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Mixotrophy in Marine Planktonic Ciliates: Physiological and Ecological Aspects of Plastid-Retention by Oligotrichs

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Protozoa and Their Role in Marine Processes

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Abstract

Although oligotrichous ciliates (subclass Choreotrichia, order Choreotrichida) are often regarded as strict phagotrophs, deriving their nutrition from the ingestion of other cells, many species contain pigmented bodies which have long been thought to be residues of digestion of algal cells and only recently have been shown to be algal chloroplasts (Kahl 1932, Burkholder et al. 1967, Taylor 1982, McManus and Fuhrman 1986). Transmission electron microscopy has demonstrated that many marine oligotrichs retain isolated chloroplasts derived from phytoplankton (Blackbourn et al. 1973, Laval-Peuto and Febvre 1986, Jonsson 1987, Stoecker and Silver 1987). A substantial proportion of the planktonic oligotrich fauna contains chloroplasts and is probably mixotrophic, deriving nutrition from both phagocytosis and photosynthesis (Laval-Peuto et al. 1986, Stoecker et al. 1987, Laval-Peuto and Rassoulzadegan 1988 ).

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Stoecker, D.K. (1991). Mixotrophy in Marine Planktonic Ciliates: Physiological and Ecological Aspects of Plastid-Retention by Oligotrichs. In: Reid, P.C., Turley, C.M., Burkill, P.H. (eds) Protozoa and Their Role in Marine Processes. NATO ASI Series, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73181-5_12

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