• Dimorphism in cryptophytes—The case of Teleaulax amphioxeia/Plagioselmis prolonga and its ecological implications 

      Altenburger, Andreas; Blossom, Hannah E.; Garcia-Cuetos, Lydia; Jakobsen, Hans H.; Carstensen, Jacob; Lundholm, Nina; Hansen, Per Juel; Haraguchi, Lumi (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-11)
      Growing evidence suggests that sexual reproduction might be common in unicellular organisms, but observations are sparse. Limited knowledge of sexual reproduction constrains understanding of protist ecology. Although <i>Teleaulax amphioxeia</i> and <i>Plagioselmis prolonga</i> are common marine cryptophytes worldwide, and are also important plastid donors for some kleptoplastic ciliates and ...
    • Limits to the cellular control of sequestered cryptophyte prey in the marine ciliate Mesodinium rubrum 

      Altenburger, Andreas; Cai, Huimin; Li, Qiye; Drumm, Kirstine; Kim, Miran; Zhu, Yuanzhen; Garcia-Cuetos, Lydia; Zhan, Xiaoyu; Hansen, Per Juel; John, Uwe; Li, Shuaicheng; Lundholm, Nina (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-23)
      The marine ciliate <i>Mesodinium rubrum</i> is famous for its ability to acquire and exploit chloroplasts and other cell organelles from some cryptophyte algal species. We sequenced genomes and transcriptomes of free-swimming <i>Teleaulax amphioxeia</i>, as well as well-fed and starved <i>M. rubrum</i> in order to understand cellular processes upon sequestration under different prey and light ...