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Phycology, Volume 6, Issue 4

2026 December - 18 articles

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Articles (18)

  • Article
  • Open Access

12 November 2026

This study provides a comprehensive assessment of the biomass and taxonomic and morpho-functional composition of stranded macroalgae and seagrasses on a highly productive shellfish bank in NW Iberia (Galicia), frequently affected by green tides, base...

(This article belongs to the Section Algal Ecology and Environmental Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access

Ubiquitous Rather than Endangered: Current and Predicted Distribution of the Freshwater Red Alga Riverina rivularis in Serbia

  • Aleksandra B. Rakonjac,
  • Kristina A. Markeljić,
  • Slađana S. Popović,
  • Ivana S. Trbojević and ,
  • Sanja I. Šovran,
  • Jelena Ž. Krizmanić and
  • Snežana B. Simić
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

11 November 2026

The freshwater red alga Riverina rivularis (Liebmann) C.W.Vieira & G.W.Saunders has historically been perceived as a rare or endangered species due to fragmented records and specific ecological requirements. However, the recent literature suggest...

(This article belongs to the Section Algal Ecology and Environmental Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Views
19 Pages

6 November 2026

A major reduction in hydropeaking from Glen Canyon Dam into the Colorado River (Arizona, USA) was initiated in the 1990s to protect downstream riverine habitats. As a result, diel discharge varied significantly less in 2020 than in prior years in the...

(This article belongs to the Section Algal Ecology and Environmental Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Views
17 Pages

Effects of Dietary Euglena gracilis Powder on Growth and Physiological Responses in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)

  • Xu Jia,
  • Yaowei He,
  • Meigui Tan,
  • Shanren Lan and ,
  • Jiangxin Wang,
  • Aiguo Zhou and
  • Huijuan Tang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

5 November 2026

Growing pressure to make aquaculture more sustainable has renewed attention on bioactive feed ingredients obtained from natural sources. In the present work, juvenile FFRC-strain common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) were used to examine how graded dietar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microalgal Biosynthetic Pathways and Their Modulation: From Basic Knowledge to Biotechnological Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
106 Views
19 Pages

29 October 2026

The cyanobacteria Synechococcus spp. are key contributors to marine primary productivity. They are found from equatorial to polar waters where these organisms are exposed to changed levels of pCO2 and solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR, 280–400 n...

(This article belongs to the Section Algal Ecology and Environmental Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
132 Views
31 Pages

Core Strategies and Implementation Framework for Nursery Development to Support Commercial Farming of Kappaphycus alvarezii (Rhodophyta) in India

  • Khanjan Trivedi,
  • Vaibhav A. Mantri,
  • Mangal Singh Rathore,
  • V. Veeragurunathan and ,
  • S. Dinesh Kumar,
  • Satish Lakkakula,
  • S. Thiruppathi,
  • M. Ganesan and
  • K. Eswaran
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

29 October 2026

Commercial seaweed farming in India began in 1984 and expanded after experimental trials in the late 1990s, with Kappaphycus alvarezii cultivation emerging in 2001. Production peaked in 2013 but subsequently declined because of challenges including m...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Phycology and Algal Biotechnology)
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  • Open Access
125 Views
19 Pages

A New Genus of Filamentous Cyanobacteria, Dgebuadzia, from a Volcanic Lake in Northern Mongolia

  • Anastasiia Muraveva,
  • Elena Kezlya,
  • Soninkhishig Nergui,
  • Anton Iurmanov and
  • Maxim Kulikovskiy

29 October 2026

This study analyzes the diversity of thin filamentous cyanobacteria from the volcanic Lake Terkhiin-Tsagaan, Mongolia. We isolated and characterized two strains from benthic samples collected from the lake. Using light microscopy, phylogenetic analys...

(This article belongs to the Section Algal Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Evolution)
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  • Open Access
137 Views
33 Pages

Morphology, Molecular Data, and Fatty Acid Composition of Some Monoraphid Diatoms from the South China Sea, with Description of Two New Species of Astartiella

  • Natalia Tseplik,
  • Elena Kezlya,
  • Anton Glushchenko,
  • Zinaida Krivova and ,
  • Yevhen Maltsev,
  • Sergei Genkal,
  • Hai Doan-Nhu and
  • Maxim Kulikovskiy
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

28 October 2026

We examined 13 strains of marine monoraphid diatoms belonging to the genera Schizostauron, Astartiella, and Achnanthes, isolated from the South China Sea near Viet Nam, with the use of light, fluorescent and electron microscopy, and molecular methods...

(This article belongs to the Section Algal Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Evolution)
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  • Open Access
210 Views
21 Pages

Diversity of Laminar Ulva Species Associated with Summer “Green Tides” at Dichato Beach, Chile: An Integrative Morphological and Molecular Approach

  • Paula Bustos-Morales,
  • Pilar A. Haye,
  • María Eliana Ramírez,
  • Benjamín Pinilla-Rojas and ,
  • Laura Farías,
  • Carla A. Arratia,
  • Sergio A. Navarrete,
  • Walter Troncoso and
  • Loretto Contreras-Porcia
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

26 October 2026

Marine green tides are ecological phenomena caused by the massive proliferation of green macroalgae, particularly species of the genus Ulva, whose frequency and geographic extent have increased worldwide. These events are commonly associated with int...

