IMPROVING PHOTOSYNTHETIC SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION IN MICROALGAL CULTURES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS AND HIGH VALUE PRODUCTS

Project Information

SOLENALGAE

Grant agreement ID: 679814

DOI 10.3030/679814

Project closed

EC signature date 10 December 2015

Start date 1 March 2016

End date 31 August 2021

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 441 875,00

EU contribution € 1 441 875,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA
Italy

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (30)

Incorporating a molecular antenna in diatom microalgae cells enhances photosynthesis

Author(s): Gabriella Leone, Gabriel De la Cruz Valbuena, Stefania Roberta Cicco, Danilo Vona, Emiliano Altamura, Roberta Ragni, Egle Molotokaite, Michela Cecchin, Stefano Cazzaniga, Matteo Ballottari, Cosimo D’Andrea, Guglielmo Lanzani, Gianluca Maria Farinola
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 11/1, 2021, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84690-z

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cellular compartments and their contribution to intracellular calcium signalling

Author(s): Matteo Pivato, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: Journal of Experimental Botany, Issue 72/15, 2021, Page(s) 5312-5335, ISSN 0022-0957
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab212

Encapsulation of Photosystem I in Organic Microparticles Increases Its Photochemical Activity and Stability for Ex Vivo Photocatalysis

Author(s): Arianna Cherubin, Laura Destefanis, Michele Bovi, Federico Perozeni, Ilaria Bargigia, Gabriel de la Cruz Valbuena, Cosimo D’Andrea, Alessandro Romeo, Matteo Ballottari, Massimiliano Perduca
Published in: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Issue 7/12, 2019, Page(s) 10435-10444, ISSN 2168-0485
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00738

Turning a green alga red: engineering astaxanthin biosynthesis by intragenic pseudogene revival in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Author(s): Federico Perozeni, Stefano Cazzaniga, Thomas Baier, Francesca Zanoni, Gianni Zoccatelli, Kyle J. Lauersen, Lutz Wobbe, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: Plant Biotechnology Journal, Issue 18/10, 2020, Page(s) 2053-2067, ISSN 1467-7644
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13364

Engineering astaxanthin accumulation reduces photoinhibition and increases biomass productivity under high light in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Author(s): Stefano Cazzaniga; Federico Perozeni; Thomas Baier; Matteo Ballottari
Published in: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 2731-3654
Publisher: BioMed Central Limited Part of Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-022-02173-3

Improved lipid productivity in Nannochloropsis gaditana in nitrogen-replete conditions by selection of pale green mutants

Author(s): Michela Cecchin, Silvia Berteotti, Stefania Paltrinieri, Ivano Vigliante, Barbara Iadarola, Barbara Giovannone, Massimo E. Maffei, Massimo Delledonne, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: Biotechnology for Biofuels, Issue 13/1, 2020, ISSN 1754-6834
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-020-01718-8

Chlorella vulgaris genome assembly and annotation reveals the molecular basis for metabolic acclimation to high light conditions

Author(s): Michela Cecchin, Luca Marcolungo, Marzia Rossato, Laura Girolomoni, Emanuela Cosentino, Stephan Cuine, Yonghua Li‐Beisson, Massimo Delledonne, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: The Plant Journal, Issue 100/6, 2019, Page(s) 1289-1305, ISSN 0960-7412
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14508

Molecular Mechanisms of Nonphotochemical Quenching in the LHCSR3 Protein of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Author(s): Gabriel de la Cruz Valbuena, Franco V. A. Camargo, Rocio Borrego-Varillas, Federico Perozeni, Cosimo D’Andrea, Matteo Ballottari, Giulio Cerullo
Published in: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Issue 10/10, 2019, Page(s) 2500-2505, ISSN 1948-7185
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01184

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii LHCSR1 and LHCSR3 proteins involved in photoprotective non-photochemical quenching have different quenching efficiency and different carotenoid affinity

Author(s): Federico Perozeni, Giorgia Beghini, Stefano Cazzaniga, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 10/1, 2020, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78985-w

