Metabolites in Marine Planktonic Organisms
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Chemoecology for Drug Discovery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 7167
Special Issue Editors
Interests: diatoms; microalgae; molecular biology and biochemistry; bioinformatics; pharmacological and nutraceutical activity
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: diatoms; microalgae; molecular biology and biochemistry; bioinformatics; pharmacological and nutraceutical activity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Planktonic species are a rich source of primary metabolites such as carbohydrate and lipids, thus supporting marine food webs in planktonic and benthic ecosystems, fisheries, aquaculture and, ultimately, biogeochemical cycles through sinking and degradation. Recent multi-omics technologies have revolutionized the way in which living organisms are studied, leading to the identification of numerous bioactive secondary metabolites playing important roles as chemical mediators in algal–algal communication and in allelopathy, microzooplankton and mesozooplankton grazer defense, and prey–predator recognition. However, the biological and ecological role of these molecules in the planktonic network are still unknown. The acquisition of a huge amount of data has, with the support of dedicated software and bioinformatic tools, significantly improved our knowledge and understanding of the adaptation strategies of this important group of microorganisms.
The aim of this Special Issue is to showcase the chemical diversity and functionality of metabolites produced by planktonic organisms in response to different abiotic, physiological, and genetic factors, in addition to highlighting the variety of biological and ecological function they may have on marine organisms. Moreover, we are interested in studies aimed at investigating the production of these metabolites in natural planktonic communities toward better estimating their potential ecological role at sea.
Dr. Valeria Di Dato
Dr. Ida Orefice
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plankton
- microalgae
- microbes
- zooplankton
- secondary metabolites
- network interactions
- gene expression
- chemical structure
- genome function
- NGS
