GENetic diversity exploitation for Innovative macro-ALGal biorefinery

Project Information

GENIALG

Grant agreement ID: 727892

DOI 10.3030/727892

Project closed

EC signature date 13 October 2016

Start date 1 January 2017

End date 30 June 2021

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 12 222 362,51

EU contribution € 10 883 942,26

Coordinated by

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
France

Deliverables

Documents, reports (19)

Faunal biodiversity datasets uploaded to European biodiversity databes, e.g. through biodiversity information system for Europe

Faunal biodiversity datasets uploaded to European biodiversity database eg through biodiversity information system for Europe

Yield optimisation report
Ecosystem services assessment for tested seaweed farms
Results of social licence study at test sites
Biobanking of novel Ulva and S. latissima strains with characters of interest for biomass production

Biobanking of novel Ulva and S latissima strains with characters of interest for biomass production

Report on final LCA
Report on findings of preliminary LCA
Application of QTL and GWAS approaches in S. latissima

Application of QTL and GWAS approaches in S latissima

Potential impacts of the kelp cultures on the ambient ecosystem (3D model based, nutrients-phytoplankton focus)

Potential impacts of the kelp cultures on the ambient ecosystem 3D model based nutrientsphytoplankton focus

Storage review
Biobanking of defined Ulva and S. latissima strains with associated genotyping and phenotyping data

Biobanking of defined Ulva and S latissima strains with associated genotyping and phenotyping data

Establishment of genomic data platforms for future breeding initiatives
Interaction and impact of cultivated algae and growing structures on faunal community assemblages
Manual on the best practices for seaweed farming, including biocontainment and management of pests and pathogens

Manual on the best practices for seaweed farming including biocontainment and management of pests and pathogens

Growth report
Baseline genetic diversity and gene flow between farms and populations
Socio and ecological impacts of seaweed cultures (cost-benefit together with WP5 and societal acceptability together with WP7)

Socio and ecological impacts of seaweed cultures costbenefit together with WP5 and societal acceptability together with WP7

Demonstration final report
Presence and containment of seaweed pathogens in hatcheries and farms

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (5)

Genialg Conférence 1 Event Report

Genialg Conference 1 Event Report

Genialg project website, leaflet and dissemination collateral

Genialg project website leaflet and dissemination collateral

Genialg Conference 2 Event Report
Promotional video for Seaweed Biorefinery
E-learning course on sustainable seaweed farming practices

Elearning course on sustainable seaweed farming practices

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (35)

Foliose Ulva Species Show Considerable Inter‐Specific Genetic Diversity, Low Intra‐Specific Genetic Variation, and the Rare Occurrence of Inter‐Specific Hybrids in the Wild

Author(s): Antoine Fort, Marcus McHale, Kevin Cascella, Philippe Potin, Björn Usadel, Michael D. Guiry, Ronan Sulpice
Published in: Journal of Phycology, 2020, ISSN 0022-3646
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13079

A sequencing-free assay for foliose Ulva species identification, hybrid detection and bulk biomass characterisation

Author(s): Antoine Fort, Charlene Linderhof, Inés Coca-Tagarro, Masami Inaba, Marcus McHale, Kevin Cascella, Philippe Potin, Michael D. Guiry, Ronan Sulpice
Published in: Algal Research, Issue 55, 2021, Page(s) 102280, ISSN 2211-9264
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102280

Transcriptomics-Based Phenotypic Screening Supports Drug Discovery in Human Glioblastoma Cells

Author(s): Vladimir Shapovalov, Liliya Kopanitsa, Lavinia-Lorena Pruteanu, Graham Ladds, David S. Bailey
Published in: Cancers, Issue 13/15, 2021, Page(s) 3780, ISSN 2072-6694
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/cancers13153780

Host and pathogen autophagy are central to the inducible local defences and systemic response of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera against the oomycete pathogen Anisolpidium ectocarpii

Author(s): Pedro Murúa, Dieter G. Müller, Mohammad Etemadi, Pieter West, Claire M. M. Gachon
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 226/5, 2020, Page(s) 1445-1460, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.16438

Automation Concepts for Industrial-Scale Production of Seaweed

Author(s): Torfinn Solvang, Emil Scott Bale, Ole Jacob Broch, Aleksander Handå, Morten Omholt Alver
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science, Issue 8, 2021, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.613093

Extraction and Fractionation of Pigments from Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus, 2006) Using an Ionic Liquid + Oil + Water System

