, 2022 <p>Foraminifera are highly abundant marine unicellular eukaryotes. They are known for their important ecological role in most marine ecosystems, their major contribution to the carbon cycle, and their remarkable physiological plasticity.
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Kleptoplasty: Solar-powered sea slugs house stolen plastids in kleptosomes
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Acquired phototrophy through retention of functional chloroplasts increases growth efficiency of the sea slug Elysia viridis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Photosynthesis is a fundamental process sustaining heterotrophic organisms at all trophic levels. Some mixotrophs can retain functional chloroplasts from food (kleptoplasty), and it is hypothesized that carbon acquired through kleptoplasty may enhance ...
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Algivore or phototroph?: Plakobranchus ocellatus (Gastropoda) continuously acquires kleptoplasts and nutrition from multiple algal species in nature [PDF]
, 2012 The sea slug Plakobranchus ocellatus (Sacoglossa, Gastropoda) retains photosynthetically active chloroplasts from ingested algae (functional kleptoplasts) in the epithelial cells of its digestive gland for up to 10 months.
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Lipidomics of solar-power animals: a tool to unravel the process of kleptoplasty
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 Felisa Rey +4 more
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Functional kleptoplasty in a limapontioidean genus: phylogeny, food preferences and photosynthesis inCostasiella, with a focus onC. ocellifera(Gastropoda: Sacoglossa) [PDF]
Journal of Molluscan Studies, 2014 The evolution and origin of functional kleptoplasty (sequestration and retention of functional plastids) within the Sacoglossa is still controversial. While some authors have suggested that it is a synapomorphy of the parapodia-bearing Plakobranchoidea, others have suggested an earlier origin at the base of the more inclusive clade Plakobranchacea. The
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Environmental Microbiology, Volume 25, Issue 11, Page 2321-2337, November 2023., 2023 This study reports for the first‐time the application of a digital PCR (dPCR) assay to target an alien species of a free‐living unicellular non‐pathogenic Eukaryote belonging to Foraminifera (Rhizaria). The number of DNA copies from our species‐specific dPCR assay highly correlates with morphospecies counts thus picking up the DNA signal from organisms
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Eco-Evolutionary Perspectives on Mixoplankton
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Mixotrophy, i.e., the capability of both phototrophy and phagotrophy within a single organism, is a prominent trophic mode in aquatic ecosystems. Mixotrophic strategies can be highly advantageous when feeding or photosynthesis alone does not sustain ...
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Benthic Foraminiferal Mn/Ca as Low‐Oxygen Proxy in Fjord Sediments
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Volume 37, Issue 5, May 2023., 2023 Abstract Fjord systems are typically affected by low‐oxygen conditions, which are increasing in extent and severity, forced by ongoing global changes. Fjord sedimentary records can provide high temporal resolution archives to aid our understanding of the underlying mechanisms and impacts of current deoxygenation.
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Retention of Prey Genetic Material by the Kleptoplastidic Ciliate Strombidium cf. basimorphum
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Many marine ciliate species retain functional chloroplasts from their photosynthetic prey. In some species, the functionality of the acquired plastids is connected to the simultaneous retention of prey nuclei.
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