Increasing petroleum costs and climate change have resulted in microalgae receiving attention as potential biofuel producers. Little information is available on the diversity and functions of bacterial communities associated with biofuel-producing algae. A potential biofuel-producing microalgal strain, Nannochloropsis oceanica IMET1, was grown in Permian groundwater. Changes in the bacterial co...

In genetic hybrids, nucleolus formation on chromosomes inherited from only one parent is the epigenetic phenomenon, nucleolar dominance. By using Arabidopsis suecica, the allotetraploid hybrid of Arabidopsis thaliana and Arabidopsis arenosa, natural variation in nucleolar dominance was found to occur, providing a unique opportunity to examine homologous nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) in the...

Agyneta pinicola sp.n. is described from Northeastern Ukraine. Agyneta suecica Holm, 1950 is redescribed and a complete comparison of the two species is given.

Four species of microalgae were evaluated at different temperatures for their ability to remove ammonia from intensive marine fish/shrimp culture systems. Growth rates were highest on the first of three days of culturing for marine microalgae Nannochloropsis oculata, Isochrysis aff. galbana, Chaetoceros muelleri, and Tetraselmis chui. This rate was used to compare both the growth and the total ...

Running Title: Chiral analysis of microalgae amino acids by MEKC-LIF ABSTRACT In this work, a chiral and a non-chiral micellar electrokinetic chromatography with laser-induced fluorescence detection (MEKC-LIF) have been combined to identify and quantify a group of D-and L-amino acids (D/L-aa) in different microalgae samples. The combination of the non-chiral and chiral-MEKC-LIF methods made eas...

The impact of diets upon the fatty acid composition of haemocyte polar lipids and consequently upon immune parameters has been tested in the oyster Crassostrea gigas and the clam Ruditapes philippinarum. Oysters and clams were fed each of three cultured algae: Chaetoceros calcitrans, which is rich in 20:5(n-3) and 20:4(n-6) and poor in 22:6(n-3) fatty acids; T-Iso (Isochrysis sp.), which is ric...

This review provides a background on the usage of microalgae in aquaculture, focusing on their nutritional value and transfer of nutrients through food chains. The current status of knowledge is summarized and potential areas of research and industry development are identified. The review is divided into six sections: (1) general attributes of microalgal species used in aquaculture, (2) nutriti...

Experiments were conducted with the aim of defining the optimal culture conditions for Psammechinus miliaris larvae. Larval response to varying food rations of the microalgae, Pleurocrysis elongata, was assessed by recording the morphological parameters of developing Ž y1. larvae. Larvae on a high ration 4000 cells ml showed an extreme reduction in postoral arm length and were unable to maintai...

Although it has been well established that different species of marine algae have different sensitivities to metals, our understanding of the physiological and biochemical basis for these differences is limited. This study investigated copper adsorption and internalisation in three algal species with differing sensitivities to copper. The diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum was particularly sensit...