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18.11.2021 by ChemBioSys
NEWS: The end of being single - for green algae
ChemBioSys publication:
Bacterial marginolactones lead to the aggregation of algal cells to gloeocapsoids
Under the influence of marginolactones, two or more cells of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii form so-called gloeocapsoids that are surrounded by an outer matrix. Source: Mario Krespach/Leibniz-HKI.
Marginolactones – natural products from soil bacteria – trigger the formation of a previously unknown multicellular state for the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, which usually is unicellular. The emergence of multicellular organisms represents an essential step in the development of animals and plants. But how did unicellular organisms become permanently multicellular? A possible piece of the puzzle of these complex processes has now been deciphered by ChemBioSys
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Press release HKI :The end to being single – for green algae
Original-Publication:
Krespach MKC, Stroe MC, Flak M, Komor AJ, Nietzsche S, Sasso S, Hertweck C, Brakhage AA (2021) Bacterial marginolactones trigger formation of algal gloeocapsoids, protective aggregates on the verge of multicellularity. PNAS 118(45) e2100892118.