Genome sequencing and de novo assembly of the giant unicellular alga Acetabularia acetabulum using droplet MDA [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 The macroscopic single-celled green alga Acetabularia acetabulum has been a model system in cell biology for more than a century. However, no genomic information is available from this species.
Ina J. Andresen +4 more
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Prey species and abundance affect growth and photosynthetic performance of the polyphagous sea slug Elysia crispata [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Some sacoglossan sea slugs steal functional macroalgal chloroplasts (kleptoplasts). In this study, we investigated the effects of algal prey species and abundance on the growth and photosynthetic capacity of the tropical polyphagous sea slug Elysia ...
Paulo Cartaxana +5 more
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Photosynthetic sea slugs induce protective changes to the light reactions of the chloroplasts they steal from algae [PDF]
eLife, 2020 Sacoglossan sea slugs are able to maintain functional chloroplasts inside their own cells, and mechanisms that allow preservation of the chloroplasts are unknown.
Vesa Havurinne, Esa Tyystjärvi
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Comparison of ESTs from juvenile and adult phases of the giant unicellular green alga
BMC Plant Biology, 2004 Background Acetabularia acetabulum is a giant unicellular green alga whose size and complex life cycle make it an attractive model for understanding morphogenesis and subcellular compartmentalization.
Grotewold Erich +5 more
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On the art of stealing chloroplasts [PDF]
eLife, 2020 Sea slugs increase the longevity of the chloroplasts they steal from algae by limiting the harmful side-effects of photosynthesis.
Paulo Cartaxana, Sónia Cruz
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Distribution of macroalgae in the area of Calvi (Corsica) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 Macroalgae play an essential role in benthic ecosystems, which makes it very important to monitor their cover rates and study their community structures.
Lea Katz +4 more
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Journal of Chemistry, 2013 Seaweed is well known about for potential in chelating heavy metals. In this study, carbon paste electrodes were fabricated with siphonous seaweed Acetabularia acetabulum as the modifiers to sense lead (II) and copper (II) by square-wave anodic stripping
Muhammad Raziq Rahimi Kooh +2 more
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Laboratory Rearing of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata (Gastropoda, Sacoglossa): Implications for the Study of Kleptoplasty and Species Conservation [PDF]
BiologySome Sacoglossa sea slugs are capable of stealing and maintaining functional intracellular chloroplasts—kleptoplasts—from their macroalgal prey for periods of up to several months, a process known as kleptoplasty. Although the cultivation of these marine
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Identification of scavenger receptors and thrombospondin-type-1 repeat proteins potentially relevant for plastid recognition in Sacoglossa. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2020 We investigated the abundance and gene expression of scavenger receptors and thrombospondin‐type‐1 repeat protein superfamily, known to be involved in symbiont recognition, in three plastid‐bearing sea slugs. We could identify candidate receptors, similar to those found in cnidarians for Symbiodinium recognition, that might be relevant in plastid ...
Melo Clavijo J +7 more
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Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) three decades of research [PDF]
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2011 During the last 30 years, studies on Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) have addressed various aspects related to food sources, photosynthetic efficiency of kleptoplasts, population genetics, chemical ecology and reproductive biology, both in the Mediterranean ...
Giménez–Casalduero, F. +3 more
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