A Chemical Perspective on Microalgal-Microbial Interactions

Erik F Y Hom; Prasad Aiyar; Daniel Schaeme; Maria Mittag; Severin Sasso

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2015.09.004

A Chemical Perspective on Microalgal-Microbial Interactions

Trends Plant Sci. 2015 Nov;20(11):689-693. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.09.004. Epub 2015 Oct 28.

Authors

Erik F Y Hom¹, Prasad Aiyar², Daniel Schaeme², Maria Mittag², Severin Sasso³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677-1848, USA.
² Institute of General Botany and Plant Physiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
³ Institute of General Botany and Plant Physiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany. Electronic address: severin.sasso@uni-jena.de.

PMID: 26522386
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.09.004

Abstract

The exchange of chemical compounds is central to the interactions of microalgae with other microorganisms. Although foundational for many food webs, these interactions have been poorly studied compared with higher plant-microbe interactions. Emerging insights have begun to reveal how these interactions and the participating chemical compounds shape microbial communities and broadly impact biogeochemical processes.

Keywords: biogeochemical cycles; chemical ecology; microalgae; secondary metabolism; symbiosis; syntrophy.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacterial Physiological Phenomena*
Food Chain
Microalgae / physiology*
Symbiosis*