Shedding light: a phylotranscriptomic perspective illuminates the origin of photosymbiosis in marine bivalves [PDF]
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2020 Background Photosymbiotic associations between metazoan hosts and photosynthetic dinoflagellates are crucial to the trophic and structural integrity of many marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.
Jingchun Li +5 more
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Absence of conserved immune signalling pathways and increased pathogen susceptibility associated to photosymbiosis in acoels [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground Host immunity plays an important role in coral symbiosis with dinoflagellates. Photosymbiosis (the association between hosts and photosynthetic endosymbionts) has evolved multiple times within animals, e.g. within acoels, which are soft-bodied
Andreas Hejnol
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The chimerical and multifaceted marine acoel Symsagittifera roscoffensis: from photosymbiosis to brain regeneration [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014 A remarkable example of biological engineering is the capability of some marine animals to take advantage of photosynthesis by hosting symbiotic algae.
Volker Hartenstein +2 more
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Microplastic contamination reduces productivity in a widespread freshwater photosymbiosis
Aquatic Biology, 2023 Microplastic (plastic particles
B Makin
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Heat stress disrupts early development and photosymbiosis in Cassiopea jellyfish [PDF]
PLoS ONEPhotosymbioses between Cnidarians and algae are widespread in marine ecosystems. The jellyfish Cassiopea-Symbiodinium symbiosis serves as a valuable model for studying host-symbiont interactions in photosymbiotic organisms.
Celeste Robinson +3 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the photosymbiotic sea slug Berghia stephanieae (Valdés, 2005) (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 Berghia stephanieae (Nudibranchia, Cladobranchia) is a photosymbiotic sea slug that feeds exclusively on sea anemones from the genus Exaiptasia. It then specifically incorporates dinoflagellates belonging to the Symbiodiniaceae obtained from their prey ...
Jenny Melo Clavijo +10 more
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Ocular Surface Photosymbiosis: A Pilot Study of Cyanobacteria Transplantation with Photosynthesis into Cornea [PDF]
Journal of Current OphthalmologyPurpose: To investigate the feasibility of transplanting cyanobacteria species Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 into the corneal stroma as a novel photosymbiotic biotherapy.
Shangkun Ou, Sijie Lin, Yiming Wu
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Metabolic partitioning between photosynthesis and osmotrophy in Collodaria photosymbiotic holobionts [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsCollodaria (Radiolaria) are widespread marine planktonic protists that host photosynthetic microalgal symbionts. Within this photosymbiosis, they can contribute substantially to primary production, particularly in oligotrophic ocean regions.
Vera Nikitashina, Georg Pohnert
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V-type H+-ATPase in the symbiosome membrane is a conserved mechanism for host control of photosynthesis in anthozoan photosymbioses [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 In reef-building corals (order Scleractinia) and giant clams (phylum Molluca), V-type H+-ATPase (VHA) in host cells is part of a carbon concentrating mechanism (CCM) that regulates photosynthetic rates of their symbiotic algae.
Katie L. Barott +2 more
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Functional consequences of Palaeozoic reef collapse [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Biogenic reefs have been hotspots of biodiversity and evolutionary novelty throughout the Phanerozoic. The largest reef systems in Earth’s history occurred in the Devonian period, but collapsed during the Late Devonian Mass Extinction.
Tom C. L. Bridge +4 more
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