Table 1.

Genes with experimentally observed functional response to salt stress.

Gene Name	Organism From	Organism Transformed	Effect Observed	Reference
Cyclophilins (CYP) PsCYP1	Pyropia seriata (marine red algae)	Chlamydomonas sp.	Heat and salt tolerance	[6]
Photosynthetic ferredoxin (PETF) and ferredoxin-5 gene (FDX5)	Chlamydomonas sp.	Chlamydomonas sp.	Salt tolerance	[7]
Gene with unknown function	Chlamydomonas W80	E. coli	Salt and cadmium tolerance	[8]
Anti-stress genes	Chlamydomonas W80	E. coli	Salt stress protection	[9]
Breast basic conserved gene (bbc1)	Chlamydomonas W80	E. coli	Salt stress protection	[10]
Glutathione peroxidase	Chlamydomonas W80	Tobacco plant	Salt stress protection	[11]
Group-3 late embryogenesis abundant protein gene (cw80lea3)	Chlamydomonas W80	Synechococcus PCC7942	Salt and cold stress protection	[12]