Frederik Leliaert

TL;DR: Current understanding of organelle genome evolution in the green algae is summarized, genomic insights into the ecology of oceanic picoplanktonic prasinophytes, molecular mechanisms underlying the evolution of complexity in volvocine green algae, and the Evolution of genetic codes and the translational apparatus in green seaweeds are summarized.

TL;DR: These recent developments in DNA-based species delimitation methods are reviewed, and it is discussed how they have changed and continue to change the authors' understanding of algal species boundaries.

TL;DR: It is shown that gene flow between distant populations of the globally distributed, bloom-forming diatom species Pseudo-nitzschia pungens is limited and follows a strong isolation by distance pattern, which implies that under appropriate geographic and environmental circumstances, population structuring may lead to speciation and hence may play an important role in diversification of marine planktonic microorganisms.

TL;DR: A definite bacterial core community seems to exist which is specifically (functionally) adapted to an algal host-associated lifestyle and because seaweed-bacterial associations are appealing from evolutionary and applied perspectives, future studies should integrate the aspects of diverse biological fields.

TL;DR: The alga that caused the Qingdao bloom is identified by means of morphological and molecular data, including sequence data of the plastid encoded large subunit ribulose 1,5‐bisphosphate carboxylase gene (rbcL) and the nuclear encoded rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region.