Planktonic Ciliate: the mixotroph Laboea strobila

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Planktonic Ciliate: the mixotroph Laboea strobila

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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

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Date: February 15, 2008
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Keywords: plankton mixotrophy microzooplankton protist ciliate

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