Publications

1. Lapointe A, Kocademir M, Bergman P, Chitra Ragupathy I, Laumann M, Underwood GJC, Zumbusch A, Spiteller D, Kroth PG (2024) Characterization of polyphosphate dynamics in the widespread freshwater diatom Achnanthidium minutissimum under varying phosphorus supplies. J Phycology  Early View,https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13423 [134]

1. Mavrogenis M, Lepetit B, Kroth PG, Tsirtsis G (2023) Effects of dimethoate, an organophosphate insecticide, on photosynthesis of five selected phytoplankton species. Global NEST J 25, 23-34,https://doi.org/10.30955/gnj.004565 [128]

2. Sprecher BN, Buck JM, Ropella LL, Ramsperger A, Kroth PG, Yamada N (2023) Genetic Transformation Methods for Diatom Nitzschia captiva: New Tools to Better Understand Dinotom Endosymbiosis

. Algal Research 72, doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2023.103136 [129]

3. Yamada N, Lepetit B, Mann D, Sprecher B, Buck J, Bergmann P, Kroth PG, Bolton J, Dąbek P, Witkowski A, Kim S-Y, Trobajo R (2023) Prey preference in a kleptoplastic dinoflagellate is linked to photosynthetic performance. ISME J, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01464-3  [130]

4. Yang R, Kroth PG (2023) Induction of Phaeodactylum tricornutum biofilm formation by the bacterium Roseovarius sp. strain 217 and its spent medium. J Endocytobiology and Cell Research 32, 001-009 [131]

5. Im SH, Lepetit B, Mosesso N, Shrestha S, Weiss L, Nymark M, Roellig R, Wilhelm C, Isono E,Krot, PG (2023) Identification of promoter targets by Aureochrome 1a in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. J Exp Botany Early View:erad478, doi: 10.1093/jxb/erad478 [132]

6. Im SH, Madhuri S, Lepetit B, Kroth PG (2023) Functional demonstration of Aureochrome 1a proteasomal degradation after blue light incubation in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Plant Physiol. 292:154148. doi: 10.1016/j.jplph.2023.154148 [133]

1. Buck J, Wünsch M, Schober AF, Kroth PG, Lepetit, B (2022) Impact of Lhcx2 on acclimation to low iron conditions in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Frontiers in Plant Science (in press)  [119]

2. Kroth PG, Matsuda Y (2022) Carbohydrate Metabolism. In: The Molecular Life of Diatoms (Falciatore A, Mock T, eds.), Springer Nature  465-492 [120]

3. Maier UG, Moog D, Flori S, Jouneau P-H, Falconat D, Heimerl T, Kroth PG, Finazzi G (2022) Cell Biology of Organelles. In: The Molecular Life of Diatoms (Falciatore A, Mock T, eds.), Springer Nature  265-286 [121]

4. Jaubert M, Duchêne C, Kroth PG, Rogato A, Bouly J-P, Falciatore A (2022) Sensing and Signalling in Diatom Responses to Abiotic Cues.  In: The Molecular Life of Diatoms (Falciatore A, Mock T, eds.), Springer Nature 607-640 [122]

5. Büchel C, Goss R, Bailleul B, Campbell DA, Lavaoud J, Lepetit B (2022) Photosynthetic Light Reactions in Diatoms. I. The Lipids and Light-Harvesting Complexes of the Thylakoid Membrane. In: The Molecular Life of Diatoms (Falciatore A, Mock T, eds.), Springer Nature 397-422 [123]

6. Lepetit B, Campbell DA, Lavaud J, Büchel C, Goss R, Bailleul B (2022) Photosynthetic Light Reactions in Diatoms. II. The Dynamic Regulation of the Various Light Reactions In: The Molecular Life of Diatoms. (Falciatore A, Mock T, eds.), Springer Nature 423-464 [124]

7. Yu G, Nakajima K, Gruber A, Rio Bartulos C, Schober A, Lepetit B, Yohannes E, Matsuda Y, Kroth PG (2022) Mitochondrial PEP Carboxylase contributes to carbon fixation in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum at low inorganic carbon concentrations. New Phytologist 235: 1379-1393. doi: 10.1111/nph.18268 [125]

8. Lapointe A, Spiteller, D, Kroth PG (2022)  High throughput method for extracting polyphosphates from diatoms. J. Endocytobiology and Cell Research 31: 29-38 https://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/receive/jportal_jparticle_01216927 [126]

9. Kroth PG (2022) On the origin of plastids. BioEssays, e2200217.  [127]

1. Buck J, Kroth PG, Lepetit B (2021) Identification of sequence motifs in Lhcx proteins that confer qE-based photoprotection in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. The Plant Journal 108, 1721-1734. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15539 [118]