Author(s): Margarida Martins, Leonardo M. de Souza Mesquita, Bárbara M.C. Vaz, Ana C.R.V. Dias, Mario A. Torres-Acosta, Benoit Quéguineur, João A.P. Coutinho, Sónia P.M. Ventura
Published in: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Issue 9/19, 2021, Page(s) 6599-6612, ISSN 2168-0485
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c09110

Effect of harvesting month and proximity to fish farm sea cages on the lipid profile of cultivated Saccharina latissima

Author(s): João P. Monteiro, Tânia Melo, Jorunn Skjermo, Silje Forbord, Ole J. Broch, Pedro Domingues, Ricardo Calado, M. Rosário Domingues
Published in: Algal Research, Issue 54, 2021, Page(s) 102201, ISSN 2211-9264
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102201

Transcriptome-wide identification and evaluation of optimal reference genes for RT-qPCR expression analysis of Saccharina latissima responses to biotic and abiotic stress

Author(s): Qikun Xing, Sylvie Rousvoal, Catherine Leblanc
Published in: Journal of Applied Phycology, Issue 33/1, 2021, Page(s) 617-627, ISSN 0921-8971
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-020-02279-x

Prospects for upgrading by the European kelp sector

Author(s): Sander van den Burg, Trond Selnes, Liliana Alves, Else Giesbers, Ana Daniel
Published in: Journal of Applied Phycology, Issue 33/1, 2021, Page(s) 557-566, ISSN 0921-8971
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-020-02320-z

Innovation and Collaboration: Opportunities for the European Seaweed Sector in Global Value Chains

Author(s): Trond Selnes, Else Giesbers, Sander W. K. van den Burg
Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Issue 9/7, 2021, Page(s) 693, ISSN 2077-1312
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jmse9070693

Polar Lipids of Commercial Ulva spp. of Different Origins: Profiling and Relevance for Seaweed Valorization

Author(s): Ana S. P. Moreira, Elisabete da Costa, Tânia Melo, Diana Lopes, Adriana C. S. Pais, Sónia A. O. Santos, Bárbara Pitarma, Madalena Mendes, Maria H. Abreu, Pi Nyvall Collén, Pedro Domingues, M. Rosário Domingues
Published in: Foods, Issue 10/5, 2021, Page(s) 914, ISSN 2304-8158
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods10050914

Seasonal variation in productivity, chemical composition and nutrient uptake of Ulva spp. (Chlorophyta) strains.

Author(s): Jansen, H.M., Bernard, M.S., Nederlof, M.A.J. et al.
Published in: Journal of Applied Phycology, Issue  34, 2022, Page(s) 1649–1660, ISSN 0921-8971
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-022-02708-z

Structure–function analysis of a new PL17 oligoalginate lyase from the marine bacterium Zobellia galactanivorans DsijT

Author(s): Diane Jouanneau, Leesa J Klau, Robert Larocque, Agathe Jaffrennou, Ghislain Duval, Nolwen Le Duff, Thomas Roret, Alexandra Jeudy, Finn L Aachmann, Mirjam Czjzek, François Thomas
Published in: Glycobiology, 2021, ISSN 1460-2423
Publisher: Oxford Academic
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwab058

Seasonal plasticity of the polar lipidome of Ulva rigida cultivated in a sustainable integrated multi-trophic aquaculture

Author(s): Ana S.P. Moreira, Elisabete da Costa, Tânia Melo, Ronan Sulpice, Susana M. Cardoso, Bárbara Pitarma, Rui Pereira, Maria H. Abreu, Pedro Domingues, Ricardo Calado, M. Rosário Domingues
Published in: Algal Research, Issue 49, 2020, Page(s) 101958, ISSN 2211-9264
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2020.101958

Insights of species-specific polar lipidome signatures of seaweeds fostering their valorization in the blue bioeconomy

Author(s): Diana Lopes, Tânia Melo, Felisa Rey, Elisabete Costa, Ana S.P. Moreira, Maria H. Abreu, Pedro Domingues, Ana I. Lillebø, Ricardo Calado, M. Rosário Domingues
Published in: Algal Research, Issue 55, 2021, Page(s) 102242, ISSN 2211-9264
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102242

Non-material nature’s contributions to people from a marine protected area support multiple dimensions of human well-being

Author(s): João Garcia Rodrigues; Sebastián Villasante; Isabel Sousa Pinto
Published in: Sustainability Science, Issue 17, 2021, Page(s) 793–808, ISSN 1862-4065
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-021-01021-x

