Phycoplankton

Category: Symbioses

  • The sorcerer’s apprentices of photosynthesis

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    This is the third part of my series on Dinophysis. If you didn’t read the first and second part, go read them and come back! We’ve now seen how Dinophysis was finally cultivated in the lab: by feeding it with its prey, the ciliate Mesodinium rubrum. Both of these microbes thrive by acquiring chloroplasts from foreign origin.…

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    vpochic

  • The gingerbread house strategy

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    In these winter times, it is tempting to spend the evening sitting by the fire, reading old fairy tales. You’ve probably heard of Hansel and Gretel, a story of 2 children being lured into a gingerbread house by a cannibalistic witch? Well, today’s the day for some planktonic Hansel and Gretel. Meet the witch: Orbulina…

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    vpochic