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ArticlePloS one2015

Interaction of Temperature and Photoperiod Increases Growth and Oil Content in the Marine Microalgae Dunaliella viridis.

Soundarya Srirangan, Marie-Laure Sauer, Brian Howard, Mia Dvora, Jacob Dums, Patrick Backman, Heike Sederoff

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Soundarya SriranganDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
Marie-Laure SauerDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
Brian HowardDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
Mia DvoraDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
Jacob DumsDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
Patrick BackmanDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
Heike SederoffDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
North Carolina State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic marine microalgae like Dunaliella spp. have great potential as a feedstock for liquid transportation fuels because they grow fast and can accumulate high levels of triacylgycerides with little need for fresh water or land. Their growth rates vary between species and are dependent on environmental conditions. The cell cycle, starch and triacylglycerol accumulation are controlled by the diurnal light:dark cycle. Storage compounds like starch and triacylglycerol accumulate in the light when CO2 fixation rates exceed the need of assimilated carbon and energy for cell maintenance and division during the dark phase. To delineate environmental effects, we analyzed cell division rates, metabolism and transcriptional regulation in Dunaliella viridis in response to changes in light duration and growth temperatures. Its rate of cell division was increased under continuous light conditions, while a shift in temperature from 25 °C to 35 °C did not significantly affect the cell division rate, but increased the triacylglycerol content per cell several-fold under continuous light. The amount of saturated fatty acids in triacylglycerol fraction was more responsive to an increase in temperature than to a change in the light regime. Detailed fatty acid profiles showed that Dunaliella viridis incorporated lauric acid (C12:0) into triacylglycerol after 24 hours under continuous light. Transcriptome analysis identified potential regulators involved in the light and temperature-induced lipid accumulation in Dunaliella viridis.

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Marine BiologyPhotoperiodTemperatureMicroalgaeMolecular Sequence DataOilsOils

Identifiers

PMID25992838
PMCPMC4437649
OpenAlexW1528307238

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