"Pomacytosis"-Semi-extracellular phagocytosis of cyanobacteria by the smallest marine algae.
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SUBMITTER: Kamennaya NA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5773223 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jan
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"Pomacytosis"-Semi-extracellular phagocytosis of cyanobacteria by the smallest marine algae.
Kamennaya Nina A NA Kennaway Gabrielle G Fuchs Bernhard M BM Zubkov Mikhail V MV
PLoS biology 20180105 1
The smallest algae, less than 3 μm in diameter, are the most abundant eukaryotes of the World Ocean. Their feeding on planktonic bacteria of similar size is globally important but physically enigmatic. Tiny algal cells tightly packed with the voluminous chloroplasts, nucleus, and mitochondria appear to have insufficient organelle-free space for prey internalization. Here, we present the first direct observations of how the 1.3-μm algae, which are only 1.6 times bigger in diameter than their prey ...[more]
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