1. Yamada N, Sakai H, Onuma R, Kroth PG, Horiguchi T (2020) Five Non-Motile Dinotom Dinoflagellates of the Genus Dinothrix. Frontiers in Plant Sience doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.591050 [117].
2. Mann M, Serif M, Wrobel T, Eisenhut M, Madhuri S, Flachbart S, Weber APM, Lepetit B, Wilhelm C, Kroth PG  (2020) The aureochrome photoreceptor PtAUREO1a is a highly effective blue light switch in diatoms. iScience 23,101730. doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101730 [116]
3. Blommaert L, Vancaester, E, Huysman MJJ, Osuna-Cruz CM, D’hondt S, Lavaud J, Lepetit B; Winge P, Bones AM, Vandepoele K (2020): Light Regulation of LHCX Genes in the Benthic Diatom Seminavis robusta. Frontiers in Marine Science 7. - eISSN 2296-7745 [115]
4. Dow L, Stock F, Peltekis A, Szamosvári D, Prothiwa M, Lapointe A, Böttcher T, Bailleul B, Vyverman W, Kroth PG, Lepetit, B (2020) The multifaceted inhibitory effects of an alkyl quinolone on the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. ChemBioChem 21, 1206-1216 . http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201900612. [114]
5. Dow L, Morrissey KL, Willems A, Kroth PG (2020) Complete genome sequence of Dyadobacter sp. 32, isolated from a culture of the freshwater diatom Cymbella microcephala. Marine Genomics 100720. doi: 10.1016/j.margen.2019.100720 [113]

1. Buck JM, Sherman J, Bártulos CR, Serif M, Halder M, Henkel J, Falciatore A, Lavaud J, Gorbunov MY, Kroth PG, Falkowski PG, Lepetit B.  (2019): Lhcx proteins provide photoprotection via thermal dissipation of absorbed light in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Nature Comm 10: 4167. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12043-6  [112]
2. Yamada N, Bolton JJ, Trobajo R, Mann DG, Dąbek P, Witkowski A, Onuma T, Horiguchi T, Kroth, PG (2019): Discovery of a kleptoplastic ‘dinotom’ dinoflagellate and the unique nuclear dynamics of converting kleptoplastids to permanent plastids. Scientific Reports 9, 10474 [111]
3. Giraldo JB, Stock W, Dow L, Roef L, Willems A, Mangelinckx S, Kroth PG, Vyverman W, Michiels M (2019) Influence of the algal microbiome on biofouling during industrial cultivation of Nannochloropsis sp. in closed photobioreactors. Algal Research 42, 101591  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2019.101591 [110]
4. Madhuri S, Rio Bartulos C, Serif M, Lepetit B, Kroth PG (2019) A strategy to complement PtAUREO1a in TALEN knockout strains of Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Algal Research 39: 101469, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2019.101469 [109]
5. Stock F,  Syrpas M, Graff van Creveld S, Backx S, Blommaert L, Dow L, Stock W, Ruysbergh E, Lepetit B, Bailleul B, Sabbe K, De Kimpe N, Willems A, Kroth PG, Vardi A, Vyverman W, Mangelinckx S (2019) N‑Acyl Homoserine lactone derived tetramic acids impair photosynthesis in Phaeodactylum tricornutum. ACS Chem Biol 14: 198-203, Doi: 10.1021/acschembio.8b01101 [108]
6. Schober AF, Rio Bartulos C, Bischoff A, Lepetit B, Gruber A, Kroth PG (2019) Organelle Studies and Proteome Analyses on Mitochondria and Plastids Fractions from the Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. Plant Cell Physiology 60: 1811–1828, doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcz097 [107]

1. Buck J, Gruber A, Rio Bartulos C, Kroth PG (2018) Blasticidin-S deaminase, a new selection marker for genetic transformation of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. PeerJ 6:e5884, doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5884 [106]
2. Kroth PG, Bones AM, Daboussi F, Ferrante MI, Jaubert M, Kolot M, Nymark M, Río Bártulos C,  Ritter A, Russo MT, Serif M, Winge P, Falciatore A (2018) Genome editing in diatoms: achievements and goals. Plant Cell Reports 37:1401-1408. [105]
3. Bártulos CR, Rogers MB, Williams TA, Gentekaki E, Brinkmann H, Cerff R, Liaud MF, Hehl AB, Yarlett NR, Gruber A, Kroth PG, van der Giezen M. (2018) Mitochondrial glycolysis in a major lineage of eukaryotes. Genome Biol Evol 10: 2310-2325, doi: 10.1093/gbe/evy164. [104]
4. Schober AF, Flori S, Finazzi G, Kroth PG, Bártulos CR. (2018) Isolation of plastid fractions from the diatoms Thalassiosira pseudonana and Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Methods Mol Biol. 1829: 189-203. [103]
5. Huang W, Haferkamp I, Lepetit B, Molchanova M, Hou S, Jeblick W, Río Bártulos, Kroth PG (2018) Reduced vacuolar β-1,3-glucan synthesis affects carbohydrate metabolism as well as plastid homeostasis and structure in Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115: 4791-4796. [102]
6. Ewe D, Tachibani M, Kikutani S, Gruber A, Rio Bartulos C, Konert G, Kaplan A, Matsuda Y, Kroth PG (2018) The intracellular distribution of inorganic carbon fixing enzymes does not support the presence of a C4 pathway in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Photosynth Res 37: 263-280. [101]

