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Epibiosis of oxygen phototrophs containing chlorophylls a, b, c, and d on the colonial ascidian Cystodytes dellechiajei
- 1.0367389 - MBÚ 2012 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Martínez-García, M. - Koblížek, Michal - López-Legentil, S. - Antón, J.
Epibiosis of oxygen phototrophs containing chlorophylls a, b, c, and d on the colonial ascidian Cystodytes dellechiajei.
Microbial Ecology. Roč. 61, č. 1 (2011), s. 13-19. ISSN 0095-3628. E-ISSN 1432-184X
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50200510
Keywords : D-PRODUCING CYANOBACTERIUM * ACARYOCHLORIS-MARINA * ADAPTATION
Subject RIV: EE - Microbiology, Virology
Impact factor: 2.912, year: 2011
The external surfaces of marine animals are colonized by a wide variety of epibionts. Here, we study the phototrophic epibiotic community attached to the colonial ascidian Cystodytes dellechiajei collected in the Mediterranean Sea. Epifluorescence microscopy analysis showed abundant filamentous cyanobacteria on the upper and basal parts of the ascidian that displayed autofluorescence, as well as some unicellular cyanobacteria, diatoms, and structures, which could belong to microscopic rhodophyte algae. In addition, high-performance liquid chromatography of the photosynthetic pigments confirmed that the phototrophic epibionts possess chlorophyll (Chl) d, as well as Chl a, b, and c, which enable them to use far-red light for photosynthesis in that peculiar microenvironment.
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