List of works - Michael Melkonian

"Candidatus Finniella" (Rickettsiales, Alphaproteobacteria), Novel Endosymbionts of Viridiraptorid Amoeboflagellates (Cercozoa, Rhizaria).

scientific article

10KP: A phylodiverse genome sequencing plan.

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A Re-investigation of Sarcinochrysis marina (Sarcinochrysidales, Pelagophyceae) from its Type Locality and the Descriptions of Arachnochrysis, Pelagospilus, Sargassococcus and Sungminbooa genera nov.

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

A Study of Conflict between Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomy in the Desmidiaceae (Streptophyta, Viridiplantae): Analyses of 291 rbcL Sequences ⬇️

scientific article published on October 23, 2010

A close-up view on ITS2 evolution and speciation - a case study in the Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta, Viridiplantae) ⬇️

scientific article published on September 20, 2011

A consensus secondary structure of ITS2 in the chlorophyta identified by phylogenetic reconstruction

scientific article published on 13 June 2013

A method to determine photosynthetic activity from oxygen microsensor data in biofilms subjected to evaporation

scientific article

A promiscuous intermediate underlies the evolution of LEAFY DNA binding specificity

scientific article

Addendum: independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations

scientific article published on September 2014

Algal ancestor of land plants was preadapted for symbiosis

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All-optical electrophysiology in mammalian neurons using engineered microbial rhodopsins

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Apparition of the NAC Transcription Factors Predates the Emergence of Land Plants

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Application of a prototype-scale Twin-Layer photobioreactor for effective N and P removal from different process stages of municipal wastewater by immobilized microalgae

scientific article published on 16 December 2013

Are combined analyses better than single gene phylogenies? A case study using SSU rDNA and rbcL sequence comparisons in the Zygnematophyceae (Streptophyta).

scientific article

Barrancaceae: A new green algal lineage with structural and behavioral adaptations to a fluctuating environment

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Biomineralization Capacities of Chlorodendrophyceae: Correlation Between Chloroplast Morphology and the Distribution of Micropearls in the Cell

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Centrin scaffold in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii revealed by immunoelectron microscopy

scientific article published on July 2005

Chlamydial genes shed light on the evolution of photoautotrophic eukaryotes

scientific article

Chromatophore genome sequence of Paulinella sheds light on acquisition of photosynthesis by eukaryotes

scientific article

Chromosome‐level genome of Pedinomonas minor (Chlorophyta) unveils adaptations to abiotic stress in a rapidly fluctuating environment

scientific article published on 8 June 2022

Continuous removal of zinc from wastewater and mine dump leachate by a microalgal biofilm PSBR.

scientific article

Corrigendum to "Revision of the Genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae): A Combination of Molecular Phylogeny and Morphology Provides Insights into a Long-Hidden Dimorphism" [Protist 154 (2003) 371-409].

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Data access for the 1,000 Plants (1KP) project

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Diversity of ABC transporter genes across the plant kingdom and their potential utility in biotechnology

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EST analysis of the scaly green flagellate Mesostigma viride (Streptophyta): implications for the evolution of green plants (Viridiplantae).

scientific article published on 13 February 2006

Effect of LED Illumination Cycle and Carbon Sources on Biofilms of Haematococcus pluvialis in Pilot-Scale Angled Twin-Layer Porous Substrate Photobioreactors

scientific article published on 16 May 2023

Endosymbiotic associations within protists

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Endosymbiotic gene transfer and transcriptional regulation of transferred genes in Paulinella chromatophora

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Erratum: Corrigendum: Independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations

scholarly article published in Nature Methods

Evaluating methods for isolating total RNA and predicting the success of sequencing phylogenetically diverse plant transcriptomes

scientific article

Evolution of chloroplast retrograde signaling facilitates green plant adaptation to land

