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Bacterial diversity in the clarki ecotype of the photosynthetic sacoglossan, Elysia crispata

MicrobiologyOpen, Volume 9, Issue 9, September 2020., 2020
The bacterial diversity of the solar‐powered sea slug, Elysia crispata (clarki ecotype), was investigated. The results showed inter‐individual variability in bacterial diversity, suggesting that the bacteria live commensally with these sea slugs. Abstract Few studies have examined the bacterial communities associated with photosynthetic sacoglossan sea
Padmanabhan Mahadevan, Michael L. Middlebrooks   +1 more
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On the art of stealing chloroplasts

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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Contrasting Mixotrophic Lifestyles Reveal Different Ecological Niches in Two Closely Related Marine Protists

Journal of Phycology, Volume 56, Issue 1, Page 52-67, February 2020., 2020
Many marine microbial eukaryotes combine photosynthetic with phagotrophic nutrition, but incomplete understanding of such mixotrophic protists, their functional diversity, and underlying physiological mechanisms limits the assessment and modeling of their roles in present and future ocean ecosystems.
Susanne Wilken, Chang Jae Choi, Alexandra Z. Worden   +2 more
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Photosynthetic sea slugs induce protective changes to the light reactions of the chloroplasts they steal from algae

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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The complete mitochondrial genome of the ‘solar-powered’ sea slug Plakobranchus cf. ocellatus (Heterobranchia: Panpulmonata: Sacoglossa)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017
We present the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Plakobranchus cf. ocellatus (Heterobranchia: Sacoglossa), a so-called ‘solar-powered’ sea slug with long-term retention of chloroplasts.
Carola Greve, Maximiliano Ruiz-Tagle Lui, Sugirthan Sivalingam, Kerstin U. Ludwig, Heike Wägele, Alexander Donath   +5 more
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A sea slug’s guide to plastid symbiosis

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2014
Some 140 years ago sea slugs that contained chlorophyll-pigmented granules similar to those of plants were described. While we now understand that these “green granules” are plastids the slugs sequester from siphonaceous algae upon which they feed ...
Jan de Vries, Cessa Rauch, Gregor Christa, Sven B. Gould   +3 more
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Data for: Euglenozoan kleptoplasty illuminates the early evolution of photoendosymbiosis [PDF]

, 2023
Kleptoplasts (kP) are distinct among photosynthetic organelles in eukaryotes (i.e., plastids) because they are routinely sequestered from prey algal cells and function only temporarily in the new host cell.
Karnkowska, Anna, Hampl, Vladimir, Keeling, Patrick, Kashiyama, Yuichiro, Maruyama, Moe, Suzaki, Toshinobu, Yamaguchi, Aika, Yubuki, Naoji, Leander, Brian   +8 more
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Bacterial Community Composition and Functional Potential of the Kleptoplastic Sea Slug Elysia papillosa

Biomolecules
Certain sacoglossan sea slugs, often known as “solar-powered sea slugs”, are a group of marine gastropods that have the unique ability to photosynthesize by stealing functional chloroplasts from algae.
Jada L. Brown, Padmanabhan Mahadevan, Michael Middlebrooks   +2 more
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Distinct, Depth‐Stratified Communities of Heterotrophic, Mixotrophic, and Parasitic Dinoflagellates and Ciliates in the Subarctic Northeast Pacific Euphotic Zone

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Volume 73, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT Dinoflagellates and ciliates are important grazers of primary production in the Northeast Pacific but knowledge of their taxonomic composition and depth‐distribution is limited. These organisms also display a variety of heterotrophic feeding modes including heterotrophy, mixotrophy, and parasitism.
Erin L. Jones, Ewelina Rubin, Margaret Rettig, Heather McNair, Susanne Menden‐Deuer, Tatiana A. Rynearson   +5 more
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From Permits to Samples: Addressing Key Challenges for High‐Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe

Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 26, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT High‐quality reference genome assemblies have become essential for deepening our understanding of biodiversity, yet obtaining them for many species remains surprisingly challenging. Drawing on experiences from the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) community, we focus on permit and sample‐handling procedures leading up to nucleic acid ...
Katja Reichel, Jaakko Pohjoismäki, Jonas J. Astrin, Astrid Böhne, Chiara Bortoluzzi, Elena Bužan, Javier del Campo, Claudio Ciofi, Camilla B. Di‐Nizo, Pradeep K. Divakar, Carola Greve, Vladimír Hampl, Leon Hilgers, Veronika N. Laine, Jennifer A. Leonard, Jesus Lozano‐Fernandez, Lada Lukić Bilela, Camila J. Mazzoni, Ann M. McCartney, José Melo‐Ferreira, Rita Monteiro, Rebekah A. Oomen, Martina Pavlek, João Pimenta, Michal Rindos, Ole Seehausen, Andrii Tarieiev, Salvatore Tomasello, Olga Vinnere Pettersson, Robert M. Waterhouse, Alexandra A.‐T. Weber, Oleksandr Zinenko, Christian de Guttry   +32 more
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