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ArticleScientific reports2020

Fourfold daily growth rate in multicellular marine alga Ulva meridionalis.

Masanori Hiraoka, Yutaro Kinoshita, Motoki Higa, Shuntaro Tsubaki, Alvin P Monotilla, Ayumu Onda, Akinori Dan

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Masanori HiraokaUsa Marine Biological Institute, Kochi University, 194 Inoshiri, Usa, Kochi, Tosa, 781-1164, Japan. mhiraoka@kochi-u.ac.jp.
Yutaro KinoshitaScience Department, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Science, Kochi University, 2-5-1 Akebono-cho, Kochi, 780-8520, Japan.
Motoki HigaLaboratory of Plant Ecology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Kochi University, 2-5-1 Akebono-cho, Kochi, 780-8520, Japan.
Shuntaro TsubakiDepartment of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan.
Alvin P MonotillaGraduate School of Kuroshio Science, Kochi University, 2-5-1 Akebono-cho, Kochi, 780-8520, Japan.
Ayumu OndaResearch Laboratory of Hydrothermal Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kochi University, 2-17-47 Asakurahonmachi, Kochi, 780-8073, Japan.
Akinori DanEducation and Research Center for Aquascience, Faculty of Bioindustry, Tokushima University, 96-14 Seto, Dounoura, Naruto, Tokushima, 771-0361, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microalgae with high growth rates have been considered as promising organisms to replace fossil resources with contemporary primary production as a renewable source. However, their microscopic size makes it hard to be harvested for industrial applications. In this regard, multicellular macroalgae are more suitable for harvesting. Here, we show that Ulva meridionalis has the highest growth rate ever reported for a multicellular autotrophic plant. Contrasted to the known bloom-forming species U. prolifera growing at an approximately two-fold growth rate per day in optimum conditions, U. meridionalis grows at a daily rate of over fourfold. The high growth ability of this multicellular alga would provide the most effective method for CO

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PMCPMC7387555

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