The potential of CAM crops as a globally significant bioenergy resource: moving from ‘fuel or food’ to ‘fuel and more food’ by Mason, P, Glover, K, Smith, J, Willis, K, Woods, J, Thompson, I

“…This note examines the potential of plants that use the mode of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) to generate globally significant quantities of renewable electricity without displacing productive agriculture and perhaps even increasing food supply. …”

Vacuolar malate uptake is mediated by an anion-selective inward rectifier. by Hafke, J, Hafke, Y, Smith, J, Lüttge, U, Thiel, G

“…Electrophysiological studies using the patch-clamp technique were performed on isolated vacuoles from leaf mesophyll cells of the crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant Kalanchoë daigremontiana to characterize the malate transport system responsible for nocturnal malic acid accumulation. …”

Sucrose transport across the vacuolar membrane of Ananas comosus by McRae, SR, Christopher, J, Smith, J, Holtum, J

“…(pineapple), a widely cultivated bromeliad that exhibits crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), much of the carbohydrate synthesized during the daytime appears to accumulate as soluble sugars in the vacuole. …”

A comparison in species distribution model performance of succulents using key species and subsets of environmental predictors by Buckland, CE, Smith, Andrew JAC, Thomas, DSG

“…Identifying the environmental drivers of the global distribution of succulent plants using the Crassulacean acid metabolism pathway of photosynthesis has previously been investigated through ensemble-modeling of species delimiting the realized niche of the natural succulent biome. …”

The pineapple genome and the evolution of CAM photosynthesis by Smith, J, Ming, R, VanBuren, R, Man Wai, C, Tang, H, Schatz, M, Bowers, J, Lyons, E, Wang, M, Chen, J, Biggers, E, Zhang, J, Huang, L, Zhang, L, Miao, W, Zhang, J, Ye, Z, Miao, C, Lin, Z, Wang, H, Zhou, H, Yim, W, Priest, H, Zheng, C, Woodhouse, M, Edger, P, Guyot, R, Guo, H, Guo, H, Zheng, G, Singh, R, Sharma, A, Min, X, Zheng, Y, Lee, H, Gurtowski, J, Sedlazeck, F, Harkess, A, McKain, M, Liao, Z, Fang, J, Liu, J, Zhang, X, Zhang, Q, Hu, W, Qin, Y, Wang, K, Chen, L, Shirley, N, Lin, Y, Liu, L, Hernandez, A, Wright, C, Bulone, V, Tuskan, G, Heath, K, Zee, F, Moore, P, Sunkar, R, Leebens-Mack, J, Mockler, T, Bennetzen, J, Freeling, M, Sankoff, D, Paterson, A, Zhu, X, Yang, X, Cushman, J, Paull, R, Yu, Q

“…Merr.) is the most economically valuable crop possessing crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), a photosynthetic carbon assimilation pathway with high water-use efficiency, and the second most important tropical fruit. …”

Salt regulation of transcript levels for the c subunit of a leaf vacuolar H(+)-ATPase in the halophyte Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. by Tsiantis, M, Bartholomew, D, Smith, J

“…The halophyte Mesembryanthemum crystallinum is an inducible crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant native to seasonally arid coastal environments that has been widely used to study plant responses to environmental stress. …”

Maximising the potential of anaerobic digestion by Mason, P

“…It concludes that the resource base could be very substantially increased by growing hyper-water-efficient plants that use the crassulacean acid metabolism on degraded and semi-arid land globally. …”

Seasonal changes in photosynthesis for the epiphytic bromeliad <em>Tillandsia brachycaulos</em> in a tropical dry deciduous forest by Claudia González-Salvatierra, Luis Manuel Peña-Rodríguez, Casandra Reyes-García, Erick de la Barrera, José Luis Andrade

“…Questions: What are the seasonal changes in photosynthesis for an abundant epiphytic bromeliad in contrasting microenvironments? Is Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) an important feature of photoprotection for this epiphyte? …”
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Physicochemical Quality and Fatty Acid Profile in the Meat of Goats Fed Forage Cactus as a Substitute for Tifton 85 Hay by Rafael S. B. Pinheiro, Iasmin M. S. C. Farias, Caroline L. Francisco, Greicy M. B. Moreno

“…Forages that present crassulacean acid metabolism, such as forage cactus, are adapted to the edaphoclimatic conditions of this region, as they lose little water through the stomata. …”
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Salinity Stress Affects Photosynthesis, Malondialdehyde Formation, and Proline Content in <i>Portulaca oleracea</i> L. by Helena Hnilickova, Kamil Kraus, Pavla Vachova, Frantisek Hnilicka

