The electronic state manifolds of carotenoids and their relaxation dynamics are the object intense investigation because most subtle details regulating photophysics still unknown. In order to contribute this quest, here, we present a solvent-dependent 2D Electronic Spectroscopy (2DES) characterization fucoxanthin, carbonyl carotenoid involved in light-harvesting process brown algae. 2DES techni...

Intracellular nitrate storage allows microorganisms to survive fluctuating nutrient availability and anoxic conditions in aquatic ecosystems. Here we show that diatoms, ubiquitous and highly abundant microalgae, represent major cellular reservoirs of nitrate in an intertidal flat of the German Wadden Sea and are potentially involved in anaerobic nitrate respiration. Intracellular nitrate (ICNO3...

Though the marine world has attracted the attention of the research community for years together, yet the therapeutic potentiality of marine phyto-planktons is largely unexplored. Enzymes play a pathogenic role and are the underlying cause of several diseases like diabetes, Alzheimer, Parkinson etc. Inhibition of such enzymes can serve as a therapeutic strategy against the diseases. Enzymes lik...