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INVISIBLE WORLD OF MARINE PLANTSFelix Bast,
DST-INSA-INSPIRE Assistant ProfessorCentre for Biosciences, Central University of Punjab, Mansa Road, Bathinda, 151001, Punjab
PicoplanktonsCyanobacteria
SynechococcusProchlorococcus
Cyanobacteria
Stromatolites: Fossilized cyanobacterial biofilm
Cyanobacteria
Deep Geological Time
BAST, F. 2015. A Brief History of Earth. Ocean Digest, 2 (1) p 7-8. ISSN: 23941928 PDF
Symbiotic N2 Fixers
Nostoc Anabaena
Cyanobacteria
Spirulina
Cyanobacteria
Dunaliella salinaGreen Microalgae
Chlorella vulgarisGreen Microalgae
Botryococcus brauniiGreen Microalgae
Ulvella leptochaete
BAST, F., BHUSHAN, S AND JOHN, A.A. 2014. DNA Barcoding of a new record of epi-endophytic green algae Ulvella leptochaete (Ulvellaceae, Chlorophyta) in India. Journal of Biosciences 39:711-716 (IF:1.8) PDF
Green Microalgae
Satej
Red Microalgae
Pooja, R. and Bast, F. (Unpubl) First record of Erythrocladia in India with description of new species, Erythrocladia indica Sp. Nov based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences
Pooja
Blood Rain
Satej
Trentepohlia annulata
BAST, F, BHUSHAN, S., JOHN A.A., ACHANKUNJU, J., PANIKKAR N.M.V., HEMETNER, C., AND STOCKER-WÖRGÖTTE, E. 2015 European Species of Subaerial Green Alga Trentepohlia annulata (Trentepohliales, Ulvophyceae) Caused Blood Rain in Kerala, India. J Phylogen Evolution Biol 3: 144. PDF
Green Microalgae
Satej
Mehra R, Yadav, DS, Kundu, P and Bast, F. 2015. First report of Zoanthus pulchellus from India. Journal of Marine Biosciences (accepted)
SymbiodiniumDinoflagellate
Bleached coral in Laccadives
Karenia brevis Red TideDinoflagellate
DiatomsDiatoms
DiatomsDiatoms
Seaweeds: Macroalgae
RGB
BAST, F 2014. Seaweeds: Ancestors of land plants with rich diversity. Resonance, 19(2) 1032-1043 ISSN: 0971-8044 PDF
Monostroma kuroshiense Bast
BAST, F., KUBOTA, S. AND OKUDA, K. 2015. Phylogeographic Assessment of Panmictic Monostroma Species from Kuroshio Coast, Japan Reveals Sympatric Speciation. Journal of Applied Phycology (IF:2.5) DOI 10.1007/s10811-014-0452-x PDF
Green Seaweeds
Floating raft in deep sea with deadweight mooring. Raft is floated all the time.
Semi-floating raft in shallow water. Raft is floated at high tides but gets exposed during low tides
Off bottom in shallow water. Nets get immersed in high tide and exposed in low tide
Bottom planting in shallow water. Immersed at all the times. Water levels at high-tide are shown above low tide in all illustrations
BAST, F 2014. An Illustrated Review on Cultivation and Life History of Agronomically Important Seaplants. In Seaweed: Mineral Composition, Nutritional and Antioxidant Benefits and Agricultural Uses, Eds Vitor Hugo Pomin, 39-70. Nova Publishers, New York ISBN: 978-1-63117-571-8
DST-INSA-INSPIRE Faculty Award
Phylogenetic Diversity of Seaweeds in Indian Subcontinent
DST-INSPIRE Award
2012-2017
35 Lakhs
Ulva paschima Bast
Ulva paschima Bast
BAST, F., JOHN, A.A. AND BHUSHAN, S. 2014. Strong endemism of bloom-forming tubular Ulva in Indian west coast, with description of Ulva paschima Sp. Nov. (Ulvales, Chlorophyta. PLoS ONE 9(10): e109295. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109295 (IF:3.73) PDFSatej
Green Seaweeds
Cladophora goensis Bast
BAST, F., JOHN, A.A. AND BHUSHAN, S. 2015.Cladophora goensis- a bloom forming marine algae from Goa, India. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences (Accepted) (IF:0.57) PDF
Satej
Green Seaweeds
Invasive algae
Caulerpa scalpelliformis
Caulerpa racemosa
Caulerpa taxifolia
Richa
Green Seaweeds
Boergesenia forbesii
Acetabularia acetabulumRicha
Green Seaweeds
Bryopsis plumosa
Agarophytes
Gracilaria corticataGrateloupia ettikkulensis Sp. Nov.
Pushpen
du
Red Seaweeds
Carrageenophytes
BAST, F., BHUSHAN, S. AND JOHN, A.A. 2014. Morphological and molecular assessment of native carrageenophyte Hypnea valentiae (Cystocloniaceae, Gigartinales) in Indian Subcontinent Phykos 44(1) 52-58 ISSN: 0554-1182 PDF
Hypnea valentiae
Eucheuma spp.
Kappaphycus alvarezii
Satej
Red Seaweeds
Endemic seaweeds of Andaman Is.
Dichotomaria andamanensis Sp. Nov Galaxaura rugosaPooja
Red Seaweeds
Porphyra keralensis Sp. Nov.
Nori
Digvijay
Red Seaweeds
Sargassum ilicifoliumSatej
Brown Seaweeds
Turbinaria ornata
Padina spp.
Fucus disticusSatej
BAST, F., BHUSHAN, S. AND JOHN, A.A. 2015. Brown barcoded as red but reality is green! How epiphytic green algae confuse phycologists? Webbia- Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography (Tailor and Francis, UK) DOI: 10.1080/00837792.2015.1014217 PDF
Brown Seaweeds
Sea plam (Postelsia palmaeformis) Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera),
Brown Seaweeds
Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida), Kombu (Saccharina japonica),
Brown Seaweeds
Medieval Japanese Haiku/ Waka
From the Shinkokinshû Love poems By Minamoto no Toshiyori (1055-1129)
In the bay of NaniwaSeaweed-coveredGemstone rocksAppear-just soDoes my love for her
BAST, F 2014. Seaweeds in Japanese Culture: An analysis of medieval Waka poetry. The Phycologist (UK) 86:24-27 ISSN:0965-5301 PDF
The Seaweed Paradox
Highest seaweed consuming countries: East Asia (Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, Philippines) Europe (Ireland, Ulster, Wales) Coastal areas of USA and Canada
Prevalence rate of following diseases are low in all these countries Breast cancer Colorectal cancer Coronary heart disease
Drugs from AlgaeS. No
Natural product Algal taxa possessing the product
1 Kahalalide-F Bryopsis2 Sulphated
polysaccharides : Fucoidan & Laminarin
Brown algae
3 Sulphated polysaccharides : Translam
Laminaria (Brown algae)
4 Sulphated polysaccharides : Ulvan
Green algae
5 Chondriamide A: A cyclic depsipeptide
Chondria atropurpurea
6 Terpenes and Triterpenoids
Bifurcaria bifurcata, Caulerpa taxifolia, Cystoseira mediterrane, Cystophora usneoides
7 Bis (2,3-dibromo-4,5-dihydroxybenzyl) ether (BDDE) and other Bromophenols (BPs)
Various marine macroalgae
Drugs from Sea, MoES, 2015-17, 91 Lakhs
Freshwater algaeOur group is working on Molecular Systematics of
freshwater algae from Punjab
Rhizoclonium pachydremum
Volvox
Chlamydomonas
ScenedesmusK.C.
Chara virgata
Freshwater algae
Spirogyra
Green AlgaeBryophytes (moss)
Pteridophytes (fern)
Spermatophytes Angiosperms
Gymnosperms (pine)Magnolids (Betel, black pepper etc. )
Monocots (seagrass, cereals)
Asterids (Bacopa, Rauvolfia ,Evolvulus, Withania, Mentha, Ocimum, Avicennia, Acanthus, Aegiceras, potato, tomato etc.)
Eudicots
Embryophytes
Cryptogams
Phanerogams
Rosids (Ficus, Salvadora, Rhizophora, Excoecaria,Laguncularia, etc.)
Caryophyllales (Sueda, cactus etc)
Tracheophytes
540
440
319
249
90mya
Viridaeplantae
Mosses
Our group is working on phylogeography of
bryophytes in Indian subcontinent
Wahid
MangrovesOur group is working on
phylogeography of mangroves in Sunderbans
and Kerala
Mangroves from Sundarbans Mangroves from KeralaAlka
Medicinal PlantsOur group is working on phylogeography of Tulsi,
Sarpagandha, Shankapushpa, Betel, Mint & Aswagandha in Indian
subcontinent
BAST, F., RANI P, AND MEENA D, 2014 Chloroplast DNA Phylogeography of Holy Basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) in Indian Subcontinent, The Scientific World Journal (IF:1.731), vol. 2014, Article ID 847482, 6 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/847482 PDF
BrahmiBacopa monnieri
ShankupushpiEvolvulus alsinoides
Sarpagandha (Rauvolfia serpentina L)
Meenu NishaSupandee
p
Trees Our group is working on phylogeography of Ficus and Salvadora in Indian
subcontinent
Salvadora oleoidesFicus religiosaNavreet
GUIDING QUESTION:How are these all related?
Phylogenetics
Trace origin Trace dispersal routes Find cryptic speciation Detect endemism Calculate age (time
calibration)
BAST, F. 2015. Tutorial on Phylogenetic Inference Part-1. Resonance 20 (4) 360-367 PDFBAST, F. 2015. Tutorial on Phylogenetic Inference Part-2. Resonance 20 (5)
T O LIFEANGUAGESREE F
Curious Parallels
Related project: “Tracing evolutionary legacy of Indian languages using computational phylogenetics” –ICSSR GrantBAST, F. 2015 Phylogenetics: Tracing the Evolutionary Legacy of Organisms, Metastatic Clones, Bioactive Compounds and
Languages. J Phylogen Evolution Biol (Accepted) PDF
Nothing fascinates me more than the world of plants- endless forms
most beautiful and most wonderful.
