Vampyrella crystallifera sp. nov., an Amoeba That Dissolves Entire Algal Cells at a Remarkable Speed [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe vampyrellid amoebae (Order Vampyrellida, Rhizaria) comprise predatory microeukaryotes that inhabit freshwater, marine, and terrestrial habitats. They are known to consume a wide array of prey, which includes microalgae, fungi, and even microscopic ...
Andreas Suthaus, Sebastian Hess
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The vampyrellid amoeba Strigomyxa ruptor gen. et sp. nov. and its remarkable strategy to acquire algal cell contents. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThe new vampyrellid amoeba Strigomyxa ruptor phagocytizes algal cells and opens them internally to extract the cell contents. Afterward, the algal cell walls are discarded through a “waste vacuole.” This sophisticated feeding strategy, here termed “internal protoplast extraction and cell wall regurgitation,” exemplifies the extraordinary complexity of ...
Suthaus A, Hess S.
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Biogeographical Distribution of River Microbial Communities in Atlantic Catchments. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol RepWe discovered different factors affecting river microbial communities (RMC) diversity and composition across Atlantic catchments in Europe. Prokaryote diversity was mainly influenced by topography and geology, while eukaryotic groups were driven by land use and cover.
Goldenberg-Vilar A +10 more
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Temperature-dependent responses to light and nutrients in phytoplankton. [PDF]
EcologyAbstract Nutrients and light are major resources controlling growth, biomass, and community structure of phytoplankton. When looking at those resources individually, resource uptake and biochemical transformation, and thereby also the demand for resources, have been shown to be temperature‐dependent.
Heinrichs AL +5 more
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Chlorophytes response to habitat complexity and human disturbance in the catchment of small and shallow aquatic systems [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Human-originated transformation in the catchment area may be reflected in the water quality and ecological state of the aquatic environment. Chlorophytes, the most common and diverse group of microalgae, may be a valuable tool for studies of small water ...
Sofia Celewicz +2 more
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Periphytic algal flora of the low Doce river, Espírito Santo State, Brazil, after ore tailings flow, 2: ornamented cell-wall Cosmarium (Zygnematophyceae, Desmidiaceae) [PDF]
Hoehnea, 2023 Present study aimed at carrying out the taxonomic survey of the ornamented cell-wall Cosmaria from the low Doce river region, Espírito Santo State. Material studied was collected between months October 2018 and February 2020.
Bruna Fadul-Souza +5 more
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Divergent responses in desiccation experiments in two ecophysiologically different Zygnematophyceae
Physiologia Plantarum, Volume 175, Issue 6, November/December 2023., 2023 Abstract Water scarcity can be considered a major stressor on land, with desiccation being its most extreme form. Land plants have found two different solutions to this challenge: avoidance and tolerance. The closest algal relatives to land plants, the Zygnematophyceae, use the latter, and how this is realized is of great interest for our understanding
Tim P. Rieseberg +8 more
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Electroporation‐based delivery of proteins in Penium margaritaceum and other zygnematophycean algae
Physiologia Plantarum, Volume 175, Issue 6, November/December 2023., 2023 Abstract Zygnematophycean algae represent the streptophyte group identified as the closest sister clade to land plants. Their phylogenetic position and growing genomic resources make these freshwater algae attractive models for evolutionary studies in the context of plant terrestrialization.
Vanessa Polet Carrillo‐Carrasco +2 more
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Annals of Botany, 1889 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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The effect of increasing temperature and pCO2 on experimental pelagic freshwater communities
Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 68, Issue S1, Page S202-S216, June 2023., 2023 Abstract As the global climate is changing, average water temperatures and the supply of CO2 to water bodies are increasing. To determine how the effects of these changes on freshwater communities interact, we ran a month‐long factorial mesocosm experiment, in which we manipulated water temperature (heated, ambient) and pCO2 (preindustrial, ambient ...
Egor Katkov, Gregor F. Fussmann
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