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Planktonic Ciliate: the mixotroph Laboea strobila
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Poster: John Dolan  (see this users gallery)
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Date: Feb 15, 2008
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Description: This ciliate 'sequesters' chloroplast from the phytoplankton it eats. The chloroplasts remain active, fixing carbon which is metabolised by the ciliate. For more info- papers by D.K. Stoecker
Keywords: plankton, mixotrophy, microzooplankton, protist, ciliate


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