The taxonomy of filamentous Bangiales was challenging due to its plastic and simple morphology. Molecular approaches play a significant role in revealing cryptic biodiversity and resolving phylogenetic relationships. Nonetheless, the biodiversity of filamentous Bangiales in many regions, including China, has not been thoroughly investigated yet using updated methods. In this study, we investigated the biodiversity of filamento...

Sargassum thunbergii is a large brown seaweed endemic to the Northwest of Pacific Ocean, widely distributed in the warm temperate coastal waters of South Korea, China, and Japan. It is abundant in resources and has a long history of application, widely used in food, medicine, and feed. In recent years, it has also been used to restore marine ecology. To date, only one review has been published on Sargassum thunbergii aquacultu...

In this study, the regulation of abscisic acid (ABA) on cell growth and lipid biosynthesis was investigated under saltinduced stress in Chlorella pyrenoidosa. It is found that as suffering from only salt stress, although the lipid content of single cell was improved, the inhibitory effects of stress on cell proliferation was visible. When the algal cells were exposed to salt stress and ABA conditions, lipid productivity was in...

Red rot disease is one of the notorious algal diseases that threaten the cultivation of Pyropia in China, and two Pythium pathogens , i.e., Pythium porphyrae and P. chondricola , have been reported as causative agents. To monitor the pathogens, a fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method was developed to quantitatively detect their abundance. Using overlapping PCR and pathogen-specific primer pairs, two p...