euglena gracilis contributions to the environment

Microb. Advertisement randellpierre23 Answer: No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Other organisms, mostly belonging to the fungal genera Trichoderma and Aspergillus, have been explored as alternative sources for paramylon-degrading enzymes. So far, the highest reported total -tocopherol titres of 44.2 mg/L culture or 1.1 mg/g DW were achieved with E. gracilis in HT fed-batch cultivation after 455 h in a medium containing ethanol as a carbon source (Ogbonna et al., 1998). Vitaminol. Algal Res. 27, 140151. 191, 342353. Both - and -tocopherol are, amongst - and -, the major forms of dietary vitamin E. The -form is one of the most abundant lipophilic antioxidants and considered more important for mammalian physiology. Efficient selective breeding of live oil-rich Euglena gracilis with fluorescence-activated cell sorting. Lipids 50, 483492. Antiviral Res. !3 . 11), 8287. Production of antioxidant vitamins, -carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E, by two-step culture of Euglena gracilis Z. Biotechnol. 33, 111120. doi: 10.1042/bj3330381, Doetsch, N.A., Favreau, M.R., Kuscuoglu, N., Thompson, M.D., and Hallick, R.B. Res. 71, 885890. Phycol. Furthermore, there are effects attributed to paramylon beyond the immune response to pathogens. AC is supported by a Cancer Institute New South Wales Early Career Fellowship (Project Number: ECF171114). Euglena gracilis is rich in nutrients and high-value metabolites. Med. They possess two flagellae, one long, one short, which can allow the organisms to move. Washington, DC: United States Patent and Trademark Office. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2018.11.022, Kim, D., Filtz, M.R., and Proteau, P.J. (2018b). Quantitative study on lipid productivity of Euglena gracilis and its biodiesel production according to the cultivation conditions . Eye Res. doi: 10.1016/j.mam.2007.01.002, Ritala, A., Hkkinen, S.T., Toivari, M., and Wiebe, M.G. From these, paramylon is already marketed as an immunostimulatory agent in nutraceuticals. doi: 10.1021/np049892x, Kimura, M., and Ishikawa, T. (2018). It has already been used on a commercial scale for ingredients in foods and cosmetics and has undergone research in other fields too. 10, 165170. Andrologia 50:e13088. Metallomics 6, 604616. doi: 10.1080/00021369.1986.10867518, Shigeoka, S., Toshio, O., Yoshihisa, N., and Shozaburo, K. (1987). Method for Production of Euglena Containing Wax Ester at High Content, and Method for Production of Wax Ester. Recent advances in our understanding of tocopherol biosynthesis in plants: an overview of key genes, functions, and breeding of vitamin E improved crops. Phycol. Sci. Future challenges include achieving the economy of large-scale cultivation. The large size and complexity of the E. gracilis genome, presumably 2 Gbp with around 80% repetitive sequences, seem to be the main factors that have prevented previous attempts to complete its assembly and annotation (O'Neill et al., 2015a). Curr. J. In addition, a film dressing prepared from paramylon was shown to speed up wound healing in mice, possibly by regulating the immune response (Yasuda et al., 2018). J. In the Western world, major health conditions like cardiovascular and neurological diseases have been linked directly to a lack of long-chain -3 PUFAs, especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), in the dietary intake (Deckelbaum and Torrejon, 2012; Innis, 2014). B Agricult. doi: 10.1007/s12257-010-0145-5, Zhu, G., Ou, Q., Zhang, T., Jiang, X., Sun, G., Zhang, N., et al. Biophys. Rep. 7, 113. Isolation and characterization of paramylon synthase from Euglena gracilis (Euglenophyceae). Heterologous expression of photoactivated adenylyl cyclase (PAC) genes from the flagellate Euglena gracilis in insect cells. There is a growing global demand for dietary protein with a high nutritional value due to the increasing human population in concurrence with socio-economic changes (Henchion et al., 2017). (2005). doi: 10.1023/a:1008022305865, Kusmic, C., Barsanti, L., Di Lascio, N., Faita, F., Evangelista, V., and Gualtieri, P. (2018). Oral delivery and gastrointestinal absorption of soluble glucans stimulate increased resistance to infectious challenge. de Oliveira, M.A.C.L., Monteiro, M.P.C., Robbs, P.G., and Leite, S. (1999). Despite substantial evidence for the health-enhancing bioactivities of paramylon and paramylon-derived compounds as outlined above, we are not aware of any clinical studies confirming these claims. