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Multiple plastids collected by the dinoflagellate Dinophysis mitra through kleptoplastidy.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2012
Nishitani Goh, Nagai Satoshi, Hayakawa Shiho, Kosaka Yuki, Sakurada Kiyonari, Kamiyama Takashi, Gojobori Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Kleptoplastidy is the retention of plastids obtained from ingested algal prey, which may remain temporarily functional and be used for photosynthesis by the predator. We showed that the marine dinoflagellate Dinophysis mitra has great kleptoplastid diversity. We obtained 308 plastid rbcL sequences by gene cloning from 14 D. mitra cells and 102 operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Most sequences were new in the...
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