1. Yu G, Kroth PG, Gruber A.  (2017) Controlled supply of CO₂ to batch cultures of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. J Endocytbiosis and Cell Res 28: 062-066. [100]
2. Hess SK, Schunck NS, Goldbach V, Ewe D, Kroth PG, Mecking S (2017) Valorization of Unconventional Lipids from Microalgae or Tall Oil via a Selective Dual Catalysis One-Pot Approach. J Am Chem Soc 139 (38), 13487–13491. [99]
3. Schoefs B, Hu H, Kroth PG (2017) The peculiar metabolism of diatoms. Phil Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 372, 20160405. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0405. [98]
   
4. Flori S, Jouneau PH, Bailleul B, Gallet B, Estrozi LF, Moriscot C, Bastien O1 Eicke S, Schober A, Bártulos CR, Maréchal E, Kroth PG, Petroutsos D, Zeeman S, Breyton C, Schoehn G, Falconet D, Finazzi G. (2017) Plastid thylakoid architecture optimizes photosynthesis in diatoms. Nature Communications 8: 15885. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15885. [97]
5. Kroth PG, Wilhelm C, Kottke T (201) An Update on Aureochromes: Phylogeny - Mechanism - Function. J. Plant Phys. 217, 20-26. [96]
6. Hess S, Lepetit B, Kroth PG, Mecking S (2017) Production of Chemicals from Microalgae Lipids - Status and Perspectives. Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol.  120, 1700152. DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.201700152. [95]
7. Mann M, Serif M, Jakob T, Kroth PG, Wilhelm C (2017) PtAUREO1a and PtAUREO1b knockout mutants of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum are blocked in photoacclimation to blue light. J Plant Physiol. 217, 44-48. [94]
8. GruberA, Kroth PG (in press) Intracellular metabolic pathway distribution in diatoms and tools for genome-enabled experimental diatom research. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2017 Sep 5;372(1728) [93]
9. Serif M, Lepetit B, Weißert K, Kroth PG, Rio Bartulos C (2017) A fast and reliable strategy to generate TALEN-mediated gene knockouts in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Algal Research 23, 186–195. [92]
10. Mock T, Otillar RP, Strauss J, McMullan M, Paajanen P, Schmutz J, Salamov A, Sanges R, Toseland A, Ward BJ, Allen AE, Dupont CL, Frickenhaus S, Maumus F, Veluchamy A, Wu T, Barry KW, Falciatore A, Ferrante MI, Fortunato AE, Glöckner G, Gruber A, Hipkin R, Janech MG, Kroth PG, Leese F, Lindquist EA, Lyon BR, Martin J, Mayer C, Parker M, Quesneville H, Raymond JA, Uhlig C, Valas RE, Valentin KU, Worden AZ, Armbrust EV, Clark MD, Bowler C, Green BR, Moulton V, van Oosterhout C, Grigoriev IV. (2017) Evolutionary genomics of the cold-adapted diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus. Nature 541, 536-540. doi: 10.1038/nature20803. [91]
11. Lepetit B, Gelin G, Lepetit M, Sturm S, Vugrinec S, Rogato, A, Kroth PG; Falciatore, A; Lavaud J (2017) The diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum adjusts NPQ capacity in response to dynamic light via fine-tuned Lhcx and xanthophyll cycle pigment synthesis. New Phytol. 214: 205-218. doi: 10.1111/nph.14337 [90]

1. Chu L, Ewe D, Río Bártulos C, Kroth PG, Gruber A. (2016) Rapid induction of GFP expression by the nitrate reductase promoter in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. PeerJ 4:e2344 doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2344 [89]
   
