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Phylogenetic analysis of algal symbionts associated with four North American amphibian egg masses.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Kim Eunsoo, Lin Yuan, Kerney Ryan, Blumenberg Lili, Bishop Cory
Abstract excerpt
Egg masses of the yellow-spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum form an association with the green alga "Oophila amblystomatis" (Lambert ex Wille), which, in addition to growing within individual egg capsules, has recently been reported to invade embryonic tissues and cells. The binomial O. amblystomatis refers to the algae that occur in A. maculatum egg capsules, but it is unknown whether this population of...
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