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  1. Resilience of Chlorella vulgaris to Simulated Atmospheric Gas Compositions of Mars, Jupiter, and Titan

    Article • Life, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  2. Extremophiles and Extremophilic Behaviour—New Insights and Perspectives

    Article • Life, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  3. Acclimation mechanism of microalgal photosynthetic apparatus under low atmospheric pressures – new astrobiological perspectives in a Mars-like atmosphere

    Article • Functional Plant Biology, June 2024, CSIRO Publishing

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  4. Stress-related transcriptomic changes associated with GFP transgene expression and active transgene silencing in plants

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  5. Evidence of physiological adaptation of Chlorella vulgaris under extreme salinity – new insights into a potential halotolerance strategy

    Article • Environmental and Experimental Botany, December 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  6. Polyamines: Α bioenergetic smart switch for plant protection and development

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, March 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  7. Biotechnology under extreme conditions: Lichens after extreme UVB radiation and extreme temperatures produce large amounts of hydrogen

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, December 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  8. Microalgal photosynthesis induces alkalization of aquatic environment as a result of H+ uptake independently from CO2 concentration – New perspectives for environmental applications

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, July 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  9. Microalgae strategy in anoxic atmospheres with various CO2 concentrations – Environmental and (astro)biotechnological perspectives

    Article • Environmental and Experimental Botany, July 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  10. Hydrogen gas as a central on-off functional switch of reversible metabolic arrest – New perspectives for biotechnological applications

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, July 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  11. The Microalga Chlorella vulgaris as a Natural Bioenergetic System for Effective CO2 Mitigation—New Perspectives against Global Warming

    Article • Symmetry, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  12. Combinational system for biodegradation of olive oil mill wastewater phenolics and high yield of bio-hydrogen production

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, December 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  13. Solving Nuisance Cyanobacteria Eutrophication Through Biotechnology

    Article • Applied Sciences, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  14. Microphytobenthic response to organic matter enrichment: Does the same stressor lead to identical communities?

    Article • Regional Studies in Marine Science, May 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  15. Comparative biodegradation of all chlorinated phenols by the microalga Scenedesmus obliquus — The biodegradation strategy of microalgae

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, April 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  16. Lichen as Micro-Ecosystem: Extremophilic Behavior with Astrobiotechnological Applications

    Article • Astrobiology, December 2018, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  17. Do genetic diversity patterns of soil ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms (AOM) match the habitat types of the NATURA2000 scheme?

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  18. Exogenous induction of thermogenesis in Arum concinnatum by salicylic acid

    Article • Functional Plant Biology, January 2018, CSIRO Publishing

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  19. Bioenergetic reprogramming plasticity under nitrogen depletion by the unicellular green alga Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • Planta, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  20. Tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol biodegradation by microalgae

    Article • Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, February 2017, De Gruyter

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  21. The Over-expression of the Plastidial Transglutaminase from Maize in Arabidopsis Increases the Activation Threshold of Photoprotection

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, May 2016, Frontiers

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  22. Silencing S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine Decarboxylase (SAMDC) in Nicotiana tabacum Points at a Polyamine-Dependent Trade-Off between Growth and Tolerance Responses

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, March 2016, Frontiers

    Dr THEODORA MATSI, Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  23. Spermine and lutein quench chlorophyll fluorescence in isolated PSII antenna complexes

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, July 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  24. Spermine is a potent modulator of proton transport through LHCII

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, April 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  25. Lichen Symbiosis: Nature's High Yielding Machines for Induced Hydrogen Production

    Article • PLOS One, March 2015, PLOS

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  26. Could structural similarity of specific domains between animal globins and plant antenna proteins provide hints important for the photoprotection mechanism?

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, January 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  27. Potassium deficiency, a “smart” cellular switch for sustained high yield hydrogen production by the green alga Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, November 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  28. Polyamines in chemiosmosis in vivo: A cunning mechanism for the regulation of ATP synthesis during growth and stress

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, January 2014, Frontiers

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  29. Putrescine, a fast-acting switch for tolerance against osmotic stress

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  30. Polyamines in Cell Walls of Chlorococcalean Microalgae

    Article • Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, January 2014, De Gruyter

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  31. The Genetic Reprogramming of Polyamine Homeostasis During the Functional Assembly, Maturation, and Senescence-Specific Decline of the Photosynthetic Apparatus in Hordeum vulgare

    Article • Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  32. Correction: “Rational” Management of Dichlorophenols Biodegradation by the Microalga Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • PLOS One, November 2013, PLOS

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  33. “Rational” Management of Dichlorophenols Biodegradation by the Microalga Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • PLOS One, April 2013, PLOS

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  34. Bioenergetic Strategy for the Biodegradation of p-Cresol by the Unicellular Green Alga Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • PLOS One, December 2012, PLOS