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Evolution of helix formation in the ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2) and its significance for RNA secondary structures

scientific article published on 08 June 2014

Extending the Time Domain of Neuronal Silencing with Cryptophyte Anion Channelrhodopsins

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

Functional and topological diversity of LOV domain photoreceptors

scientific article published on 29 February 2016

Gene transfers from diverse bacteria compensate for reductive genome evolution in the chromatophore of Paulinella chromatophora

scientific article published on 10 October 2016

Genetic Analysis of Physcomitrella patens Identifies ABSCISIC ACID NON-RESPONSIVE, a Regulator of ABA Responses Unique to Basal Land Plants and Required for Desiccation Tolerance. ⬇️

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Genetic Programming as a tool for identification of analyte-specificity from complex response patterns using a non-specific whole-cell biosensor

scientific article published on 23 January 2012

Genomes of Subaerial Zygnematophyceae Provide Insights into Land Plant Evolution

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Growth and biomass productivity of Scenedesmus vacuolatus on a twin layer system and a comparison with other types of cultivations

scientific article published on 14 October 2017

Handbook of Protoctista: The Structure, Cultivation, Habitats and Life Histories of the Eukaryotic Microorganisms and Their Descendants Exclusive of Animals, Plants and Fungi: A Guide to the Algae, Ciliates, Foraminifera, Sporozoa, Water Molds, [...]

scientific article (publication date: August 1990)

Horizontal transfer of an adaptive chimeric photoreceptor from bryophytes to ferns

scientific article (publication date: 6 May 2014)

Identification of an algal xylan synthase indicates that there is functional orthology between algal and plant cell wall biosynthesis.

scientific article published on 20 February 2018

Immobilized growth of the peridinin-producing marine dinoflagellate Symbiodinium in a simple biofilm photobioreactor

scientific article published on 18 June 2014

In vivo localization of centrin in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

scientific article

Independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations

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Insights into the Evolution of Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins from 1000 Plant Transcriptomes.

scientific article

International note: Are Emirati parents' attitudes toward mathematics linked to their adolescent children's attitudes toward mathematics and mathematics achievement?

scientific article published on 16 July 2015

Lineage-specific variations of congruent evolution among DNA sequences from three genomes, and relaxed selective constraints on rbcL in Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae).

scientific article

Marine and freshwater micropearls: biomineralization producing strontium-rich amorphous calcium carbonate inclusions is widespread in the genus &lt;i&gt;Tetraselmis&lt;/i&gt; (Chlorophyta)

scientific article published in 2018

Microscale profiling of photosynthesis-related variables in a highly productive biofilm photobioreactor

scientific article published on 24 October 2015

Molecular phylogeny and classification of the Mamiellophyceae class. nov. (Chlorophyta) based on sequence comparisons of the nuclear- and plastid-encoded rRNA operons

scientific article published on 11 December 2009

Molecular phylogeny, systematics and revision of the type species of Lobomonas, L. francei, (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) and closely related taxa

scientific article published on 26 December 2017

New Angled Twin–layer Porous Substrate Photobioreactors for Cultivation of Nannochloropsis oculata

scientific article published in December 2022

Nuclear and nucleomorph SSU rDNA phylogeny in the Cryptophyta and the evolution of cryptophyte diversity

scientific article published in August 2002

Nucleomorph and plastid genome sequences of the chlorarachniophyte Lotharella oceanica: convergent reductive evolution and frequent recombination in nucleomorph-bearing algae

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Obituary: Eberhard Schnepf (April 4, 1931-April 10, 2016).

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Occurrence, structure, and evolution of nitric oxide synthase-like proteins in the plant kingdom

scientific article published on March 2016

Origin and evolution of the nuclear auxin response system.

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

Origin of land plants: do conjugating green algae hold the key?

scientific article

POLYPHYLY OF CHAETOPHORA AND STIGEOCLONIUM WITHIN THE CHAETOPHORALES (CHLOROPHYCEAE), REVEALED BY SEQUENCE COMPARISONS OF NUCLEAR-ENCODED SSU rRNA GENES(1).