“…After 22 days of exposure to 300 mM NaCl, there was a transition from the C4 cycle to crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), manifested by a rapid increase in substomatal CO₂ concentration and negative CO₂ assimilation values. …”
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The climate changes promoted the chloroplast genomic evolution of Dendrobium orchids among multiple photosynthetic pathways by Qiqian Xue, Jiapeng Yang, Wenhui Yu, Hongman Wang, Zhenyu Hou, Chao Li, Qingyun Xue, Wei Liu, Xiaoyu Ding, Zhitao Niu

“…Abstract Dendrobium orchids have multiple photosynthetic pathways, which can be used as a model system for studying the evolution of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM). In this study, based on the results of the net photosynthetic rates (Pn), we classified Dendrobium species into three photosynthetic pathways, then employed and compared their chloroplast genomes. …”
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Molecular Cloning of Novel-Type Phospho<i>enol</i>pyruvate Carboxylase Isoforms in Pitaya (<i>Hylocereus undatus</i>) by Keiichi Nomura, Yuho Sakurai, Mayu Dozono

“…Phospho<i>enol</i>pyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is an important enzyme involved in the initial CO₂ fixation of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis. To understand the cultivation characteristics of a CAM plant pitaya, it is necessary to clarify the characteristics of PEPC in this species. …”
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Considerations for plant selection in green roofs by Arabi, Roozbeh, Shahidan, Mohd Fairuz, Mohd Shariff, Mustafa Kamal, Ja'afar, Mohamad Fakri Zaky, Rakhshandehroo, Mehdi

“…In this case Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants are suggested. In Overall, the best plants for green roofs environment are cold, heat, drought, wind, sun, disease and insect tolerant and preferably native plant species. …”
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Spatial referencing of chlorophyll fluorescence images for quantitative assessment of infection propagation in leaves demonstrated on the ice plant: Botrytis cinerea pathosystem by Joanna Sekulska-Nalewajko, Andrzej Kornaś, Jarosław Gocławski, Zbigniew Miszalski, Elżbieta Kuźniak

“…The results for C3 and Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) plants have been compared with respect to the type of photosynthetic metabolism and the image alignment accuracy has also been discussed. …”
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The first released available genome of the common ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.) extended the research region on salt tolerance, C3-CAM photosynthetic conversion, and... by Yuri Kondo, Sakae Agarie, Ryoma Sato

“…Conclusions The information that we characterized is useful for elucidation of the mechanism of growth promotion under salinity and reversible conversion of the photosynthetic type from C3 to Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM).…”
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Photo-Protective Mechanisms and the Role of Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Activity in a Facultative CAM Plant Exposed to Long-Term Water Deprivation by Luca Vitale, Ermenegilda Vitale, Giulia Costanzo, Anna De Maio, Carmen Arena

“…The Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) pathway helps plants to alleviate the oxidative stress under drought, but the shift to CAM-idling may expose plants to the overproduction of reactive oxygen species causing cell damages. …”
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Phylogeny and Expression Atlas of the <i>NITRATE TRANSPORTER 1/PEPTIDE TRANSPORTER FAMILY</i> in Agave by Shibei Tan, Yanqiong Liang, Yanlei Huang, Jingen Xi, Xing Huang, Xiaohan Yang, Kexian Yi

“…<i>Agave</i> species are widely cultivated crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants for alcoholic beverages, food and fiber production. …”
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In Vitro Characterization of Thermostable CAM Rubisco Activase Reveals a Rubisco Interacting Surface Loop by Shivhare, Devendra, Mueller-Cajar, Oliver

“…We reasoned that crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants must possess thermostable Rca to support Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle flux during the day when stomata are closed. …”
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Photosynthetic pathways in Bromeliaceae: phylogenetic and ecological significance of CAM and C3 based on carbon isotope ratios for 1893 species by Crayn, DM, Winter, K, Schulte, K, Smith, JAC

“…Tissue carbon isotope ratio (δ13C) was used to determine the occurrence of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) and C3 photosynthesis in 1893 species, representing 57% of species and all 56 genera in the family. …”

Metabolic Adjustment of High Intertidal Alga <i>Pelvetia canaliculata</i> to the Tidal Cycle Includes Oscillations of Soluble Carbohydrates, Phlorotannins, and Citric Acid Content by Renata Islamova, Nikolay Yanshin, Elizaveta Zamyatkina, Ekaterina Gulk, Ekaterina Zuy, Susan Billig, Claudia Birkemeyer, Elena Tarakhovskaya

“…Changes in titratable acidity accompanied by the oscillations of citric acid content imply that some processes related to the crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) may be involved in <i>Pelvetia</i> adaptation to the tidal cycle.…”
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