The chemistry of phytoplankton

Xiaoying Liu; Zhiwei Bian; Shian Hu; Cody F. Dickinson; Menny M. Benjamin; Jia Jia; Yintai Tian; Allen Place; George S. Hanna; Hendrik Luesch; Peter Croot; Maggie M. Reddy; Olivier P. Thomas; Gary Hardiman; Melany P. Puglisi; Ming Yang; Zhi Zhong; John J. Lemasters; Jeffrey E. Korte; Amanda L. Waters; Carl E. Heltzel; R. Thomas Williamson; Wendy K. Strangman; Fred Valeriote; Marcus A. Tius; Giacomo R. DiTullio; Daneel Ferreira; Alexander Alekseyenko; Shengpeng Wang; Mark T. Hamann; Xiaojuan Wang

doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00177

The chemistry of phytoplankton

Xiaoying Liu, Zhiwei Bian, Shian Hu, Cody F. Dickinson, Menny M. Benjamin, Jia Jia, Yintai Tian, Allen Place, George S. Hanna, Hendrik Luesch, Peter Croot, Maggie M. Reddy, Olivier P. Thomas, Gary Hardiman, Melany P. Puglisi, Ming Yang, Zhi Zhong, John J. Lemasters, Jeffrey E. Korte, Amanda L. WatersCarl E. Heltzel, R. Thomas Williamson, Wendy K. Strangman, Fred Valeriote, Marcus A. Tius, Giacomo R. DiTullio, Daneel Ferreira, Alexander Alekseyenko, Shengpeng Wang, Mark T. Hamann, Xiaojuan Wang

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Phytoplankton have a high potential for CO2 capture and conversion. Besides being a vital food source at the base of oceanic and freshwater food webs, microalgae provide a critical platform for producing chemicals and consumer products. Enhanced nutrient levels, elevated CO2, and rising temperatures increase the frequency of algal blooms, which often have negative effects such as fish mortalities, loss of flora and fauna, and the production of algal toxins. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) produce toxins that pose major challenges to water quality, ecosystem function, human health, tourism, and the food web. These toxins have complex chemical structures and possess a wide range of biological properties with potential applications as new therapeutics. This review presents a balanced and comprehensive assessment of the roles of algal blooms in generating fixed carbon for the food chain, sequestering carbon, and their unique secondary metabolites. The structural complexity of these metabolites has had an unprecedented impact on structure elucidation technologies and total synthesis, which are highlighted throughout this review. In addition, the influence of biogeochemical environmental perturbations on algal blooms and their influence on biospheric environments is discussed. Lastly, we summarize work on management strategies and technologies for the control and treatment of HABs.

Original language	English
Journal	Chemical Reviews
Early online date	21 Nov 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00177
Publication status	Early online date - 21 Nov 2024

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Phytoplankton
CO2 capture and conversion
oceanic and freshwater food webs
microalgae

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Liu, X., Bian, Z., Hu, S., Dickinson, C. F., Benjamin, M. M., Jia, J., Tian, Y., Place, A., Hanna, G. S., Luesch, H., Croot, P., Reddy, M. M., Thomas, O. P., Hardiman, G., Puglisi, M. P., Yang, M., Zhong, Z., Lemasters, J. J., Korte, J. E., ... Wang, X. (2024). The chemistry of phytoplankton. Chemical Reviews. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00177

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