2. Chu L, Gruber A, Ast M, Schmitz-Esser S, Altensell J, Neuhaus E, Kroth Peter G, Haferkamp, I (2016). Shuttling of (deoxy-) purine nucleotides between compartments of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. New Phytologist 213, 193-205. doi: 10.1111/nph.14126 [88]
3. Banerjee A, Herman E, Serif Manuel, Reyna M, Hepp S, Pokorny R, Kroth Peter G, Essen L-O, Kottke T (2016) Allosteric communication between DNA-binding and light-responsive domains of diatom class I aureochromes. Nucleic Acid Res 44, 5957-5970, doi: 10.1093/nar/gkw420 [87]
4. Leinweber K, Müller S, Kroth PG (2016) A semi-automated workflow for biofilm assays. BMC Microbiology 16:61, doi: 10.1186/s12866-016-0676-9 [86]
5. Buhmann MT, Schulze B, Förderer A, Schleheck D, Kroth PG (2016) Bacteria may induce the secretion of mucine-like proteins by the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Journal of Phycology 52, 463-474, doi: 10.1111/jpy.12409[85]
6. Huang W, Rio Bartulos C, Kroth PG (2016) Diatom vacuolar 1,6-ß-transglycosylases can functionally complement the respective yeast mutants. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiol 63: 536-546 doi: 10.1111/jeu.12298 [84]
7. Stecher A, Neuhaus S, Lange B, Frickenhaus S, Beszteri B, Kroth PG, Valentin K. (2016) rRNA and rDNA based assessment of sea ice protist biodiversity from the central Arctic Ocean. European Journal of Phycology 51, 31-46. [83]

1. Lu B, Li D, Zhang R, Shuai L, Schulze B, Kroth PG, Zhan D, Wang G (2015) Defense responses in female gametophytes of Saccharina japonica (Phaeophyta) induced by flg22-derived peptides. Journal of Applied Phycology, online first, doi:10.​1007/​s10811-015-0721-3
2. Leinweber K, Kroth PG. (2015) Capsules of the diatom Achnanthidium minutissimum arise from fibrillar precursors and foster attachment of bacteria. PeerJ 3:e858 dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.858
3. Schulze B, Buhmann MT, Rio Bartulos C, Kroth PG (2015). Comprehensive computational analysis of leucine-rich repeat (LRR) proteins encoded in the genome of the  diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Marine Genomics. 21, 43-51 doi:10.1016/j.margen.2015.02.007
4. Windler M, Leinweber K, Rio Bartulos C, Philipp B, Kroth PG (2015) Biofilm and Capsule Formation of the Diatom Achnathidium minutissimum are affected by a Bacterium. Journal of Phycology 51, 343-355, DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12280
5. Gruber A, Rocap G, Kroth PG, Armbrust EV, Mock T (2015). Plastid proteome prediction for diatoms and other algae with secondary plastids of the red lineage. The Plant Journal 81, 519–528, DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12734
6. Kroth PG (2015). The Biodiversity of Carbon Assimilation. Journal of Plant Physiol. 172, 76-81

1. Roesle P, Stempfle F, Hess SK, Zimmerer J, Rio Bartulos C, Lepetit B, Eckert A, Kroth PG, Mecking S. (2014) Synthetic Polyester from Algae Oil. Angew. Chemie Int Ed. 53, 6800-6804.
2. Windler M, Bova D, Kryvenda A, Straile D, Gruber A, Kroth PG (2014) Influence of bacteria on cell size development and morphology of cultivated diatoms. Phycological Research 62, 269-281.
3. Matsuda Y, Kroth PG (2014) Carbon Fixation in Diatoms. In: M.F. Hohmann-Marriott (ed.), The Structural Basis of Biological Energy Generation, Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration vol 39, pp 335-362, DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8742-0_18
4. Gruber, A, Kroth, PG (2014) Deducing intracellular distributions of metabolic pathways from genomic data. Meth Mol Biol 1083:187-211. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-661-0_12.

