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ReviewThe New phytologist2026

The mosaic of aquatic photorespiration: evolution, diversity, and global biogeochemical impacts.

Ousmane Dao, James Barrett, Adrien Burlacot, Gilles Peltier, Yonghua Li-Beisson, Luke C M Mackinder

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Review in The New phytologist, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ousmane DaoDepartment of Biology, Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7040-5770
James BarrettDepartment of Biology, Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2206-2045
Adrien BurlacotDepartment of Plant Biology, The Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7434-6416
Gilles PeltierAix-Marseille Université, CEA, CNRS, BIAM, UMR7265, Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies Aix-Marseille, CEA Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez Durance, 13118, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2226-3931
Yonghua Li-BeissonAix-Marseille Université, CEA, CNRS, BIAM, UMR7265, Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies Aix-Marseille, CEA Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez Durance, 13118, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1064-1816
Luke C M MackinderDepartment of Biology, Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1440-3233

Funding

Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationBioenergy Technologies Office DE-SC0019417Bioenergy Technologies Office DE-SC0024380Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office INV-054558Royal SocietyUK Research and Innovation MR/T020679/1UK Research and Innovation MR/Y034074/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aquatic phototrophs contribute over half of global carbon fixation, yet their photorespiratory metabolism remains a critical, underexplored component of the Earth's carbon cycle. First reported by Otto Warburg in the green alga Chlorella, Rubisco oxygenase activity produces the inhibitory metabolite 2-phosphoglycolate (2PG), requiring energetically demanding salvage pathways that release carbon and nitrogen. For decades, photorespiration in aquatic phototrophs was deemed negligible due to the widespread occurrence of CO

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Aquatic OrganismsBiodiversityBiological EvolutionCarbon DioxideCell RespirationPhotosynthesisCarbon DioxidealgaeCO2‐concentrating mechanismscyanobacteriaglycolatephotorespirationphotosynthesisphytoplanktonRubisco

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PMID42464000
PMCPMC13491274

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