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2003.tb09615.x, Tomiyama, T., Kurihara, K., Ogawa, T., Maruta, T., Ogawa, T., Ohta, D., et al. In the present study, we isolated the cDNA encoding MMAA from Euglena gracilis Z, a photosynthetic flagellate. J. Biol. doi: 10.1104/pp.103.034223, Ntefidou, M., Ldtke, T., Ahmad, M., and Hder, D.-P. (2006). doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04848.x, Rosenberg, A. Braz. Biomass Bioenergy 112, 138143. 6, 8493. Biosci. 22, 739745. Biophys. doi: 10.3390/antiox6040099, Fujita, T., Aoyagi, H., Ogbonna, J.C., and Tanaka, H. (2008). doi: 10.1042/bj20091406, Jeng, W.Y., Wang, N.C., Lin, M.H., Lin, C.T., Liaw, Y.C., Chang, W.J., et al. As another target for a metabolic engineering approach, trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductase has been identified as a potentially rate-limiting enzyme in the FA synthesis pathway of E. gracilis (Inui et al., 2017). 72, 11431154. Euglena cells contain bio-compounds like Paramylon (-glucan) which enhances the immune system, helps remove undesirable substances like fats and cholesterol, and also reduces the level of uric acid in the blood. Relative metal toxicities were evaluated based on the Effective Exposure causing 50% growth reduction (= EE50). Algae acquire vitamin B12 through a symbiotic relationship with bacteria. Carbohydrate Polymers 93, 499505. J. Pharmacol. Hydrolytic endo--1,3-glucanases: random cleavage of the polysaccharide chain (Takeda et al., 2015). Another indicator that paramylon has regulatory effects on the cells was a study on a collagen-induced arthritis mouse model (for rheumatoid arthritis), where 2% (w/w) paramylon in the diet relieved arthritis symptoms and decreased cytokine (IFN-, IL-6, and IL-17) levels, so the authors concluded a possible involvement of Th type 17 cells (Suzuki et al., 2018). doi: 10.4172/2167-7972.1000102, Gissibl, A., Care, A., Parker, L.M., Iqbal, S., Hobba, G., Nevalainen, H., et al. (2017). 28, 423436. J. Pharmacol. Therapeut. 4, 16851690. Nuclear transformation of the versatile microalga Euglena gracilis. Chem. Bioprocess Biosyst. Here we present an overview of valuable bioproducts (e.g., dietary protein, provitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, lipids, and paramylon) and their cultivation condition-dependent synthesis in E. gracilis with special consideration to their industrial relevance and future development (Figure 1). (2013). Adaptive laboratory evolution - harnessing the power of biology for metabolic engineering. Alternatively, conventional mutagenesis could be used to generate 'natural' mutant strains with desired traits, a process which is generally not considered GM. 52, 203210. This enzyme converts -tocopherol to -tocopherol using S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) as the methyl group donor and also shows promiscuity towards - and -tocopherol (Shigeoka et al., 1992). J. Nutr. -tocopherol, the major form of vitamin E in the US diet, deserves more attention. Biol. Trichoderma reesei, a superior cellulase source for industrial applications. Furthermore, there is a preference for the use of short- or medium-chain esters over long-chain esters in the industrial production of diesel and kerosene because shorter esters provide better cold flow properties and oxidative stability (Maurice et al., 2001). Immunomodulation and anti-cancer activity of polysaccharide-protein complexes. 