopsis corticulans (Ulvophyceae)

(2018) Vasco Giovagnetti et al.   PLANTA

Early skeletal colonization of the coral holobiont by the microboring Ulvophyceae Ostreobium sp.

(2018) A. Massé et al.   Scientific Reports

Insights into the Evolution of Multicellularity from the Sea Lettuce Genome

(2018) Olivier De Clerck et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Reassessment of the classification of bryopsidales (chlorophyta) based on chloroplast phylogenomic analyses

(2018) Ma. Chiela M. Cremen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

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

(2018) Christopher Jackson et al.   Scientific Reports

Phylogenetic position of the coral symbiont Ostreobium (Ulvophyceae) inferred from chloroplast genome data

(2017) Heroen Verbruggen et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Diversity and stability of coral endolithic microbial communities at a naturally high p CO2 reef

(2017) Vanessa Rossetto Marcelino et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

13 C and 15 N assimilation and organic matter translocation by the endolithic community in the massive coral Porites lutea

(2017) Laddawan Sangsawang et al.   Royal Society Open Science

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

(2016) Vanessa R. Marcelino et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The ‘other’ coral symbiont: Ostreobium diversity and distribution

(2016) Javier del Campo et al.   ISME Journal

Extreme cellular adaptations and cell differentiation required by a cyanobacterium for carbonate excavation

(2016) Brandon Scott Guida et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multi-marker metabarcoding of coral skeletons reveals a rich microbiome and diverse evolutionary origins of endolithic algae

(2016) Vanessa Rossetto Marcelino et al.   Scientific Reports

A metabarcoding framework for facilitated survey of endolithic phototrophs with tufA

(2016) Thomas Sauvage et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

The three steps of the carbonate biogenic dissolution process by microborers in coral reefs (New Caledonia)

(2015) J. S. Grange et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Spectral and functional studies on siphonaxanthin-type light-harvesting complex of photosystem II from Bryopsis corticulans

(2013) Wenda Wang et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Phylogeny and Molecular Evolution of the Green Algae

(2012) Frederik Leliaert et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Genotypic diversity and distribution of Ostreobium quekettii within scleractinian corals

(2011) Eldad Gutner-Hoch et al.   CORAL REEFS

Who Is in There? Exploration of Endophytic Bacteria within the Siphonous Green Seaweed Bryopsis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta)

(2011) Joke Hollants et al.   PLoS One

Characterization of carbohydrate combining sites of Bryohealin, an algal lectin from Bryopsis plumosa

(2010) Min Gui Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

Increased rate of D1 repair in coral symbionts during bleaching is insufficient to counter accelerated photo-inactivation

(2010) Ross Hill et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Evolution and Cytological Diversification of the Green Seaweeds (Ulvophyceae)

(2010) E. Cocquyt et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Microbial excavation of solid carbonates powered by P-type ATPase-mediated transcellular Ca2+ transport

(2010) F. Garcia-Pichel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Red-Shifted Chlorophyll: Fig. 1

(2010) Min Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Using a meiosis detection toolkit to investigate ancient asexual “scandals” and the evolution of sex

(2008) Andrew M. Schurko et al.   BIOESSAYS

Dynamics and patterns of algal colonization on mechanically damaged and dead colonies of the coral Porites lutea

(2008) Eduard A. Titlyanov et al.   BOTANICA MARINA

IMAGING OF OXYGEN DYNAMICS WITHIN THE ENDOLITHIC ALGAL COMMUNITY OF THE MASSIVE CORALPORITES LOBATA

(2008) Michael Kühl et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

A multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny of the siphonous green algae

(2008) Heroen Verbruggen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION