Yi, Zhiqian; Su, Yixi; Cherek, Paulina; Nelson, David R.; Lin, Jianping; Rolfsson, Óttar; Wu, Hua; Salehi-Ashtiani, Kourosh; Brynjolfsson, Sigurdur; Fu, Weiqi
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-12-02)
Background: Diatoms, which can accumulate large amounts of carotenoids, are a major group of microalgae and the dominant primary producer in marine environments. Phaeodactylum tricornutum, a model diatom species, acquires little silicon for its growth ...