16, 3441. Chemical modification potentiates paramylon induction of antimicrobial activity. Curr. PT cultivation of E. gracilis is currently favoured, probably due to lower cost and relative ease of set-up, but HT cultivation for higher yields of cell mass and paramylon could soon become reality. The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. 37, 3846. Res. A major limitation facing the industrial-scale production of E. gracilis biomass is vitamin auxotrophy. doi: 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)90509-0, Ishikawa, T., Masumoto, I., Iwasa, N., Nishikawa, H., Sawa, Y., Shibata, H., et al. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M206756200, Kato, S., Soshino, M., Takaichi, S., Ishikawa, T., Nagata, N., Asahina, M., et al. (1986). A promising approach to enhance microalgae productivity by exogenous supply of vitamins. -1,3 glucan derived from Euglena gracilis and Algamune enhances innate immune responses of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus L.). 79, 371378. of P. gracilis that may compromise the survival of this species but at higher concentrations than recorded in the environment, so P. gracilis can be considered tolerant to this herbicide at environmentally relevant concentrations. Chem. Front. The study showed that Agrobacterium-mediated transformation was superior to electroporation and biolistic bombardment, resulting in stable E. gracilis transformants. 53, 185190. (2018a). . Plant Physiol. 23, 12231228. Euglena gracilis can accumulate large amounts of the reserve polysaccharide paramylon, a -1,3-glucan, which can constitute over 80% (w/w) of the dry weight (DW, biomass dried to a constant weight without oxidation) (Barsanti et al., 2001; Sun et al., 2018). 25, 90100. The biosynthetic pathway of L-ascorbic acid in Euglena gracilis Z. J. Nutr. Homogeneous and heterogeneous environments were prepared, with only a red color or with a red circle surrounded by brighter white regions, respectively. 28, 15871592. Macromol. and Crypthecodinium cohnii, have been shown to reach more than twice the DW of E. gracilis under HT cultivation (Table 1), the current E. gracilis HT cultivation process should be revised to improve its efficiency (Bumbak et al., 2011). Comparison of the methods for determining degree of polymerization of water-insoluble -1,3-glucans. 97, 34943500. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2017.08.029, Hayashi, H., Narumi, I., Wada, S., Kikuchi, M., Furuta, M., Uehara, K., et al. (2018). By definition, paramylon and its related compounds can only be considered 'nutraceuticals' and not 'pharmaceuticals', which has restricted them to be used only as food supplements (Santini et al., 2018). doi: 10.3109/02713683.2013.811262, Croft, M.T., Lawrence, A.D., Raux-Deery, E., Warren, M.J., and Smith, A.G. (2005). At present, only two enzymes of this pathway, the D-galacturonate reductase and aldonolactonase, have been biochemically characterised in vitro. Express 7, 27032708. Also, it has been suggested to use paramylon myristate as an all-natural pressure-sensitive adhesive (Shibakami and Sohma, 2018). Eng. doi: 10.2527/af.2013-0010, Lei, C., Ito, T., Ugawa, M., Nozawa, T., Iwata, O., Maki, M., et al. Nevertheless, ascorbate and other bioproducts like vitamin E remain an important component of commercially available food supplements based on E. gracilis cell mass (Barsanti and Gualtieri, 2018). Biotechnol. (2018). doi: 10.1111/jpy.12758, Sutivisedsak, N., Leathers, T.D., Bischoff, K.M., Nunnally, M.S., and Peterson, S.W. The central enzymatic steps of the pathway for WE formation in E. gracilis are catalysed by fatty acyl-CoA reductase (EgFAR) and wax synthase (EgWS). Food Res. We address this by genome, RNA and protein sequencing: the E. gracilis genome is >2Gb, with 36,526 predicted proteins. Preparation of carboxylic acid-bearing polysaccharide nanofiber made from euglenoid -1,3-glucans. Am. Eng. Photosynthesis of Euglena gracilis under cobalamin-sufficient and -limited growing conditions. Oral administration of Euglena gracilis Z and its carbohydrate storage substance provides survival protection against influenza virus infection in mice. Compared to some -tocopherol