title: Light acclimation in diatoms: from phenomenology to mechanisms.
abstract: This review summarizes the current knowledge about light acclimation processes in diatoms. Against the background of the phenomenological description of the process in the 70s-80s, the recent progress in diatom genetics has generated new information about the underlying mechanisms. Although the general responses of diatoms to changes in the light climate are comparable to the green algal lineage, many differences in the underlying mechanisms have been observed in the last ten years, yielding clear evidence that the regulatory network in diatoms has unique traits that might explain their ecological success.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 23, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: cwilhelm@rz.uni-leipzig.de.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 23, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jungandreas
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 23, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jakob
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 23, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Reimund
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goss
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000235:genetics*; D017377:Diatoms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D008027:Light; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D020524:Thylakoids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids
keywords: Light perception; Lipids; Photoprotection; Redox state; Retrograde signaling; Xanthophyll cycle