1. Rottberger J, Gruber A, Boenigk J, Kroth PG (2013) Influence of nutrients and light on autotrophic, mixotrophic and heterotrophic freshwater chrysophytes. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 71, 179-191.
2. Kroth PG (2013) Getting a grip on genetic modification in brown algae. J Phycol 49:816-818.
3. Schellenberger Costa B, Sachse M, Jungandreas A, Rio Bartulos C, Gruber A, Jakob T, Kroth PG, Wilhelm C (2013) Aureochrome 1a is involved in the photoacclimation of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. PLoS One 8(9):e74451. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074451.
4. Sturm S, Engelken J, Gruber A, Vugrinec S, Kroth PG, Adamska I, Lavaud J (2013) A novel type of light-harvesting antenna protein of
   red algal origin in algae with secondary plastids. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:159. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-159
5. Sachse M, Sturm S, Gruber A, Kroth PG (2013) Identification and evaluation of endogenous reference genes for steady state transcript quantification by qPCR in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum with constitutive expression independent from time and light. J Endocytobiosis and Cell Research 24, 1-7.
6. Buhmann MT, Day JG, Kroth PG (2013) Post-cryopreservation viability of the benthic freshwater diatom Planothidium frequentissimum depends on light levels. Cryobiology 67: 23-29, doi: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2013.04.005.
7. Herman E, Sachse M, Kroth PG, Kottke T (2013) Blue-light-induced unfolding of the Jα helix allows for the dimerization of aureochrome-LOV from the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Biochemistry 52: 3094-3101.
8. Huysman MJJ, Fortunato AE, Matthijs M, Schellenberger Costa B, Vanderhaeghen R, Van den Daele H, Sachse M, Inzé D, Bowler C, Kroth PG, Wilhelm C, Falciatore A, Vyverman W, and De Veylder L (2013) Control of light-dependent cell cycle onset through AUREOCHROME1a-mediated induction of the diatom-specific cyclin dsCYC2. The Plant Cell doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.112.106377.
9. Lepetit B, Sturm S, Rogato A, Gruber A, Sachse M, Falciatore A, Kroth PG, Lavaud J (2013) High light acclimation in the secondary plastids containing diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum is triggered by the redox state of the plastoquinone pool. Plant Physiology 61(2):853-65.
10. Rottberger J, Gruber A, Kroth PG (2013) Analysing size variation during light-starvation response of nutritionally different chrysophytes with a Coulter counter. Algological Studies, OnlineEarly:DOI: 10.1127/1864-1318/2013/0105.
11. Haimovich-Dayan M, Garfinkel N, Ewe D, Marcus Y, Gruber A, Wagner H, Kroth PG, Kaplan A. (2013) The role of C₄ metabolism in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. New Phytol. 197(1):177-85.

1. Curtis BA, Tanifuji G, Burki F, Gruber A, Irimia M, Maruyama S, Arias MC, Ball SG, Gile Y, Hirakawa Y, Hopkins JF, Kuo A, Rensing SA, Schmutz J, Symeonidi A, Elias M, Eveleigh RJM, Herman EK, Klute MJ, Nakayama T, Oborník M, Reyes-Prieto A, Armbrust EV, Aves SJ, Beiko RJ, Coutinho P, Dacks JB, Durnford DG, Fast NM, Green BR, Grisdale C, Hempel F, Henrissat, Höppner MP, Ishida KI, Kim E, Kořený L, Kroth PG, Liu Y, Malik SB, Maier UG, McRose D, Mock T, Neilson JAD, Onodera NT, Poole AM, Pritham EJ, Richards TA, Rocap G, Roy SW, Sarai C, Schaack S, Shirato S, Slamovits CH, Spencer DF, Suzuki S, Worden AZ, Zauner S, Barry K, Bell C, Bharti AK, Crow JA, Grimwood J, Kramer R, Lindquist E, Lucas S, Salamov A, McFadden GI, Lane E, Keeling PJ, Gray MW, Grigoriev IV,  Archibald JM. (2012) Cryptophyte and chlorarachniophyte nuclear genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and fate of nucleomorphs. Nature 492(7427):59-65; doi:10.1038/nature11681.
2. Windler M, Gruber A, Kroth PG (2012) Purification of Benthic Diatoms from Associated Bacteria using the Antibiotic Imipenem. J Endocytobiosis and Cell Research 22, 062-065;  zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/receive/jportal_jparticle_00273835.
3. Lavaud J, Materna AC, Sturm S, Vugrinec S, Kroth PG (2012)  Silencing of the violaxanthin de-epoxidase gene in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum reduces diatoxanthin synthesis and non-photochemical quenching. PLoS One 7(5):e36806.
4. Kikutani S, Tanaka R, Yamazaki Y, Hara S, Hisabori T, Kroth PG, Matsuda Y (2012) Redox regulation of carbonic anhydrases via thioredoxin in the chloroplast of the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. J. Biol. Chem. 287(24):20689-700.
5. Buhmann, M, Kroth PG, Schleheck (2012) Photoautotrophic–heterotrophic biofilm communities: a laboratory incubator designed for growing axenic diatoms and bacteria in defined mixed-species biofilms. Environmental Microbiology Reports 4, 133-140.
6. Rahalkar M, Bahulikar RA, Deutzmann JS, Kroth PG, Schink B (2011) Elstera litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from stone biofilms of Lake Constance after enrichment with diatom exudates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 62: 1750-1754.