methyltransferases from plants, the E. gracilis enzyme has a high KM value (50 M for SAM) and low specific activity (251 nmol/h per mg protein for -tocopherol) (Shigeoka et al., 1992; Koch et al., 2003). Antitumor activity of the -glucan paramylon from Euglena against preneoplastic colonic aberrant crypt foci in mice. doi: 10.1364/BOE.7.002703, Levine, R., Horst, G., Tonda, R., Lumpkins, B., and Mathis, G. (2018). environmental monitoring, divergent mechanisms for metabolic control, and novel . Effects of growth conditions. Both species were acid tolerant, growing optimally at pH 2.5-7. Eng. doi: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03364.x, Koizumi, N., Sakagami, H., Utsumi, A., Fujinaga, S., Takeda, M., Asano, K., et al. 72, 755763. Euglena is a unicellular organism with a complex internal structure that includes a contractile vacuole that can expel water and a red 'eyespot' . For example, a fractionation of enzymes secreted by T. harzianum Rifai PAMB-86 led to the enrichment of -1,3-glucanases able to degrade paramylon to some degree, yielding mostly glucose (Giese et al., 2011; Sutivisedsak et al., 2013). doi: 10.1016/j.jplph.2004.04.005, Henchion, M., Hayes, M., Mullen, A., Fenelon, M., and Tiwari, B. Prod. Studies undertaken with porcine leucocytes, chickens (broilers) and fishes (e.g., rainbow trout, Nile tilapia, and red drum) have shown that supplementation of the medium with paramylon or inclusion of paramylon in a diet resulted in immunostimulatory and/or -regulatory activity on the cells or animals, with positive effects such as host protection against parasites (Sonck et al., 2010; Skov et al., 2012; Levine et al., 2018; Yamamoto et al., 2018a,b). 84, 609612. For example, mice fed with 2% (w/w) paramylon in their diet and challenged with the (human) influenza virus A/PR/8/34 (H1N1) showed higher survival rates and cytokine levels (IFN- IL-1, IL-6, IL-10, and IL-12) compared to the control group in concurrence with lower virus titres, suggesting that paramylon served as an effective regulator of the immune response providing protection against the virus (Nakashima et al., 2017). However, there is no further information on whether this proposed system was ever built and tested. J. Biol. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201100230, Williams, R.R., and Cline, J.K. (1936). Euglena live in fresh and brackish water habitats such as ponds rich in organic matter. Euglena gracilis Z and its carbohydrate storage substance relieve arthritis symptoms by modulating Th17 immunity. Algae need their vitamins. Nutr. A history of vitamin E. Ann. Efficient use of strong light for high photosynthetic productivity: interrelationships between the optical path, the optimal population density and cell-growth inhibition. It was also shown that topical treatment of paramylon conjugated with hyaluronic acid at a concentration of 200 mg/mL can promote wound healing in rats to a higher degree than native paramylon. Buetow, D.E. There is a growing interest in the commercial exploitation of E. gracilis based on the organism's versatility, resilience and capability to synthesise a broad and unique range of bioproducts (Suzuki, 2017). (2009). 1.31) from Euglena gracilis Z. Arch. (2018). Eng. Biol. Importantly, animal and in vitro studies have shown an excellent digestibility of protein derived from E. gracilis biomass (Hosotani and Kitaoka, 1977). Rev. Paramylon synthesis and chloroplast structure associated with nutrient levels in Euglena (Euglenophyceae). Paramylon is uniquely produced by euglenoids, deposited as granules in the cytosol, and readily degraded and utilised as a carbon source under carbon starvation (Malkoff and Buetow, 1964; Kiss et al., 1986; Barsanti et al., 2001; Monfils et al., 2011). Attempts to enhance E. gracilis biomass production under PT conditions, for example with the use of a photobioreactor, resulted in maximum titres similar to those of shake flask cultures, which are several times lower than those of some microalgal species grown under closed PT conditions (Table 1) (Richmond et al., 2003; Chae et al., 2006; Hasan et al., 2017). 16, 112. Large . Absorption, transport, and tissue delivery of vitamin E. Mol. However, it has also been shown that -tocopherol titres per g DW decrease under MT/HT cultivation (without ethanol) over time (Grimm et al., 2015; Hasan et al., 2017). Biochim. Metabolomics 11, 175183. Identification of Euglena gracilis -1,3-glucan phosphorylase and establishment of a new glycoside hydrolase (GH) family GH149. 77, 273279. Miyatake, K., and Kitaoka, S. (1983). Cell 5, 11751183. Figure 3. (1993). A typical specimen of Euglena gracilis (Fig. Influence of fatty acid composition of raw materials on biodiesel properties. 426, 125134. The promising future of microalgae: current status, challenges, and optimization of a sustainable and renewable industry for biofuels, feed, and other products. doi: 10.1007/s002940000174, Dragosits, M., and Mattanovich, D. (2013). Military Med. (2016). The 8-desaturase of Euglena gracilis: an alternate pathway for synthesis of 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids. The nanofibres can be surface-modified with functional groups (e.g., carboxylic acid) and could serve as stimuli-responsive polymers or drug delivery systems (Shibakami et al., 2013b). Science 291, 15231527. Bull. Biotechnol. Fatty acid content in wild type and WZSL mutant of Euglena gracilis. (2017). (2001). A solution to this problem could be the genetic modification (GM) of E. gracilis to improve biomass and/or bioproduct yields. 37, 178185. 36, 111. Euglena gracilis, a microalgal species . Pharmaceut. Enhancement of photosynthetic capacity in Euglena gracilis by expression of cyanobacterial fructose-1,6-/sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase leads to increases in biomass and wax ester production. This is followed by the extraction of the WEs with an organic solvent and column purification, resulting in the production of a source of biofuel (Arashida and Mitra, 2015; Matos, 2017). 39, 4960. have proposed a multi-stage process where smaller bioreactors generate the inocula for the bigger stages (up to 1,000,000 L) with the aim to increase biomass titres to 120 g/L culture or higher (Levine et al., 2013). Paramylon is the water-insoluble storage polysaccharide of E. gracilis, which consists of -1,3-linked glucose subunits, and has an estimated molecular weight between 100 and 500 kDa (Figure 3A) (Miyatake and Kitaoka, 1983; Koizumi et al., 1993; Barsanti et al., 2011). Aims. In a heterogeneous environment, the cells move into the red circle. Wax ester fermentation and its application for biofuel production, in Euglena: Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, eds S. D. Schwartzbach and S. Shigeoka (Cham: Springer International Publishing), 269283. doi: 10.1186/s12934-017-0631-y, Fritsche, S., Wang, X., and Jung, C. (2017). 93, 5571. Molecular structure of paramylon (A). doi: 10.1016/0304-3835(95)03788-X. 1, 15. Sci. Engineering solutions for open microalgae mass cultivation and realistic indoor simulation of outdoor environments. Eng. (2015). The contribution of -carotene to vitamin A supply of humans. Cell Res. These low titres could represent a good target for improvement by genetic engineering or non-recombinant metabolic engineering techniques based on the selection of improved phenotypes after the application of a selective pressure such as adaptive laboratory evolution (Portnoy et al., 2011; Dragosits and Mattanovich, 2013; Khatiwada et al., 2019). Shigeoka, S., Onishi, T., Nakano, Y., and Kitaoka, S. (1986). doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2540-6, Yu, L., Wu, J.-R., Liu, J., Zhan, X., Zheng, Z., and Lin, C.