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Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear, mitochondrial, and plastid multigene data sets support the placement of Mesostigma in the Streptophyta

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Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of plastid-containing euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure

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Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants

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Phytochrome diversity in green plants and the origin of canonical plant phytochromes

scientific article published on 28 July 2015

Picomonas judraskeda gen. et sp. nov.: the first identified member of the Picozoa phylum nov., a widespread group of picoeukaryotes, formerly known as 'picobiliphytes'

scientific article published in 2013

Plastid Genome Evolution of Two Colony-Forming Benthic Strains (Coccolithales, Haptophyta)

scientific article published on 22 June 2023

Porous Substrate Bioreactors: A Paradigm Shift in Microalgal Biotechnology?

scientific article

Potential of Porous Substrate Bioreactors for Removal of Pollutants from Wastewater Using Microalgae

scientific article published on 9 October 2023

Protist--the first 15 years

scientific article published in January 2013

Revision of the genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae): a combination of molecular phylogeny and morphology provides insights into a long-hidden dimorphism

scientific article

Robert Lauterborn (1869-1952) and his Paulinella chromatophora

scientific article published in August 2005

Shared features and reciprocal complementation of the Chlamydomonas and Arabidopsis microbiota

scientific article published on 20 January 2022

Shedding Light on Vampires: The Phylogeny of Vampyrellid Amoebae Revisited ⬇️

scientific article published on February 15, 2012

Structural and Evolutionary Aspects of the Flagellar Apparatus in Green Algae and Land Plants

scientific article (publication date: May 1982)

The Draft Genome of Coelastrum proboscideum (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyta)

scientific article published on 17 August 2020

The Draft Genome of Hariotina reticulata (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyta) Provides Insight into the Evolution of Scenedesmaceae

scientific article published on 19 October 2019

The Draft Genome of the Small, Spineless Green Alga Desmodesmus costato-granulatus (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyta)

scientific article published on 25 October 2019

The Expanding Family of Natural Anion Channelrhodopsins Reveals Large Variations in Kinetics, Conductance, and Spectral Sensitivity

scientific article published on 3 March 2017

The Origin and Evolution of the Plant Cell Surface: Algal Integrin-Associated Proteins and a New Family of Integrin-Like Cytoskeleton-ECM Linker Proteins

scientific article

The ancestor of the Paulinella chromatophore obtained a carboxysomal operon by horizontal gene transfer from a Nitrococcus-like gamma-proteobacterium

scientific article published in 2007

The mystery of clade X: Orciraptor gen. nov. and Viridiraptor gen. nov. are highly specialised, algivorous amoeboflagellates (Glissomonadida, Cercozoa).

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The origin and evolution of phototropins

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

The ultrastructure of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii basal apparatus: identification of an early marker of radial asymmetry inherent in the basal body

scientific article published on 11 May 2004

Ultrastructure of the Algivorous Amoeboflagellate Viridiraptor invadens (Glissomonadida, Cercozoa).

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List of works by Michael Melkonian

"Candidatus Finniella" (Rickettsiales, Alphaproteobacteria), Novel Endosymbionts of Viridiraptorid Amoeboflagellates (Cercozoa, Rhizaria).

10KP: A phylodiverse genome sequencing plan.

A Re-investigation of Sarcinochrysis marina (Sarcinochrysidales, Pelagophyceae) from its Type Locality and the Descriptions of Arachnochrysis, Pelagospilus, Sargassococcus and Sungminbooa genera nov.

