Metabolic Reliance on Photosynthesis Depends on Both Irradiance and Prey Availability in the Mixotrophic Ciliate, Strombidium cf. basimorphum
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.642600
Abstract: Many species of the ciliate genus Strombidium can acquire functional chloroplasts from a wide range of algal prey and are thus classified as generalist non-constitutive mixotrophs. Little, however, is known about the influence of irradiance… read more here.
Keywords: prey; irradiance; prey availability; strombidium ... See more keywords