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When Unity Is Strength: The Strategies Used by Chlamydomonas to Survive Environmental Stresses
The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a valuable model system to study a wide spectrum of scientific fields, including responses to environmental conditions. Most studies are performed under optimal growth conditions or under mild stress. However, when environmental conditions beco...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6912462/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31652831 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells8111307 |
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author | de Carpentier, Félix Lemaire, Stéphane D. Danon, Antoine |
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description | The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a valuable model system to study a wide spectrum of scientific fields, including responses to environmental conditions. Most studies are performed under optimal growth conditions or under mild stress. However, when environmental conditions become harsher, the behavior of this unicellular alga is less well known. In this review we will show that despite being a unicellular organism, Chlamydomonas can survive very severe environmental conditions. To do so, and depending on the intensity of the stress, the strategies used by Chlamydomonas can range from acclimation to the formation of multicellular structures, or involve programmed cell death. |
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spelling | pubmed-69124622020-01-02 When Unity Is Strength: The Strategies Used by Chlamydomonas to Survive Environmental Stresses de Carpentier, Félix Lemaire, Stéphane D. Danon, Antoine Cells Review The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a valuable model system to study a wide spectrum of scientific fields, including responses to environmental conditions. Most studies are performed under optimal growth conditions or under mild stress. However, when environmental conditions become harsher, the behavior of this unicellular alga is less well known. In this review we will show that despite being a unicellular organism, Chlamydomonas can survive very severe environmental conditions. To do so, and depending on the intensity of the stress, the strategies used by Chlamydomonas can range from acclimation to the formation of multicellular structures, or involve programmed cell death. MDPI 2019-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6912462/ /pubmed/31652831 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells8111307 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review de Carpentier, Félix Lemaire, Stéphane D. Danon, Antoine When Unity Is Strength: The Strategies Used by Chlamydomonas to Survive Environmental Stresses |
title | When Unity Is Strength: The Strategies Used by Chlamydomonas to Survive Environmental Stresses |
title_full | When Unity Is Strength: The Strategies Used by Chlamydomonas to Survive Environmental Stresses |
title_fullStr | When Unity Is Strength: The Strategies Used by Chlamydomonas to Survive Environmental Stresses |
title_full_unstemmed | When Unity Is Strength: The Strategies Used by Chlamydomonas to Survive Environmental Stresses |
title_short | When Unity Is Strength: The Strategies Used by Chlamydomonas to Survive Environmental Stresses |
title_sort | when unity is strength: the strategies used by chlamydomonas to survive environmental stresses |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6912462/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31652831 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells8111307 |
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