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T1  - Mesodinium rubrum exhibits genus-level but not species-level cryptophyte prey selection 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/183450 
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A1  - Peltomaa, Elina; Johnson, Matthew D. 
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Y1  - 2017 
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AB  - The marine ciliate Mesodinium rubrum is known to form large non-toxic red water blooms in estuarine and coastal upwelling regions worldwide. This ciliate relies predominantly upon photosynthesis by using plastids and other organelles it acquires from cryptophyte prey. Although M. rubrum is capable of ingesting different species of cryptophytes, mainly Teleaulax amphioxeia plastids have been detected from wild M. rubrum populations. These observations suggest that either M. rubrum is a selective ... 
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KW  - Mixotrophy; Acquired phototrophy; Kleptoplastidy; Grazing; Prey selection; Species-specific qPCR; Mesodinium; Teleaulax; CILIATE MYRIONECTA-RUBRA; COLUMBIA RIVER ESTUARY; LABORATORY CULTURES; GRAZING RESPONSES; LIGHT-INTENSITY; COASTAL WATERS; RDNA PHYLOGENY; GROWTH; DINOPHYSIS; SEQUESTRATION; 1172 Environmental sciences 
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