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| Title |
Effects of Long Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis and Associated Gene Expression in Microalga Tetraselmis sp.
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| Published in |
Marine Drugs, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.3390/md12063381 |
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| Authors |
T Catalina Adarme-Vega, Skye R Thomas-Hall, David K Y Lim, Peer M Schenk |
| Abstract |
With the depletion of global fish stocks, caused by high demand and effective fishing techniques, alternative sources for long chain omega-3 fatty acids are required for human nutrition and aquaculture feeds. Recent research has focused on land-based cultivation of microalgae, the primary producers of omega-3 fatty acids in the marine food web. The effect of salinity on fatty acids and related gene expression was studied in the model marine microalga, Tetraselmis sp. M8. Correlations were found for specific fatty acid biosynthesis and gene expression according to salinity and the growth phase. Low salinity was found to increase the conversion of C18:4 stearidonic acid (SDA) to C20:4 eicosatetraenoic acid (ETA), correlating with increased transcript abundance of the Δ-6-elongase-encoding gene in salinities of 5 and 10 ppt compared to higher salinity levels. The expression of the gene encoding β-ketoacyl-coenzyme was also found to increase at lower salinities during the nutrient deprivation phase (Day 4), but decreased with further nutrient stress. Nutrient deprivation also triggered fatty acids synthesis at all salinities, and C20:5 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) increased relative to total fatty acids, with nutrient starvation achieving a maximum of 7% EPA at Day 6 at a salinity of 40 ppt. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 50% |
| Australia | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 93 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 11% |
| Researcher | 9 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 13 | 14% |
| Unknown | 24 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 29 | 31% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 15% |
| Engineering | 5 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 4% |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 29 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 January 2017.
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#6,406,240
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Outputs from Marine Drugs
#771
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Outputs of similar age
#61,200
of 228,066 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Marine Drugs
#12
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,544 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.4. This one has done well, scoring higher than 77% of its peers.
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