Exploration of a tripartite partnership between green algae and bacteria: From epiphytic bacterial communities to biofilm formation with Ulva sp.

The marine macroalga Ulva mutabilis (Chlorophyta) is developing properly only in association with the two bacterial strains Roseobacter sp. and Cytophaga sp. or morphogenetic compounds extracted from the bacterial supernatant. Axenic U. mutabilis gametes.

PhD start: 09/01/2013