1. Allen AE, Moustafa A, Montsant A, Eckert A, Kroth PG, Bowler C. (2012) Evolution and Functional Diversification of Fructose Bisphosphate Aldolase Genes in Photosynthetic Marine Diatoms. Mol. Biol. Evol. 29(1):367-79.
2. Vugrinec S, Gruber A, Kroth PG (2011) Protein targeting into complex plastids – support for the trans-locator model. J Endocytobiosis and Cell Research. 59-63.
3. Bruckner CG, Rehm C, Grossart H-P & Kroth PG (2011) Growth and release of extracellular organic compounds by benthic diatoms depend on interactions with bacteria. Envir. Microbiol. 13:1052-1063.

1. Joshi-Deo J, Schmidt M, Gruber A, Weisheit W, Mittag M, Kroth PG, Büchel C. (2010) Characterization of a trimeric light-harvesting complex in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum built of FcpA and FcpE proteins. J. Exp. Bot. 61: 3079-3087.
2. Schwarzenberger A, Zitt A, Kroth PG, Mueller S, Von Elert E (2010) Gene expression and activity of digestive proteases in Daphnia: effects of cyanobacterial protease inhibitors. BMC Physiology 4;10:6.

1. Materna AC, Sturm S, Kroth PG, Lavaud J (2009) First induced plastid genome mutations in an alga with secondary plastids: psbA mutations in the diatom. J. Phycol. 45: 838-846
2. Weber, T, Gruber, A. and Kroth, PG (2009) Distribution and localization of thioredoxins in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Molecular Plant 2: 468-477
3. Bruckner, C and Kroth PG (2009) Protocols for the removal of bacteria from benthic diatom cultures. J. Phycol. 45: 981-986
4. Ast M, Gruber A, Schmitz-Esser S, Neuhaus H-E, Kroth PG, Horn M, Haferkamp I (2009) Diatom plastids depend on nucleotide import from the cytosol. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106: 3621-3626.
5. Gruber, A, Weber, T, Río Bártulos, C, Vugrinec S, Kroth, PG (2009) Intracellular distribution of the reductive and oxidative pentose phosphate pathways in two diatoms. J. Basic Microbiol 49: 58-72.

1. Bruckner CG, Bahulikar R, Rahalkar M, Schink B, Kroth PG. (2008) Bacteria associated with benthic diatoms from Lake Constance: phylogeny and influences on diatom growth and EPS secretion. Appl Environ Microbiol 74: 7740-7749.
2. Bowler, C, Allen, AE, Badger, JH, Grimwood, J, Jabbari, K, Kuo, A, Maheswari, A, Martens, C, Maumus, F, Otillar, RP, Rayko, E, Salamov, A, Vandepoele, K, Beszteri, B, Gruber, A, Heijde, M, Katinka, M, Mock T, Valentin, K, Vérret, F, Berges, JA, Brownlee, C, Cadoret, JP, Chiovitti, A, Choi, CJ, Coesel, S, De Martino, A, Detter, JD, Durkin, C, Falciatore, A, Fournet, J, Haruta, M, Huysman, M, Jenkins, BD, Jiroutova, K, Jorgensen, RE, Joubert, Y, Kaplan, A, Kroeger, N, Kroth, PG, La Roche, J, Lindquist, E, Lommer, M, Martin-Jézéquel, V, Lopez, PJ, Lucas, S, Mangogna, M, McGinnis, K, Medlin, LK, Montsant, A, Oudot-Le Secq, MP, Napoli, N, Obornik, M, Petit, JL, Porcel, BL, Poulsen, N, Robison, M, Rychlewski, L, Rynearson, TA, Schmutz, J, Schnitzler Parker, M, Shapiro, H, Siaut, M, Stanley, M, Sussman, MR, Taylor, A, Vardi, A, von Dassow, P, Vyverman, W, Willis, A, Wyrwicz, LS, Rokhsar, DS, Weissenbach, J, Armbrust, EV, Green, BR, Van de Peer, Y, Grigoriev, IV (2008) The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes. Nature 456: 239-244.
3. Bahulikar, RA and Kroth PG (2008) The complex extracellular polysaccharides of mainly chain-forming freshwater diatom species from epilithic biofilms. J. Phycol. 44: 1465-1475.
4. Brakemann T, Becker F, Kroth P, Rhiel, E. (2008) Structural and functional characterization of putative regulatory DNA sequences of Fcp genes in the centric diatom Cyclotella cryptica.Diatom Research 23: 31-49.
5. Medlin, L, Jung, I,, Bahulikar, R, Mendgen K, Kroth, PG, Kooistra, WHCF. (2008) Evolution of the Diatoms. VI. Assessment of the new genera in the araphids using molecular data. Nova Hedwigia 133, 81-100.
6. Kroth, PG, Chiovitti, A, Gruber, A, Martin-Jezequel, V, Mock, T, Parker,MS, Stanley, MS, Kaplan, A, Caron, L, Weber, T, Maheswari, U, Armbrust, EV, Bowler, C, (2008) A model for carbohydrate metabolism in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum deduced from comparative whole genome analysis. PLoS One 3(1): e1426. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001426.

