A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01317-z

*Correspondence: Sascha B. Sjollema, Department of Aquatic Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands e-mail: [email protected] Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) and Ultraviolet Radiation (UVR) of the solar spectrum affect microalgae directly and modify the toxicity of phytotox...

Heavy metals are introduced into aquatic ecosystems from industrial wastes, agricultural runoff and mining activities. The toxicity of heavy metal ions in solution to microalgae is well known. The essentiality and toxicity of heavy metals has been a subject of extensive research (Stokes 1983). From a biological point of view, heavy metals can be divided into two categories: essential and non-es...

The cultivation of microalgae as a feedstock for renewable fuels is widely touted as a way to sequester CO2 while negating food versus fuel competition for land. However, the widespread industrial use of microalgae for biofuels has yet to reach a critical stage based on lipid extraction alone. One alternative to the transesterification of microalgae for liquid fuel production is to use thermoch...

Three isoforms of dihydroxyacetone phosphate reductase in extracts from Dunaliella tertiolecta have been separated by a diethylaminoethyl cellulose column chromatography with a shallow NaCl gradient. The chloroplasts contained the two major isoforms, and the third, minor form was in the cytosol. The isoforms are unstable in the absence of glycerol and they are cold labile, but they may be parti...

We identify four novel DNA-binding complexes in the nuclear-encoded Lhcb1 promoter of the chlorophyte alga Dunaliella tertiolecta that are regulated by photosynthetic pathways in the plastid. The binding activities of three of the complexes were positively correlated with time-dependent changes in Lhcb1 transcript abundance, implicating their roles as transcriptional enhancers in a retrograde s...

Abstract This study examines how salinity reduction triggers the response of three marine microalgae at molecular and unicellular levels in terms chemical, mechanical, behavioral changes. At lowest salinity, all microalgal species exhibited an increase membrane sterols behaved stiffer. The glycocalyx-coated Dunaliella tertiolecta was surrounded by a thick actin layer showed highest physiologica...

In the present study, photocatalytic degradation of amisulpride using g-C3N4 catalyst under UV-A irradiation was investigated. The process evaluated in terms its effectiveness to remove from ultrapure and real municipal wastewater. High removal percentages were achieved both aqueous matrices. However, a slower rate observed wastewater as matrix that could be attributed complex chemical composit...