Qian Li, Kyle F. Edwards, Christopher R. Schvarcz, Karen E. Selph, Grieg F. Steward, Plasticity in the grazing ecophysiology of Florenciella (Dichtyochophyceae), a mixotrophic nanoflagellate that ...

Camila Serra-Pompei, George I. Hagstrom, André W. Visser, Ken H. Andersen, Resource limitation determines temperature response of unicellular plankton communities ...

Mucospheres produced by a mixotrophic protist impact ocean carbon cycling. Nature Communications, 2022; 13 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28867-8 ...

Mixotrophic protists are able to photosynthesize and consume other organisms, unlike phytoplankton, which rely solely on photosynthesis for energy. Michaela Larsson, the first author of the paper, ...

Protists are eukaryotes, meaning they have a distinct nucleus and organelles within their cells, but they don't fit into the kingdoms of animals, plants, or fungi.

The paper, Mucospheres produced by a mixotrophic protist impact ocean carbon cycling, is published in Nature Communications. The study received funding through a Discovery grant from the ...

Already, the ability of mixotrophic organisms to utilize multiple avenues of energy and nutrient acquisition has been used to predict an increased efficiency in the transfer of biomass through trophic ...

Credit: Jen Christiansen; Source: “Defining Planktonic Protist Functional Groups on Mechanisms for Energy and Nutrient Acquisition: Incorporation of Diverse Mixotrophic Strategies,” by Aditee ...

Mixotrophic protists include phototrophic species that also consume prey, and heterotrophic species that retain functional chloroplasts from their prey (kleptoplastidic ciliates, dinoflagellates ...