Dinoflagellate Biology Using Molecular Approaches to Unlock Their Ecology and Evolution

• Other Authors: Murray, Shauna (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Microbiology (non-medical); nanoplastics; dinoflagellate; coral reef; Symbiodinium; Cladocopium; gene expression; Prorocentrum minimum; harmful algae; next-generation sequencing; cDNA library; coral reefs; Hemerythrin-like protein; RACK1; spliced leader; yeast two-hybrid; bioluminescence; Pyrodinium bahamense; harmful algal blooms; saxitoxin; sxtA4; RNA-seq; scleractinian coral; Symbiodiniaceae; endosymbiosis; PKS; phosphopantetheinyl transferase; toxin; BpsA; indigoidine; natural product; knockdown; morpholino; translation; dinoflagellates; metagenomics; monitoring; genome; Cladocopium goreaui; phylogenomics; horizontal gene transfer; n/a
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Dinoflagellates are an important group of aquatic microbial eukaryotes, showing great diversity in life histories, ecological niches, morphology, and pigment composition. They include species with photosynthetic, heterotrophic, symbiotic, mixotrophic, and parasitic lifestyles, and encompass coral symbionts, harmful algal bloom forming species, and important fish parasites. They are present in fossil records that date back several hundred million years. Dinoflagellates include the majority of species that produce marine biotoxins, impacting aquaculture. In recent years, molecular approaches have been applied to understand dinoflagellate biology, including techniques for studying dinoflagellate ecology, physiology, basic genetics, and evolution. This Special Issue, edited by Professor Shauna Murray, is dedicated to the application and development of molecular approaches for enhancing our understanding of dinoflagellate biology.