Response of the calcifying coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi to low pH/high pCO<sub>2</sub>: from physiology to molecular level

dc.contributor.authorRichier, Sophie
dc.contributor.authorFiorini, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorKerros, Marie-Emmanuelle
dc.contributor.authorvon Dassow, Peter
dc.contributor.authorGattuso, Jean-Pierre
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T00:02:58Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T00:02:58Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThe emergence of ocean acidification as a significant threat to calcifying organisms in marine ecosystems creates a pressing need to understand the physiological and molecular mechanisms by which calcification is affected by environmental parameters. We report here, for the first time, changes in gene expression induced by variations in pH/pCO(2) in the widespread and abundant coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi. Batch cultures were subjected to increased partial pressure of CO2 (pCO(2); i.e. decreased pH), and the changes in expression of four functional gene classes directly or indirectly related to calcification were investigated. Increased pCO(2) did not affect the calcification rate and only carbonic anhydrase transcripts exhibited a significant down-regulation. Our observation that elevated pCO(2) induces only limited changes in the transcription of several transporters of calcium and bicarbonate gives new significant elements to understand cellular mechanisms underlying the early response of E. huxleyi to CO2-driven ocean acidification.
dc.description.funderEuropean Community
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00227-010-1580-8
dc.identifier.eissn1432-1793
dc.identifier.issn0025-3162
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-010-1580-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/95443
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000287525100007
dc.issue.numero3
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final560
dc.pagina.inicio551
dc.revistaMarine biology
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.titleResponse of the calcifying coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi to low pH/high pCO<sub>2</sub>: from physiology to molecular level
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen158
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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