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Retention of Prey Genetic Material by the Kleptoplastidic Ciliate Strombidium cf. basimorphum

Many marine ciliate species retain functional chloroplasts from their photosynthetic prey. In some species, the functionality of the acquired plastids is connected to the simultaneous retention of prey nuclei. To date, this has never been documented in plastidic Strombidium species. The functionalit...

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Autores principales: Maselli, Maira, Anestis, Konstantinos, Klemm, Kerstin, Hansen, Per Juel, John, Uwe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8355899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34394035
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.694508