The potential use of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chlorella sorokiniana as biostimulants on maize plants

Author(s): Flavio Martini, Giorgia Beghini, Laura Zanin, Zeno Varanini, Anita Zamboni, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: Algal Research, Issue 60, 2021, Page(s) 102515, ISSN 2211-9264
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102515

In vitro and in vivo investigation of chlorophyll binding sites involved in non‐photochemical quenching in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Author(s): Federico Perozeni, Stefano Cazzaniga, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: Plant, Cell & Environment, Issue 42/8, 2019, Page(s) 2522-2535, ISSN 0140-7791
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pce.13566

LHCSR Expression under HSP70/RBCS2 Promoter as a Strategy to Increase Productivity in Microalgae

Author(s): Perozeni F, Stella GR, Ballottari M
Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Issue 19/1, 2018, Page(s) 155, ISSN 1422-0067
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/ijms19010155

Observation of Electronic Excitation Transfer Through Light Harvesting Complex II Using Two-Dimensional Electronic–Vibrational Spectroscopy

Author(s): Nicholas H. C. Lewis, Natalie L. Gruenke, Thomas A. A. Oliver, Matteo Ballottari, Roberto Bassi, Graham R. Fleming
Published in: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Issue 7/20, 2016, Page(s) 4197-4206, ISSN 1948-7185
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02280

Functional analysis of photosynthetic pigment binding complexes in the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis reveals distribution of astaxanthin in Photosystems

Author(s): Francesco Mascia, Laura Girolomoni, Marcelo J. P. Alcocer, Ilaria Bargigia, Federico Perozeni, Stefano Cazzaniga, Giulio Cerullo, Cosimo D’Andrea, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 7/1, 2017, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16641-6

Time- and frequency-resolved fluorescence with a single TCSPC detector via a Fourier-transform approach

Author(s): Antonio Perri, John H. Gaida, Andrea Farina, Fabrizio Preda, Daniele Viola, Matteo Ballottari, Jürgen Hauer, Sandro De Silvestri, Cosimo D’Andrea, Giulio Cerullo, Dario Polli
Published in: Optics Express, Issue 26/3, 2018, Page(s) 2270, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/OE.26.002270

Molecular basis of autotrophic vs mixotrophic growth in Chlorella sorokiniana

Author(s): M. Cecchin, S. Benfatto, F. Griggio, A. Mori, S. Cazzaniga, N. Vitulo, M. Delledonne, M. Ballottari
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 8/1, 2018, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24979-8

LHCSR3 is a nonphotochemical quencher of both photosystems in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Author(s): Laura Girolomoni, Stefano Cazzaniga, Alberta Pinnola, Federico Perozeni, Matteo Ballottari, Roberto Bassi
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 116/10, 2019, Page(s) 4212-4217, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1809812116

Microalgae Cultivation on Anaerobic Digestate of Municipal Wastewater, Sewage Sludge and Agro-Waste

Author(s): Luca Zuliani, Nicola Frison, Aleksandra Jelic, Francesco Fatone, David Bolzonella, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Issue 17/10, 2016, Page(s) 1692, ISSN 1422-0067
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/ijms17101692

The function of LHCBM4/6/8 antenna proteins in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Author(s): Laura Girolomoni, Paola Ferrante, Silvia Berteotti, Giovanni Giuliano, Roberto Bassi, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: Journal of Experimental Botany, Issue 01/12/2016, 2017, Page(s) erw462, ISSN 0022-0957
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw462

Impaired Mitochondrial Transcription Termination Disrupts the Stromal Redox Poise in Chlamydomonas

Author(s): Andreas Uhmeyer, Michela Cecchin, Matteo Ballottari, Lutz Wobbe
Published in: Plant Physiology, Issue 174/3, 2017, Page(s) 1399-1419, ISSN 0032-0889
Publisher: American Society of Plant Biologists
DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00946