A Study of Conflict between Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomy in the Desmidiaceae (Streptophyta, Viridiplantae): Analyses of 291 rbcL Sequences ⬇️

A close-up view on ITS2 evolution and speciation - a case study in the Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta, Viridiplantae) ⬇️

A consensus secondary structure of ITS2 in the chlorophyta identified by phylogenetic reconstruction

A method to determine photosynthetic activity from oxygen microsensor data in biofilms subjected to evaporation

A promiscuous intermediate underlies the evolution of LEAFY DNA binding specificity

Addendum: independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations

Algal ancestor of land plants was preadapted for symbiosis

All-optical electrophysiology in mammalian neurons using engineered microbial rhodopsins

Apparition of the NAC Transcription Factors Predates the Emergence of Land Plants

Application of a prototype-scale Twin-Layer photobioreactor for effective N and P removal from different process stages of municipal wastewater by immobilized microalgae

Are combined analyses better than single gene phylogenies? A case study using SSU rDNA and rbcL sequence comparisons in the Zygnematophyceae (Streptophyta).

Barrancaceae: A new green algal lineage with structural and behavioral adaptations to a fluctuating environment

Biomineralization Capacities of Chlorodendrophyceae: Correlation Between Chloroplast Morphology and the Distribution of Micropearls in the Cell

Centrin scaffold in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii revealed by immunoelectron microscopy

Chlamydial genes shed light on the evolution of photoautotrophic eukaryotes

Chromatophore genome sequence of Paulinella sheds light on acquisition of photosynthesis by eukaryotes

Chromosome‐level genome of Pedinomonas minor (Chlorophyta) unveils adaptations to abiotic stress in a rapidly fluctuating environment

Continuous removal of zinc from wastewater and mine dump leachate by a microalgal biofilm PSBR.

Corrigendum to "Revision of the Genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae): A Combination of Molecular Phylogeny and Morphology Provides Insights into a Long-Hidden Dimorphism" [Protist 154 (2003) 371-409].

Data access for the 1,000 Plants (1KP) project

Diversity of ABC transporter genes across the plant kingdom and their potential utility in biotechnology

EST analysis of the scaly green flagellate Mesostigma viride (Streptophyta): implications for the evolution of green plants (Viridiplantae).

Effect of LED Illumination Cycle and Carbon Sources on Biofilms of Haematococcus pluvialis in Pilot-Scale Angled Twin-Layer Porous Substrate Photobioreactors

Endosymbiotic associations within protists

Endosymbiotic gene transfer and transcriptional regulation of transferred genes in Paulinella chromatophora

Erratum: Corrigendum: Independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations

Evaluating methods for isolating total RNA and predicting the success of sequencing phylogenetically diverse plant transcriptomes

Evolution of chloroplast retrograde signaling facilitates green plant adaptation to land

Evolution of helix formation in the ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2) and its significance for RNA secondary structures

Extending the Time Domain of Neuronal Silencing with Cryptophyte Anion Channelrhodopsins

Functional and topological diversity of LOV domain photoreceptors

Gene transfers from diverse bacteria compensate for reductive genome evolution in the chromatophore of Paulinella chromatophora

Genetic Analysis of Physcomitrella patens Identifies ABSCISIC ACID NON-RESPONSIVE, a Regulator of ABA Responses Unique to Basal Land Plants and Required for Desiccation Tolerance. ⬇️

Genetic Programming as a tool for identification of analyte-specificity from complex response patterns using a non-specific whole-cell biosensor

Genomes of Subaerial Zygnematophyceae Provide Insights into Land Plant Evolution

Growth and biomass productivity of Scenedesmus vacuolatus on a twin layer system and a comparison with other types of cultivations

Handbook of Protoctista: The Structure, Cultivation, Habitats and Life Histories of the Eukaryotic Microorganisms and Their Descendants Exclusive of Animals, Plants and Fungi: A Guide to the Algae, Ciliates, Foraminifera, Sporozoa, Water Molds, [...]

Horizontal transfer of an adaptive chimeric photoreceptor from bryophytes to ferns

Identification of an algal xylan synthase indicates that there is functional orthology between algal and plant cell wall biosynthesis.