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  35. High Yields of Hydrogen Production Induced by Meta-Substituted Dichlorophenols Biodegradation from the Green Alga Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • PLOS One, November 2012, PLOS

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  36. Role of Plastid Transglutaminase in LHCII Polyamination and Thylakoid Electron and Proton Flow

    Article • PLOS One, July 2012, PLOS

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  37. Polyamines induce aggregation of LHC II and quenching of fluorescence in vitro

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, May 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  38. Modeling the dynamic modulation of light energy in photosynthetic algae

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, May 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  39. Evidence That Putrescine Modulates the Higher Plant Photosynthetic Proton Circuit

    Article • PLOS One, January 2012, PLOS

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  40. Chemical Bonding of Chlorophylls and Plant Aminic Axial Ligands Impact Harvesting of Visible Light and Quenching of Fluorescence

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, October 2011, Wiley

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  41. DCL3 and DCL4 are likely involved in the light intensity - RNA silencing cross talk inNicotiana benthamiana

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, August 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  42. Polyamines stimulate non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll a fluorescence in Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  43. Photosynthetic performance of lichen transplants as early indicator of climatic stress along an altitudinal gradient in the arid Mediterranean area

    Article • Climatic Change, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  44. The use of biochemical, sensorial and chromaticity attributes as indicators of postmortem changes in commercial-size, cultured red porgy Pagrus pagrus, stored on ice

    Article • Aquaculture Research, September 2010, Wiley

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis, LLUIS TORT

  45. Effects of ammonia from livestock farming on lichen photosynthesis

    Article • Environmental Pollution, June 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  46. Light intensity affects RNA silencing of a transgene in Nicotiana benthamiana plants

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  47. Remodeling of tobacco thylakoids by over-expression of maize plastidial transglutaminase

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, October 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  48. Do polyamines alter the sensitivity of lichens to nitrogen stress?

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, July 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  49. Influence of the Habitat Altitude on the (Proto)Hypericin and (Proto)Pseudohypericin Levels ofHypericumPlants from Crete

    Article • Planta Medica, July 2008, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  50. Inductive and resonance effects of substituents adjust the microalgal biodegradation of toxical phenolic compounds

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, July 2008, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  51. Fast and reversible response of thylakoid-associated polyamines during and after UV-B stress: a comparative study of the wild type and a mutant lacking chlorophyll b of unicellular green alga Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • Planta, April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  52. Characterization of spermidine and spermine synthases in Lotus japonicus: induction and spatial organization of polyamine biosynthesis in nitrogen fixing nodules

    Article • Planta, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  53. Bioenergetic changes in the microalgal photosynthetic apparatus by extremely high CO2concentrations induce an intense biomass production

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, March 2008, Wiley

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  54. Photobiological Control of Crop Production and Plant Diseases

    Article • Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, January 2008, De Gruyter

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  55. Effects of polyamines on the functionality of photosynthetic membrane in vivo and in vitro

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, December 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  56. Influence of the Developmental Stage on the (Proto)-Hypericin and (Proto)Pseudohypericin Levels of Hypericum Plants from Crete

    Article • Planta Medica, October 2007, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  57. A comparative approach towards thylakoid membrane proteome analysis of unicellular green alga Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, September 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  58. Changes in the LHCII-mediated energy utilization and dissipation adjust the methanol-induced biomass increase

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, July 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  59. Bioenergetic strategy of microalgae for the biodegradation of phenolic compounds—Exogenously supplied energy and carbon sources adjust the level of biodegradation

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, May 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  60. A polyamine- and LHCII protease activity-based mechanism regulates the plasticity and adaptation status of the photosynthetic apparatus

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, April 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  61. Salt stress impact on the molecular structure and function of the photosynthetic apparatus—The protective role of polyamines

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, April 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  62. The involvement of LHCII-associated polyamines in the response of the photosynthetic apparatus to low temperature

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, September 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  63. Putrescine stimulates chemiosmotic ATP synthesis

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, July 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  64. Simulated solar irradiation with enhanced UV-B adjust plastid- and thylakoid-associated polyamine changes for UV-B protection

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, November 2005, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  65. A cell-based model for the photoacclimation and CO2-acclimation of the photosynthetic apparatus

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, June 2005, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  66. Polyamine Production in Lichens Under Metal Pollution Stress

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, November 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  67. Involvement of G Proteins in the Mycelial Photoresponses of Phycomyces

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, January 2004, Wiley

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  68. Involvement of G Proteins in the Mycelial Photoresponses of Phycomyces¶

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, January 2004, Wiley

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  69. Thylakoid-associated polyamines adjust the UVB-sensitivity of the photosynthetic apparatus by means of LHCII changes