1. Kroth, P. (2007) Molecular tools to explore the biology of diatoms. In: Proceedings of the 1st Central European Diatom Meeting 2007. Kusber, W.-H. & Jahn, R. (ed.): pages 87-92.
2. Gruber, A, Vugrinec, S., Hempel ,F, Gould, SB, Maier, UG Kroth PG (2007) Protein targeting into complex diatom plastids depends on the signal peptide's cleavage site within the bipartite presequence. Plant Mol. Biol. 64, 519-530.
3. Kroth, PG (2007) Genetic Transformation - a Tool to Study Protein Targeting in Diatoms. In: “Methods in Molecular Biology - Protein Targeting Protocols” (Van der Giezen, M., Ed.) Humana Press, 257-268 .
4. Gould, SB, Sommer, MS, Kroth, PG, Gile GH, Keeling, PJ, Maier, U-G (2007) Nucleus-to-nucleus gene transfer and protein retargeting into a remnant cytoplasm of cryptophytes and diatoms. Mol. Biol. Evol.23:2413-22.
5. Bahulikar, RA, and Kroth PG (2007) Localization of EPS components secreted by freshwater diatoms using differential staining with fluorochromes. Eur. J. Phycol. 42, 199-208.
6. Lavaud, J, Strzepek, R. and Kroth, PG (2007) Tuning photosynthesis to the waves: How light influences the spatial distribution of diatoms. Limnol. Oceanograph. 52, 1188-1194

1. Kroth, P.G. (2006) Molecular biology and the biotechnological potential of diatoms. In: "Transgenic microalgae as green cell factories" (León,R. Fernández, E., Galván, A. Eds.). Landes Bioscience Publishers (in press)
2. Lavaud, J. and Kroth, P.G. (2006) In Diatoms, the Transthylakoid Proton Gradient Regulates the Photoprotective Non-Photochemical Fluorescence Quenching beyond Its Control on the Xanthophyll Cycle. Plant Cell Physiol. 47:1010-1016.
3. Gould, S.B., Sommer, M.S., Hadfi, K., Zauner S., Kroth, P.G., and Maier, U.-G. (2006) Protein Targeting into the Complex Plastid of Cryptophytes. J. Mol. Evol. 62(6):674-81
4. Wilhelm C, Büchel C, Fisahn J, Goss R, Jakob T, LaRoche J, Lavaud J, Lohr M, Riebesell U, Stehfest K, Valentin K, Kroth PG (2006) The Regulation of Carbon and Nutrient Assimilation in Diatoms is significantly different from Green Algae. Protist 157: 91-124.
5. Kilian, O. and Kroth. P.G. (2006) Molecular biology and genetic engineering in microalgae. In: Algal cultures, analogues of blooms and applications (Ed.: D.V. Subba Rao) Science Publishers, Enfield (NH) USA, pp. 769- 799.

1. Kroth, P.G., Schroers, Y., and Kilian, O. (2005) The peculiar distribution of class I and class II aldolases in diatoms and in red algae. Curr. Genet. 48, 389-400.
2. Michels, A., Wedel, N. and Kroth, P.G. (2005) Diatom plastids possess a plastid phosphoribulokinase with an altered regulation and no oxidative pentose phosphate pathway. Plant Physiol. 137, 911-920.
3. Kilian, O. and Kroth, P.G. (2005) Identification and characterization of a new conserved motif within the presequence of proteins targeted into complex diatom plastids. Plant J. 41, 175-183.