-C. (2011). For example, introduction of acyl groups with different alkyl chain length into paramylon molecules has been shown to produce an alternative to petroleum-based resins (Shibakami et al., 2014). *Correspondence: Anwar Sunna, [email protected], Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). Figure 2. doi: 10.1292/jvms.71.885, Sumida, S., Ehara, T., Osafune, T., and Hase, E. (1987). The overall titre can be increased to 86.5 mg/L culture by the fed-batch two-step (MT to PT) cultivation method discussed above (Takeyama et al., 1997). PLoS ONE 13, 117. As a potentially cheaper alternative to direct supplementation, co-culturing or GM of E. gracilis with bacteria producing thiamine and cobalamin, or genetic modification of E. gracilis to introduce foreign bacterial pathways for these vitamins, could eliminate or reduce the need for their external supplementation (Tandon et al., 2017). Sakagami, H., Unten, S., Hanaoka, A., Ohsawa, N., Fujimaki, M., Komatsu, N., et al. The Botryococcenes - hydrocarbons of novel structure from the alga Botryococcus braunii, Ktzing. Remarkably, paramylon has been shown to reduce the risk of cancer. Phytoplankton play a vital role in the aquatic ecosystem [1,2].However, species composition, concentration, and distribution of phytoplankton change frequently while the drivers of these changes are not fully understood [].Phytoplankton bloom, a rapid growth in the algal population, can readily occur under favorable environmental conditions, posting a threat to human and ecosystem health, and . Euglena gracilis as source of the antioxidant vitamin E. Effects of culture conditions in the wild strain and in the natural mutant WZSL. 8, 118. 100, 261268. doi: 10.1016/j.micres.2017.11.013, Niki, E., and Traber, M.G. . Euglena. Anti-HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) activity of sulfated paramylon. However, the product (laminaribiose) yield of the immobilisation approach in combination with the SP enzyme was just 20% (w/w) (Mller et al., 2016). Future protein supply and demand: strategies and factors influencing a sustainable equilibrium. Besides random mutagenesis, targeted silencing of single genes has shown potential for improving WE yields. Sci. Thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency and associated brain damage is still common throughout the world and prevention is simple and safe! Biochem. Biotechnol. Microbiol. Biotechnol. However, the metabolic conversion efficiency of -carotene to vitamin A, generally considered to be 12:1, is dependent on several factors (e.g., bioavailability) and always needs to be taken into account in a dietary context (Weber and Grune, 2012). These findings highlight the potential of E. gracilis enzymes for the microbial production of biofuels (Teerawanichpan and Qiu, 2010; Tomiyama et al., 2017; Nandy and Srivastava, 2018). Osaka Prefecture Ser. The proposed activity of 17-desaturase and C20/22 elongase (see Figure 2D) has been verified in E. gracilis cell extract only, whereas genes encoding the other enzymes (see Figure 2D) have been expressed heterologously (Wallis and Browse, 1999; Meyer et al., 2003; Qi et al., 2004; Damude et al., 2010; Pollak et al., 2012; Zhu et al., 2014). Metabol. (2004). Med. Perspect. (2013). (2018b). Appl. Bioprocess Eng. Isolation and characterization of a starchless mutant of Chlorella pyrenoidosa STL-PI with a high growth rate, and high protein and polyunsaturated fatty acid content. 142, 121126. Euglena in time: evolution, control of central metabolic processes and multi-domain proteins in carbohydrate and natural product biochemistry. Biotechnol. Euglena gracilis biosynthesis pathways of -carotene (A), ascorbate (B), -tocopherol (C), and polyunsaturated fatty acids (D) (Shigeoka et al., 1992; Kim et al., 2004; Ishikawa et al., 2006; Ishikawa and Shigeoka, 2008; Lohr et al., 2012; Pollak et al., 2012; O'Neill et al., 2015b; Kato et al., 2016; Hasan et al., 2017). doi: 10.1186/s13068-015-0264-5, Ogawa, Y., Noda, K., Kimura, S., Kitaoka, M., and Wada, M. (2014). The effect of -glucans on porcine leukocytes. (2018). 94, 13331350. (2018). The unicellular phototrophic protist E. gracilis is ubiquitous in most freshwater biotopes. Putative enzymatic mechanism for synergistic paramylon degradation in Euglena gracilis (C). World Intellectual Property Organization. Table 1. 