Chromosome-level genome assembly of the sacoglossan sea slug Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBackground Sequencing and annotating genomes of non-model organisms helps to understand genome architecture, the genetic processes underlying species traits, and how these genes have evolved in closely-related taxa, among many other biological processes.
Lisa Männer +9 more
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What makes Elysia viridis tick? Fitness Consequences of Diet Selection and Kleptoplasty [PDF]
, 2013 Understanding the mechanisms involved in resource use by an organism is pivotal to understanding its ecology. A conspecific population that as a whole demonstrates a generalist pattern of resource use may in fact consist of relatively specialized individuals.
Finn A. Baumgartner
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Distinct Bleaching Resilience of Photosynthetic Plastid-Bearing Mollusks Under Thermal Stress and High CO2 Conditions [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2018 The impact of temperature on photo-symbiotic relationships has been highly studied in the tropical reef-forming corals but overlooked in less charismatic groups such as solar-powered sacoglossan sea slugs. These organisms display one of the most puzzling
Gisela Dionísio +10 more
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Cascading effects of prey identity on gene expression in a kleptoplastidic ciliate. [PDF]
J Eukaryot Microbiol, 2023 Abstract Kleptoplastidic, or chloroplast stealing, lineages transiently retain functional photosynthetic machinery from algal prey. This machinery, and its photosynthetic outputs, must be integrated into the host's metabolism, but the details of this integration are poorly understood.
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Nitrate Assimilation Underlying Kleptoplasty [PDF]
, 2022 AbstractWhile photoautotrophic organisms utilize inorganic nitrogen as the nitrogen source, heterotrophic organisms utilize organic nitrogen and thus do not generally have an inorganic nitrogen assimilation pathway. Here we focused on the nitrogen metabolism ofRapaza viridis, a unicellular eukaryote exhibiting kleptoplasty.
Moe Maruyama +7 more
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Sea Slug Kleptoplasty and Plastid Maintenance in a Metazoan [PDF]
Plant Physiology, 2011 [Trench (1969)][1] was the first to characterize the kleptoplastic (i.e. “stolen plastid”) relationship between the sacoglossan mollusc Elysia chlorotica and its algal prey ( Vaucheria litorea ). In contrast to E.
Karen N. Pelletreau +5 more
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Metabolic Adaptations of Benthic Forams: Foraminiferal Species Adaptations to Intertidal Mudflat Assessed by a Metabolic Approach. [PDF]
J Eukaryot MicrobiolABSTRACT Benthic foraminifera are characterized by their rapid response and high resistance to variable and extreme conditions such as those typically found in intertidal environments. However, knowledge of cellular and metabolic adaptations by foraminifera remains incomplete.
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Kleptoplasty does not promote major shifts in the lipidome of macroalgal chloroplasts sequestered by the sacoglossan sea slug Elysia viridis [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 AbstractSacoglossan sea slugs, also known as crawling leaves due to their photosynthetic activity, are highly selective feeders that incorporate chloroplasts from specific macroalgae. These “stolen” plastids - kleptoplasts - are kept functional inside animal cells and likely provide an alternative source of energy to their host.
Felisa Rey +8 more
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Species discovery, evolution and kleptoplasty in marine meiofaunal flatworms
, 2018 Rhabdocoel flatworms are abundant members of marine meiofaunal communities worldwide, contributing to a reservoir of biodiversity that thrives between grains of sand. However, they are relatively understudied due to bias in meiofaunal sampling techniques and a lack of taxonomic expertise.
India Stephenson
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Kleptoplasty Relies on a Host-Derived Component in the Euglenid Protist, Rapaza viridis [PDF]
Plant And Cell Physiology, 2023 Yoshinori Tsuji
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