Magnetic beads, a particularly effective novel method for extraction of NGS-ready DNA from macroalgae

Author(s): Antoine Fort, Michael D. Guiry, Ronan Sulpice
Published in: Algal Research, Issue 32, 2018, Page(s) 308-313, ISSN 2211-9264
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2018.04.015

Green tides select for fast expanding Ulva strains

Author(s): Antoine Fort, Conor Mannion, Jose M. Fariñas-Franco, Ronan Sulpice
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 698, 2020, Page(s) 134337, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134337

Extensive Variations in Diurnal Growth Patterns and Metabolism Among Ulva spp. Strains

Author(s): Antoine Fort, Morgane Lebrault, Margot Allaire, Alberto A. Esteves-Ferreira, Marcus McHale, Francesca Lopez, Jose M. Fariñas-Franco, Saleh Alseekh, Alisdair R. Fernie, Ronan Sulpice
Published in: Plant Physiology, Issue 180/1, 2019, Page(s) 109-123, ISSN 0032-0889
Publisher: American Society of Plant Biologists
DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.01513

Lipidomic signature of the green macroalgae Ulva rigida farmed in a sustainable integrated multi-trophic aquaculture

Author(s): Diana Lopes, Ana S. P. Moreira, Felisa Rey, Elisabete da Costa, Tânia Melo, Elisabete Maciel, Andreia Rego, Maria H. Abreu, Pedro Domingues, Ricardo Calado, Ana I. Lillebø, M. Rosário Domingues
Published in: Journal of Applied Phycology, Issue 31/2, 2019, Page(s) 1369-1381, ISSN 0921-8971
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-018-1644-6

Polar lipid profile of Saccharina latissima, a functional food from the sea

Author(s): Felisa Rey, Diana Lopes, Elisabete Maciel, João Monteiro, Jorunn Skjermo, Jon Funderud, Diogo Raposo, Pedro Domingues, Ricardo Calado, M. Rosário Domingues
Published in: Algal Research, Issue 39, 2019, Page(s) 101473, ISSN 2211-9264
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2019.101473

Towards sustainable European seaweed value chains: a triple P perspective

Author(s): S W K van den Burg, H Dagevos, R J K Helmes
Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2019, ISSN 1054-3139
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsz183

The Unique Lipidomic Signatures of Saccharina latissima Can Be Used to Pinpoint Their Geographic Origin

Author(s): João P. Monteiro, Felisa Rey, Tânia Melo, Ana S. P. Moreira, Jean-François Arbona, Jorunn Skjermo, Silje Forbord, Jon Funderud, Diogo Raposo, Philip D. Kerrison, Marie-Mathilde Perrineau, Claire Gachon, Pedro Domingues, Ricardo Calado, M. Rosário Domingues
Published in: Biomolecules, Issue 10/1, 2020, Page(s) 107, ISSN 2218-273X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom10010107

Parallelisable non-invasive biomass, fitness and growth measurement of macroalgae and other protists with nephelometry

Author(s): Benoît Calmes, Martina Strittmatter, Bertrand Jacquemin, Marie-Mathilde Perrineau, Céline Rousseau, Yacine Badis, J. Mark Cock, Christophe Destombe, Myriam Valero, Claire M.M. Gachon
Published in: Algal Research, Issue 46, 2020, Page(s) 101762, ISSN 2211-9264
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2019.101762

A highly prevalent filamentous algal endophyte in natural populations of the sugar kelp Saccharina latissima is not detected during cultivation in Northern Brittany

Author(s): Miriam Bernard, Sylvie Rousvoal, Nadia Collet, Tristan Le Goff, Bertrand Jacquemin, Akira Peters, Philippe Potin, Catherine Leblanc
Published in: Aquatic Living Resources, Issue 32, 2019, Page(s) 21, ISSN 1765-2952
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2019019

Site-Specific Lipidomic Signatures of Sea Lettuce (Ulva spp., Chlorophyta) Hold the Potential to Trace Their Geographic Origin

Author(s): Elisabete da Costa, Fernando Ricardo, Tânia Melo, Renato Mamede, Maria H. Abreu, Pedro Domingues, M. Rosário Domingues, Ricardo Calado
Published in: Biomolecules, Issue 10/3, 2020, Page(s) 489, ISSN 2218-273X
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/biom10030489