30, 19451955. Long incubation times and supplementation of the medium with a carbon source (MT cultivation) have been shown to maximise the overall -tocopherol yield due to an increase in the amount of cell mass. Schiff, J.A., Lyman, H., and Russell, G.K. (1980). (2011). Food Chem. As some microalgal species, including Chlorella sp. Moreover, feeding male rats with 20 mg paramylon/kg BW daily was shown to improve the quality of their sperm (e.g., motility, vitality, and acrosome integrity) (Ak Sonat et al., 2018). 74, 714722. To circumvent this issue, a fed-batch two-step cultivation method with a transition from MT to PT growth conditions has been developed and shown to increase the -carotene titre per L culture more than 6-fold (Table 1) (Takeyama et al., 1997). doi: 10.1016/0005-2760(92)90311-I, Shigeoka, S., Nakano, Y., and Kitaoka, S. (1979). -glucan in foods and its physiological functions. Korn, E.D. 20, 229236. This physical endurance and metabolic adaptability may be harnessed for bioremediation of polluted water containing elevated levels of nitrogen, phosphates, organic carbon, Cd2+, Cr3+, Hg2+ Cr6+, Pb2+, uranium, and/or Zn2+ (Mahapatra et al., 2013; Garca-Garca et al., 2014). (2006). Wax ester synthase/diacylglycerol acyltransferase isoenzymes play a pivotal role in wax ester biosynthesis in Euglena gracilis. Light dependency of resistance to ionizing radiation in Euglena gracilis. (2003). Algal Res. Another way to produce biogas consisting mostly of methane from microalgal biomass is through anaerobic digestion by a consortium of microorganisms. Creation of straight-chain cationic polysaccharide-based bile salt sequestrants made from euglenoid -1,3-glucan as potential antidiabetic agents. Paramylon (-1,3-glucan) content in wild type and WZSL mutant of Euglena gracilis. Bioproducts from E. gracilis can be produced under various cultivation conditions discussed in this review, and their yields are relatively high when compared with those achieved in microalgal systems. Enzymes, substrates and products are shown. 12, 8994. (2017). doi: 10.1002/fsn3.828, Nakashima, A., Suzuki, K., Asayama, Y., Konno, M., Saito, K., Yamazaki, N., et al. Alteration of wax ester content and composition in Euglena gracilis with gene silencing of 3-ketoacyl-coa thiolase isozymes. Sci. Oral administration of paramylon, a -1,3-D-glucan isolated from Euglena gracilis Z inhibits development of atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions in NC/Nga mice. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.383. (2018). Applicability of Euglena gracilis for biorefineries demonstrated by the production of -tocopherol and paramylon followed by anaerobic digestion. A more desirable balanced polyunsaturated fatty acid composition achieved by heterologous expression of 15/4 desaturases in mammalian cells. J. Appl. Chem. Front. -tocopherol content of greek virgin olive oils. Multi-stage Process for Production of Immune Modulator. The performance of paramylon in this study was as effective as or more effective than two commercially available -glucan products for animal feed that were derived from yeast (Levine et al., 2013). Sci. Production of paramylon, a -1,3-glucan, by heterotrophic cultivation of Euglena gracilis on potato liquor. 57, 6369. J. Biochem. J. Neurol. Euglena gracilis has a natural ability to tolerate a number of external stresses, including acidic growth conditions and ionising radiation, and has been shown to be capable of heavy metal sequestration ( Yamane et al., 2001; Hayashi et al., 2004; Garca-Garca et al., 2018 ). doi: 10.1002/elsc.200900077, antek, B., Friehs, K., Lotz, M., and Flaschel, E. (2012). (2017). Hepatogastroenterology 56, 547550. Built genome and transcriptome annotation database for Euglena gracilis using relational databases e.g. Several reports have described the successful mutagenesis (e.g., by irradiation) of E. gracilis (Schiff et al., 1980; Yamada et al., 2016; Suzuki, 2017). 35, 7684. Chloroplast transformation in Euglena gracilis: splicing of a group III twintron transcribed from a transgenic psbK operon. 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