Functional modulation of LHCSR1 protein from Physcomitrella patens by zeaxanthin binding and low pH

Author(s): Alberta Pinnola, Matteo Ballottari, Ilaria Bargigia, Marcelo Alcocer, Cosimo D’Andrea, Giulio Cerullo, Roberto Bassi
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 7/1, 2017, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11101-7

Electron transfer between carotenoid and chlorophyll contributes to quenching in the LHCSR1 protein from Physcomitrella patens

Author(s): Alberta Pinnola, Hristina Staleva-Musto, Stefano Capaldi, Matteo Ballottari, Roberto Bassi, Tomáš Polívka
Published in: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, Issue 1857/12, 2016, Page(s) 1870-1878, ISSN 0005-2728
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.09.001

Evolutionary divergence of photoprotection in the green algal lineage: a plant‐like violaxanthin de‐epoxidase enzyme activates the xanthophyll cycle in the green alga Chlorella vulgaris modulating photoprotection

Author(s): Laura Girolomoni, Francesco Bellamoli, Gabriel Cruz Valbuena, Federico Perozeni, Cosimo D'Andrea, Giulio Cerullo, Stefano Cazzaniga, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 228/1, 2020, Page(s) 136-150, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.16674

Identification of distinct pH- and zeaxanthin-dependent quenching in LHCSR3 from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Author(s): Julianne M Troiano, Federico Perozeni, Raymundo Moya, Luca Zuliani, Kwangyrul Baek, EonSeon Jin, Stefano Cazzaniga, Matteo Ballottari, Gabriela S Schlau-Cohen
Published in: eLife, Issue 10, 2021, ISSN 2050-084X
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications
DOI: 10.7554/elife.60383

LPA2 protein is involved in photosystem II assembly in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Author(s): Michela Cecchin, Jooyeon Jeong, Woojae Son, Minjae Kim, Seunghye Park, Luca Zuliani, Stefano Cazzaniga, Andrea Pompa, Chan Young Kang, Sangsu Bae, Matteo Ballottari, EonSeon Jin
Published in: The Plant Journal, Issue 107/6, 2021, Page(s) 1648-1662, ISSN 0960-7412
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15405

Editorial: Microalgae Biology and Biotechnology

Author(s): Dimitris Petroutsos, Lutz Wobbe, EonSeon Jin, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 11, 2021, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.628267

Photosystem II antenna complexes CP26 and CP29 are essential for nonphotochemical quenching in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Author(s): Stefano Cazzaniga, Minjae Kim, Francesco Bellamoli, Jooyoen Jeong, Sangmuk Lee, Federico Perozeni, Andrea Pompa, EonSeon Jin, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: Plant, Cell & Environment, Issue 43/2, 2019, Page(s) 496-509, ISSN 0140-7791
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pce.13680

CO 2 supply modulates lipid remodelling, photosynthetic and respiratory activities in Chlorella species

Author(s): Michela Cecchin, Matteo Paloschi, Giovanni Busnardo, Stefano Cazzaniga, Stephan Cuine, Yonghua Li‐Beisson, Lutz Wobbe, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: Plant, Cell & Environment, Issue 44/9, 2021, Page(s) 2987-3001, ISSN 0140-7791
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pce.14074

The Role of Acidic Residues in the C Terminal Tail of the LHCSR3 Protein of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in Non-Photochemical Quenching

Author(s): Franco V. A. Camargo, Federico Perozeni, Gabriel de la Cruz Valbuena, Luca Zuliani, Samim Sardar, Giulio Cerullo, Cosimo D’Andrea, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Issue 12/29, 2021, Page(s) 6895-6900, ISSN 1948-7185
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01382

Heterologous expression of cyanobacterial Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP2) as a soluble carrier of ketocarotenoids in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Author(s): Matteo Pivato, Federico Perozeni, Francesco Licausi, Stefano Cazzaniga, Matteo Ballottari
Published in: Algal Research, Issue 55, 2021, Page(s) 102255, ISSN 2211-9264
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102255