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Characterization of a green Stentor with symbiotic algae growing in an extremely oligotrophic environment and storing large amounts of starch granules in its cytoplasm

The genus Stentor is a relatively well-known ciliate owing to its lucid trumpet shape. Stentor pyriformis represents a green, short, and fat Stentor, but it is a little-known species. We investigated 124 ponds and wetlands in Japan and confirmed the presence of S. pyriformis at 23 locations. All the...

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Autores principales: Hoshina, Ryo, Tsukii, Yuuji, Harumoto, Terue, Suzaki, Toshinobu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7859197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33536497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82416-9