(This article belongs to the Section Algal Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Evolution)
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  • Open Access
157 Views
25 Pages

25 October 2026

Satellite observations reveal the offshore distribution of pelagic Sargassum, but predicting its occurrence at individual Caribbean coastlines remains challenging where local observational records are limited. This study tests whether forecasts devel...

(This article belongs to the Collection Sargassum Golden Tides, a Global Problem)
  • Review
  • Open Access
369 Views
26 Pages

Microalgal Molecular Farming for Next-Generation Biopharmaceuticals: Integrating Chloroplast Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Structural Bioinformatics, and Artificial Intelligence

  • Víctor Hugo Ramos-García,
  • Yahaira de Jesús Tamayo-Ordoñez,
  • Maria José García-Castillo,
  • Francisco Alberto Tamayo-Ordoñez and ,
  • José Antonio Rodríguez-de la Garza,
  • Alma Idalia Soria-Ortiz,
  • Mónica Margarita Rodríguez Garza,
  • Sara Luz Nahuat-Dzib,
  • Angel Virgilio Domínguez-May and
  • Benjamín Abraham Ayil-Gutiérrez
  • + 11 authors+ 6 authors

22 October 2026

Microalgal molecular farming represents a promising platform for sustainable recombinant biopharmaceutical production. This review integrates advances in chloroplast engineering, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence with experimental eviden...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Algal Molecular Biology and Biotechnology)
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  • Open Access
454 Views
20 Pages

Valorization of Aquaculture Waste Through Conversion into Algal Biomass and Biomethane

  • Elvira E. Ziganshina,
  • Svetlana S. Bulynina and
  • Ayrat M. Ziganshin

22 October 2026

Uneaten feed and feces are major sources of waste in aquaculture systems, which lead to the eutrophication of water bodies. This study proposes a multidisciplinary approach to the valorization of two types of aquaculture waste. The first component of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Development of Algal Biotechnology, Second Edition)
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  • Open Access
353 Views
31 Pages

Morpho-Molecular and Ecological Characterization of Potentially Toxigenic Epiphytic Dinoflagellates from the Southeastern Mexican Pacific

  • Victor Alfonso Cervantes-Urieta,
  • Aramis Olivos-Ortiz,
  • Clara E. Galindo-Sánchez,
  • Yuri B. Okolodkov and ,
  • Agustín A. Rojas-Herrera,
  • Juan Violante-González,
  • Víctor Rosas-Guerrero and
  • Lorena María Durán-Riveroll
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

20 October 2026

Potentially toxigenic epiphytic dinoflagellates represent an emerging risk to marine ecosystems and public health. This study characterized the spatio-seasonal dynamics, relationship with environmental factors, substrate preferences, and morpho-molec...

(This article belongs to the Section Algal Ecology and Environmental Science)
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  • Open Access
197 Views
27 Pages

18 October 2026

Collection state and post-harvest drying may influence both the structural matrix of macroalgal biomass and the compounds recovered by solvent extraction. We combined whole-biomass ATR-FTIR with UV–visible absorption, fluorescence excitation an...

(This article belongs to the Section Algal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
367 Views
22 Pages

6 October 2026

Phosphorus availability strongly influences the growth, metabolism, and storage accumulation of microalgae, yet its interaction with trophic conditions remains insufficiently understood. This study examined the effects of reduced initial phosphate co...

(This article belongs to the Topic Microalgae: Current Trends in Basic Research and Applications)
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  • Open Access
276 Views
15 Pages

Biochemical Differentiation of Freshly Isolated and Free-Living Cultured Symbiodinium microadriaticum: Fatty Acid Signatures and Proximate Composition

  • Andrea Martino,
  • Valerio Isa,
  • Davide Seveso,
  • Francisco Otero-Ferrer and ,
  • Davide Maggioni,
  • Francesco Saliu,
  • Daniel Montero,
  • Paolo Galli,
  • Silvia Lavorano and
  • Francesco Cicala
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

1 October 2026

Coral-associated dinoflagellates undergo substantial physiological changes when transferred from the host environment to laboratory culture, yet direct compositional comparisons remain limited. We compared the proximate composition and fatty acid pro...

(This article belongs to the Section Algal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
  • Opinion
  • Open Access
496 Views
10 Pages

24 September 2026

Cyanobacterial photosynthesis and respiration share electron carriers, allowing respiratory and auxiliary sinks to intersect with the photosynthetic electron-transfer chain. Across ecological niches and stress conditions, these connections can redist...

(This article belongs to the Section Algal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
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  • Open Access
612 Views
25 Pages

24 September 2026

Furcellaria lumbricalis is an industrially important carrageenophyte. However, beyond the carrageenan characterization, the biochemical composition of this alga remains poorly understood. This study provides the first comprehensive description of the...

(This article belongs to the Section Algal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
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