Author:
Gao Shan,Zhou Lu,Yang Wenting,Wang Lijun,Liu Xuehua,Gong Yingchun,Hu Qiang,Wang Guangce
Abstract
Abstract
Background
The marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum is a commercially viable species due to its bioactive substances and lipid productivity. Increasing attention has been paid to the isolation or genetic modification of species or strains with a rapid growth rate and large quantities of lipids. Furthermore, contamination of microzooplankton has been one of the major constraints in P. tricornutum large-scale cultivation, which adversely affects growth and greatly impedes the course of biomass production industrialization.
Results
Here, based on our previous transcriptomics of P. tricornutum, we found a novel gene (ID: 7202015, hereafter called Pt2015) which affects morphotype of P. tricornutum. Pt2015 protein is located in the plastid, which is highly homologous to part of the sequences of exosome component. The morphotype of the Pt2015 knockout strain (termed 2015KO) using CRISPR/Cas9 method is fusiform, but the Pt2015 overexpression strain (termed oeT) demonstrates a majority triradiate morphotype (approximately 95%) which is stable and has been cultured for more than 200 generations. In addition, the oeT strain demonstrated a similar growth rate to the WT and simultaneously accumulated larger lipids droplets that increased by approximately 30% compared to that of the WT. More importantly, the grazing rate of the amoebae cultured in the oeT strain significantly decreased in comparison with that cultured in WT, suggesting that the oeT can effectively avoid being eaten by microzooplankton.
Conclusions
Therefore, the oeT strain not only improves our understanding of morphotype conversion in diatoms but also demonstrates potential applications for large-scale cultivation of P. tricornutum.
Funder
National Key Research and Development Program of China
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Energy (miscellaneous),Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Biotechnology
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