Description
Book SynopsisDiatoms are the most species rich group of algae, and they contribute about 20% of annual global carbon fixation. They play major roles in ocean food webs and global biogeochemical cycles. They are also a target of the biotechnology industry because of their nano-patterned silica cell wall and high lipid content. Diatoms have received increasing attention as more genomes became available and because of the development of genome editing tools such as the CRISPR/Cas9 technology, which has made diatoms as genetically tractable as well-established biological model species.
This book provides an overview on diatom molecular biology. It brings together international leading experts in the field to discuss the latest data and developments from genes to ecosystems. As the understanding of diatoms is currently experiencing a step change, it is critical to allow for synergistic approaches on diverse aspects of diatom biology and evolution. The books offers fundamental insights into the molecular life of diatoms; at the same time new scientific concepts are developed based on the application of the latest molecular tools and genomic information to explore the fascinating lifestyle of diatoms.
Table of ContentsPart 1: ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Part coordinator : Thomas Mock
Chapter 1: Trait-based ecology with diatoms
Elena Litchman
Chapter 2: The population genetics and evolutionary potential of diatoms
Tatiana A. Rynearson, Ian W. Bishop, Sinead Collins
Chapter 3: An integrated view of diatom interactions Flora Vincent & Chris Bowler
Chapter 4: Ancient diatom DNA
Matthew I. M. Pinder and Mats Töpel
Part 2: GENOMICS
Part coordinator : Thomas Mock
Chapter 5: Structure and evolution of diatom nuclear genes and genomes
Thomas Mock, Kat Hodgkinson, Taoyang Wu, Vincent Moulton, Anthony Duncan, Cock van Oosterhout, Monica Pichler
Chapter 6: Reconstructing dynamic evolutionary events in diatom nuclear and organelle
genomes
Richard G. Dorrell, Fuhai Liu, Chris Bowler
Chapter 7: Epigenetic control of diatom genomes: An overview from in silico
characterisation to functional studies
Xue Zhao, Antoine Hoguin, Timothée Chaumier and Leila Tirichine
Part 3: CELL BIOLOGY
Part coordinators : Nicole Poulsen, Nils Kröger Wim Vyverman,
Chapter 8: Life-cycle regulation
Gust Bilcke, Maria Immacolata Ferrante, Marina Montresor, Sam De Decker, Lieven De Veylder and Wim Vyverman
Chapter 9: Cellular hallmarks and regulation of the diatom cell cycle
Petra Bulankova, Gust Bilcke, Wim Vyverman and Lieven De Veylder
Chapter 10: Cell Biology of organelles
Uwe G. Maier, Daniel Moog, Serena Flori, Pierre-Henri Jouneau, Denis Falconet, Thomas Heimerl, Peter G. Kroth, Giovanni Finazzi
Chapter 11: Structure and Morphogenesis of the Frustule
Iaroslav Babenko, Benjamin M. Friedrich, Nils Kröger
Chapter 12: Biomolecules involved in Frustule Biogenesis and Function
Nils Kröger
Chapter 13: Silicic Acid Uptake and Storage by Diatoms
Felicitas Kolbe, Eike Brunner
Chapter 14: Adhesion and Motility
Nicole Poulsen, Metin Gabriel Davutoglu and Jirina Zackova Suchanova
Part 4: PRIMARY METABOLISM
Part coordinators : Yusuke Matsuda & Peter Kroth
Chapter 15: Photosynthetic Light Reactions in Diatoms. I. The Lipids and Light-harvesting Complexes of the Thylakoid Membrane
Claudia Büchel, Reimund Goss, Benjamin Bailleul, Douglas A. Campbell, Johann Lavaud and Bernard Lepetit
Chapter 16: Photosynthetic Light Reactions in Diatoms. II. The Dynamic Regulation of the Various Light Reactions
Bernard Lepetit, Douglas A. Campbell, Johann Lavaud, Claudia Büchel, Reimund Goss and Benjamin Bailleul
Chapter 17: Carbohydrate Metabolism
Peter G. Kroth and Yusuke Matsuda
Chapter 18: Lipid Metabolism in Diatoms
Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Kohei Yoneda and Yoshiaki Maeda
Chapter 19: Comparative and Functional Genomics of Macronutrient Utilization in Marine Diatoms
Sarah R. Smith and Andrew E. Allen
Chapter 20 Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Micronutrient Utilization in Marine
Diatoms
Tyler H. Coale, Erin M. Bertrand2, Robert H. Lampe3 and Andrew E. Allen
Part 5: CELL SIGNALLING and INTERACTIONS
Part coordinators : Assaf Vardi & Angela Falciatore
Chapter 21: Sensing and signalling in diatom responses to abiotic cues
Marianne Jaubert, Carole Duchêne, Peter G. Kroth, Alessandra Rogato, Jean-Pierre Bouly and Angela Falciatore
Chapter 22: An Ocean of Signals: Intracellular and Extracellular Signalling
Shiri Graff van Creveld, Avia Mizrachi and Assaf Vardi
Chapter 23: The Diatom Microbiome: New Perspectives for Diatom-Bacteria Symbioses
Katherine E. Helliwell, Ahmed A. Shibl and Shady A. Amin
Chapter 24: Diatom Viruses
Laure Arsenieff, Kei Kimura, Chana F. Kranzler, Anne-Claire Baudoux and Kimberlee Thamatrakoln
Part 6: GENETIC AND METABOLIC ENGINEERING
Part coordinator : Angela Falciatore
Chapter 25: Genetic Engineering in Marine Diatoms: Current Practices and Emerging
Technologies
Mark Moosburner, Andrew E. Allen and Fayza Daboussi
Chapter 26: Constraint-based Modelling of Diatoms Metabolism and Quantitative Biology Approaches
Manish Kumar, Cristal Zuniga, Juan D. Tibocha-Bonilla, Sarah R. Smith, Joanna Coker, Andrew E. Allen, Karsten Zengler