1. Kilian, O and Kroth, PG (2004) Presequence acquisition during secondary endocytobiosis and the possible role of introns. J. Mol. Evol. 58, 712-721.
2. Kilian, O and Kroth, PG (2003) Evolution of protein targeting into “complex” plastids: the “secretory transport hypothesis”. Plant Biology 5, 350-358.
3. Domergue, F., Spiekemann, P., Lerchl, J., Beckmann, C., Kroth, P.G., Kilian, O., Boland, W., Zähringer, U. and Heinz, E. (2003) New insight into Phaeodactylum tricornutum fatty acid metabolism: cloning and functional characterisation of the plastidial and the microsomal ?12-fatty acid desaturase. Plant Physiol. 131, 1646-1660.
4. Apt, K. E., Zaslavskaia, L., Lippmeier, J. C., Lang, M., Kilian, O., Wetherbee, R., Grossman, A.R. and Kroth, P.G. (2002): In Vivo characterization of diatom multipartite plastid targeting signals. J. Cell Science 115 , 4061-4069.
5. Kroth, P. (2002) Protein transport into secondary plastids and the evolution of primary and secondary plastids. Int. Rev. Cytol. 221, 191-255.
6. Lang, M. and Kroth, P.G. (2001) Diatom fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding protein (FCP) and land plant light-harvesting proteins use a similar pathway for thylakoid membrane insertion. J. Biol. Chem. 276: 7985-7991.
7. Konno, H., Yodogawa, M., Stumpp, M.T., Kroth, P., Strotmann, H., Motohashi, K., Amano, T. and Hisabori, T. (2000) Inverse regulation of F₁-ATPase activity by a mutation at the regulatory region on the gamma subunit of chloroplast ATP synthase. Biochem J. 352, 783-788.
8. Zaslavskaia, L.A., Lippmeier, J.C., Kroth, P.G., Grossman, A.R., and Apt, K.E. (2000) Additional selectable marker and reporter genes for use in transforming the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. J. Phycol. 36, 379-386.
9. Kroth, P.G. and Strotmann, H. (1999) Diatom plastids: secondary endocytobiosis, plastid genome and protein import. Physiol.Plant. 107, 136-141.
10. Lang, M., Apt, K.E., and Kroth, P.G. (1998): Protein transport in „complex“ diatom plastids utilizes two different targeting domains. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 30973-30978.
11. Hisabori, T., Motohashi, K., Kroth, P.G., Strotmann, H., and Amano, T. (1998): The formation or the reduction of a disulfide bridge on the g subunit of chloroplast ATPase affects the inhibitory effect on the e subunit. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 15901-15905.
12. Wittpoth, C., Kroth, P.G., Weyrauch, K., Kowallik, K.V., and Strotmann, H. (1998): Functional characterization of isolated plastids from two marine diatoms. Planta 206, 79-85.
13. Hisabori, T., Kato, Y., Motohashi, K., Kroth-Pancic, P.G., Strotmann, H., and Amano, T. (1997): The regulatory functions of the g and e subunits from chloroplast CF₁ are transferred to the core complex, a3b3, from thermophilic bacterial F₁. Eur. J. Biochem. 247, 1158-1165.
14. Steinert, K., Wagner, V., Kroth-Pancic, P.G., and Bickel-Sandkötter, S. (1997): Characterization and subunit structure of the ATP synthase of the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii, and organization of the ATP synthase genes. J. Biol. Chem. 272, 6261-6269.
15. Apt, KE, Kroth-Pancic, PG, and Grossmann, AR (1996): Stable nuclear transformation of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Mol. Gen. Genet. 252, 572-579.
16. Wittpoth, C., Kroth-Pancic, P.G., and Strotmann, H. (1996): Over-expression and localization of an unknown plastid encoded protein in the diatom Odontella sinensis with similarities to a subunit of ABC-transporters. Plant Science 114, 171-179.
17. Steinert, K., Kroth-Pancic, P.G., and Bickel-Sandkötter, S. (1995): Nucleotide sequence of the ATPase A- and B-subunits of the halophilic archaebacterium Haloferax volcanii and characterization of the enzyme. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1249, 137-144.
18. Kowallik, K.V., Stoebe, B., Schaffran, I., Kroth-Pancic, P.G., and Freier, U. (1995): The chloroplast genome of a chlorophyll a+c-containing alga, Odontella sinensis. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 13, 336-342.
19. Kroth-Pancic, P.G., Freier, U., Strotmann, H., and Kowallik, K.V. (1995): Molecular structure and evolution of the atpB/E gene cluster in the diatom Odontella sinensis. J. Phycol. 31, 962-969.
20. Kroth-Pancic, P.G. (1995): Nucleotide sequence of two cDNAs encoding fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c proteins in the diatom Odontella sinensis. Plant Mol. Biol. 27, 825-828.
21. Pancic (Kroth), P.G. and Strotmann, H. (1993): Structure of the nuclear encoded g subunit of CF₀CF₁ of the diatom Odontella sinensis including its presequence. FEBS Lett. 320, 61-66.
22. Pancic (Kroth), P.G., Strotmann, H., und Kowallik, K.V. (1992): Chloroplast ATPase genes in the diatom Odontella sinensis reflect cyanobacterial characters in structure and arrangement. J. Mol. Biol. 224, 529-536.
23. Pancic (Kroth), PG, Strotmann, H, and Kowallik, KV (1991): The d subunit of the chloroplast ATPase is plastid encoded in the diatom Odontella sinensis. FEBS Lett. 280, 387-392.
24. Pancic (Kroth), PG, Kowallik, KV, and Strotmann, H (1990): Characterization of CF₁ from the diatom Odontella sinensis. Bot. Acta 103, 274-280.