Publications by authors named "E Hounslow"
Article Synopsis
- - The study compares the physiological and proteomic responses of two algae strains, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chlamydomonas nivalis, to salinity stress, leveraging their fully sequenced genomes for insights into metabolic changes.
- - Under salinity of 0.2 M NaCl, C. nivalis shows significant accumulation of carbohydrates (10.4% DCW) and fatty acids (52.0% DCW), while C. reinhardtii exhibits minimal accumulation in comparison.
- - Proteomic analysis reveals significant differences in stress response and metabolic pathways between the strains, with C. nivalis displaying increased lipid synthesis-related proteins in response to salt stress, which could enhance its
Photosynthetic organisms rely on a series of self-assembled nanostructures with tuned electronic energy levels in order to transport energy from where it is collected by photon absorption, to reaction centers where the energy is used to drive chemical reactions. In the photosynthetic bacteria Chlorobaculum tepidum, a member of the green sulfur bacteria family, light is absorbed by large antenna complexes called chlorosomes to create an exciton. The exciton is transferred to a protein baseplate attached to the chlorosome, before migrating through the Fenna-Matthews-Olson complex to the reaction center.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Algal cells produce neutral lipid when stressed and this can be used to generate biodiesel.
Objective: Salt stressed cells of the model microalgal species Chlamydomonas reinhardtii were tested for their suitability to produce lipid for biodiesel.
Methods: The starchless mutant of C.