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, January 2004, Wiley

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  70. The impact of high CO2 concentrations on the structure and function of the photosynthetic apparatus and the role of polyamines

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, January 2004, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  71. Thylakoid-associated Polyamines Adjust the UV-B Sensitivity of the Photosynthetic Apparatus by Means of Light-harvesting Complex II Changes¶

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, January 2004, Wiley

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  72. Ozone impact on the photosynthetic apparatus and the protective role of polyamines

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, May 2003, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  73. Light-dependent induction of strongly increased microalgal growth by methanol

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, November 2002, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  74. Blue Light Signaling Chains in Phycomyces: Phototransduction of Carotenogenesis and Morphogenesis Involves Distinct Protein Kinase/Phosphatase Elements

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, December 1999, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  75. Characterization of the photoreceptor(s) responsible for the regulation of the intracellular polyamine level and the putative participation of heterotrimeric G-proteins in the signal transduction chain

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, May 1999, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  76. The regulatory role of polyamines in structure and functioning of the photosynthetic apparatus during photoadaptation

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, May 1999, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  77. Methanol as alternative carbon source for quicker efficient production of the microalgae Chlorella minutissima: Role of the concentration and frequence of administration

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, April 1999, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  78. Methanol as alternative carbon source for quicker efficient production of the microalgae Chlorella minutissima: Role of the concentration and frequence of administration

    Article • January 1999, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  79. Changes in the polyamine content of plastidal membranes in light- and dark-grown wildtype and pigment mutants of the unicellular green alga Scenedesmus obliquus and their possible role in chloroplast photodevelopment

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, December 1996, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  80. Changes in the biosynthesis and catabolism of polyamines in isolated plastids during chloroplast photodevelopment

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, April 1996, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  81. A Role for Chloroplast-Associated Polyamines?*

    Article • Botanica Acta, February 1996, Wiley

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  82. Photosynthetic Characteristics of Three Strains of Cyanobacteria Grown under Low-or High-C02 Conditions

    Article • Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, February 1996, De Gruyter

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  83. Influence of acid soil on nodule numbers in relation to polyamine and tannin concentrations in roots of Phaseolus vulgaris

    Article • Biology and Fertility of Soils, September 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  84. Influence of polyamine inhibitors on light-independent and light-dependent chlorophyll biosynthesis and on the photosynthetic rate

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, June 1995, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  85. The influence of exogenously supplied spermine on protochlorophyllide and chlorophyll biosynthesis

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, May 1994, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  86. Free, Conjugated and Bound Polyamines during the Ceil Cycle in Synchronized Cultures of Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, April 1994, De Gruyter

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  87. A Narrow-Bore HPLC Method for the Identification and Quantitation of Free, Conjugated, and Bound Polyamines

    Article • Analytical Biochemistry, November 1993, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  88. Polyamines in the photosynthetic apparatus

    Article • Photosynthesis Research, October 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  89. Incorporation of photoreduced protochlorophyll into reaction centres

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, February 1991, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  90. Protochlorophyllide

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, July 1990, Wiley

    Professor Mathias O. Senge, Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  91. Temperature dependent reduction of protochlorophyllide in darkness followed by the assembly of active photosystems in pigment mutant C-2A' of Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, April 1990, Wiley

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  92. Temperature dependent reduction of protochlorophyllide in darkness followed by the assembly of active photosystems in pigment mutant C-2A' of Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, April 1990, Wiley

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  93. The Influence of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid on Protochlorophyllide and Protochlorophyll Accumulation in Dark-Grown Scenedesmus

    Article • Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, February 1990, De Gruyter

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  94. The inhibitory effect of 4,5-dioxovalerate on 5-aminolevulinate dehydratase and its implication in the regulation of light-dependent chlorophyll formation in pigment mutant C-2A′ of Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, December 1989, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  95. Biosynthesis of chlorophyll b in pigment mutant C-2A' of Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, August 1989, Wiley

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  96. Stimulation of protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase by thioredoxin

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, June 1989, Elsevier

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  97. Evidence for the Presence of Chlorophyllide b in the Green AlgaScenedesmus obliquus in vivo

    Article • Botanica Acta, May 1989, Wiley

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  98. Occurrence of protochlorophyll and its phototransformation to chlorophyll in mutant C-2A' of Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, February 1989, Wiley

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  99. Temperature inducible protochlorophyllide reduction in darkness in a pigment mutant of Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, January 1987, Wiley

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  100. Isolation and Characterization of 3 Protochlorophyllides from Pigment Mutant C-2 A′ of Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, December 1986, De Gruyter

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis

  101. Novel chlorophyllides in pigment mutant C-2a? of Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • The Science of Nature, November 1986, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Kiriakos Kotzabasis