Mixotrophs are important components of the bacterioplankton, phytoplankton,
microzooplankton, and (sometimes) zooplankton in coastal and oceanic waters. Bacterivory …

Several Dinophysis species produce diarrhoetic toxins (okadaic acid and dinophysistoxins)
and pectenotoxins, and cause gastointestinal illness, Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) …

Several dinoflagellate species of the cosmopolitan genus Dinophysis produce potent
lipophilic shellfish toxins (okadaic acid, its derivatives and the pectenotoxins) and pose a …

Acquisition of phototrophy is widely distributed in the eukaryotic tree of life and can involve
algal endosymbiosis or plastid retention from green or red origins. Species with acquired …

The establishment of an endosymbiotic relationship typically seems to be driven through
complementation of the host's limited metabolic capabilities by the biochemical versatility of …

Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) combines video and flow cytometric technology to capture
images of nano‐and microplankton (∼ 10 to> 100 μm) and to measure the chlorophyll …

Plastid endosymbiosis has been a major force in the evolution of eukaryotic cellular
complexity, but how endosymbionts are integrated is still poorly understood at a mechanistic …

Many non-photosynthetic species of protists and metazoans are capable of hosting viable
algal endosymbionts or their organelles through adaptations of phagocytic pathways. A form …

The Galician rías (NW Iberia, Spain) are coastal embayments at the northern boundary of
the Canary Current upwelling system. Their favourable conditions for phytoplankton growth …

Acquired phototrophy, ie the use of chloroplasts from ingested prey, can be found among
some species of dinoflagellates and ciliates. The best studied examples of this phenomenon …