Cheong Xin

Apr 24, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Molecular Biosciences |Michael D A |New Brunswick |Cheong Xin

Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae are taxonomically diverse, predominantly symbiotic lineages that are well-known for their association with corals. The ancestor of these taxa is believed to have been free-living. The establishment of symbiosis (i.e., symbiogenesis) is hypothesised to have occurred multiple times during Symbiodiniaceae evolution, but its impact on genome evolution of these taxa is largely unknown.

Nov 23, 2023 | genomebiology.biomedcentral.com | Cheong Xin |Molecular Biosciences |Carl von Ossietzky |Technische Universität Braunschweig

The axenic culture of Prorocentrum cordatum strain CCMP1329 used in this work was obtained from the Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA). P. cordatum CCMP1329 was cultivated in L1 minus Si medium, which is a modified L1 medium [83] in which synthetic ocean water was used instead of natural seawater, and Na2SiO3·9H2O omitted. Cultures were routinely maintained by transferring 15-day-old culture (10 mL) to fresh medium (90 mL) in 300-mL Erlenmeyer flasks.