Immobilized growth of the peridinin-producing marine dinoflagellate Symbiodinium in a simple biofilm photobioreactor

In vivo localization of centrin in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations

Insights into the Evolution of Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins from 1000 Plant Transcriptomes.

International note: Are Emirati parents' attitudes toward mathematics linked to their adolescent children's attitudes toward mathematics and mathematics achievement?

Lineage-specific variations of congruent evolution among DNA sequences from three genomes, and relaxed selective constraints on rbcL in Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae).

Marine and freshwater micropearls: biomineralization producing strontium-rich amorphous calcium carbonate inclusions is widespread in the genus &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Tetraselmis&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; (Chlorophyta)

Microscale profiling of photosynthesis-related variables in a highly productive biofilm photobioreactor

Molecular phylogeny and classification of the Mamiellophyceae class. nov. (Chlorophyta) based on sequence comparisons of the nuclear- and plastid-encoded rRNA operons

Molecular phylogeny, systematics and revision of the type species of Lobomonas, L. francei, (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) and closely related taxa

New Angled Twin–layer Porous Substrate Photobioreactors for Cultivation of Nannochloropsis oculata

Nuclear and nucleomorph SSU rDNA phylogeny in the Cryptophyta and the evolution of cryptophyte diversity

Nucleomorph and plastid genome sequences of the chlorarachniophyte Lotharella oceanica: convergent reductive evolution and frequent recombination in nucleomorph-bearing algae

Obituary: Eberhard Schnepf (April 4, 1931-April 10, 2016).

Occurrence, structure, and evolution of nitric oxide synthase-like proteins in the plant kingdom

Origin and evolution of the nuclear auxin response system.

Origin of land plants: do conjugating green algae hold the key?

POLYPHYLY OF CHAETOPHORA AND STIGEOCLONIUM WITHIN THE CHAETOPHORALES (CHLOROPHYCEAE), REVEALED BY SEQUENCE COMPARISONS OF NUCLEAR-ENCODED SSU rRNA GENES(1).

Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear, mitochondrial, and plastid multigene data sets support the placement of Mesostigma in the Streptophyta

Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of plastid-containing euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure

Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants

Phytochrome diversity in green plants and the origin of canonical plant phytochromes

Picomonas judraskeda gen. et sp. nov.: the first identified member of the Picozoa phylum nov., a widespread group of picoeukaryotes, formerly known as 'picobiliphytes'

Plastid Genome Evolution of Two Colony-Forming Benthic Strains (Coccolithales, Haptophyta)

Porous Substrate Bioreactors: A Paradigm Shift in Microalgal Biotechnology?

Potential of Porous Substrate Bioreactors for Removal of Pollutants from Wastewater Using Microalgae

Protist--the first 15 years

Revision of the genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae): a combination of molecular phylogeny and morphology provides insights into a long-hidden dimorphism

Robert Lauterborn (1869-1952) and his Paulinella chromatophora

Shared features and reciprocal complementation of the Chlamydomonas and Arabidopsis microbiota

Shedding Light on Vampires: The Phylogeny of Vampyrellid Amoebae Revisited ⬇️

Structural and Evolutionary Aspects of the Flagellar Apparatus in Green Algae and Land Plants

The Draft Genome of Coelastrum proboscideum (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyta)

The Draft Genome of Hariotina reticulata (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyta) Provides Insight into the Evolution of Scenedesmaceae

The Draft Genome of the Small, Spineless Green Alga Desmodesmus costato-granulatus (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyta)

The Expanding Family of Natural Anion Channelrhodopsins Reveals Large Variations in Kinetics, Conductance, and Spectral Sensitivity

The Origin and Evolution of the Plant Cell Surface: Algal Integrin-Associated Proteins and a New Family of Integrin-Like Cytoskeleton-ECM Linker Proteins

Marine and freshwater micropearls: biomineralization producing strontium-rich amorphous calcium carbonate inclusions is widespread in the genus <i>Tetraselmis</i> (Chlorophyta)