Underpinning the Development of Seaweed Biotechnology: Cryopreservation of Brown Algae ( Saccharina latissima ) Gametophytes

Author(s): Wouter Visch, Cecilia Rad-Menéndez, Göran M. Nylund, Henrik Pavia, Matthew J. Ryan, John Day
Published in: Biopreservation and Biobanking, Issue 17/5, 2019, Page(s) 378-386, ISSN 1947-5535
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
DOI: 10.1089/bio.2018.0147

“Ectrogella” Parasitoids of the Diatom Licmophora sp. are Polyphyletic

Author(s): Andrea Garvetto, Marie‐Mathilde Perrineau, Melina Dressler‐Allame, Eileen Bresnan, Claire M. M. Gachon
Published in: Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Issue 67/1, 2019, Page(s) 18-27, ISSN 1066-5234
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12750

Seascape Genomics of the Sugar Kelp Saccharina latissima along the North Eastern Atlantic Latitudinal Gradient

Author(s): Jaromir Guzinski, Paolo Ruggeri, Marion Ballenghien, Stephane Mauger, Bertrand Jacquemin, Chloe Jollivet, Jerome Coudret, Lucie Jaugeon, Christophe Destombe, Myriam Valero
Published in: Genes, Issue 11/12, 2020, Page(s) 1503, ISSN 2073-4425
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/genes11121503

Carrying capacity of Saccharina latissima cultivation in a Dutch coastal bay : a modelling assessment

Author(s): Long Jiang; Lander Blommaert; Henrice M Jansen; Ole Jacob Broch; Klaas R Timmermans; Karline Soetaert
Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science, Issue 79(3), 2022, Page(s) 709-721, ISSN 1054-3139
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsac023

Exhaustive reanalysis of barcode sequences from public repositories highlights ongoing misidentifications and impacts taxa diversity and distribution

Author(s): Antoine Fort, Marcus McHale, Kevin Cascella, Philippe Potin, Marie‐Mathilde Perrineau, Philip D. Kerrison, Elisabete Costa, Ricardo Calado, Maria do Rosário Domingues, Isabel Costa Azevedo, Isabel Sousa‐Pinto, Claire Gachon, Adrie Werf, Willem Visser, Johanna E. Beniers, Henrice Jansen, Michael D. Guiry, Ronan Sulpice
Published in: Molecular Ecology Resources, 2021, ISSN 1755-098X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13453

Transcriptomics predicts compound synergy in drug and natural product treated glioblastoma cells

Author(s): Lavinia-Lorena Pruteanu, Liliya Kopanitsa, Dezső Módos, Edgars Kletnieks, Elena Samarova, Andreas Bender, Leonardo Dario Gomez, David Stanley Bailey
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 15/9, 2020, Page(s) e0239551, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239551

My seaweed looks weird: a community web portal to accelerate pathogen discovery in seaweeds.

Author(s): Strittmatter, M., Murúa, P., Arce, P., Perrineau, M. M. and Gachon, C.
Published in: Applied Phycology, Issue 1–6, 2022, ISSN 2638-8081
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
DOI: 10.1080/26388081.2022.2059783

Extraction of chlorophyll from wild and farmed Ulva spp. using aqueous solutions of ionic liquids

Author(s): Margarida Martins, Andreia P.M. Fernandes, Mario A. Torres-Acosta, Pi Nyvall Collén, Maria H. Abreu, Sónia P.M. Ventura
Published in: Separation and Purification Technology, Issue 254, 2021, Page(s) 117589, ISSN 1383-5866
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117589

A subfamily roadmap of the evolutionarily diverse glycoside hydrolase family 16 (GH16)

Author(s): Alexander Holm Viborg, Nicolas Terrapon, Vincent Lombard, Gurvan Michel, Mirjam Czjzek, Bernard Henrissat, Harry Brumer
Published in: Journal of Biological Chemistry, Issue 294/44, 2019, Page(s) 15973-15986, ISSN 0021-9258
Publisher: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc.
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.010619

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Phosphorus in Saccharina latissima: Initial uptake, storage, and possibilities for recycling in IMTA systems.

Author(s): Bringslid, I.H.
Published in: Masters Degree Thesis, 2019
Publisher: NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3751548

Other (1)

BIOREFINERY MANUAL: BENEFITS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF SEAWEED BIOREFINERY

Author(s): Jouanneau, D., Hanbidge, A., Cascella, K and Potin, P.
Published in: 2021
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5046385