Fmars-05-00205-g006

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Description: English: Strombidium rassoulzadegani fed four food algae that supported positive growth in the light (12:12 L:D). (A) S. rassoulzadegani fed Tetraselmis chui PLY429; arrowheads indicate different shapes and sizes of retained chloroplasts; (B) S. rassoulzadegani fed Rhodomonas lens RHODO; arrowheads as in A; (C) S. rassoulzadegani fed Isochrysis sp. ISO SP; arrowheads as in A; (D) S. rassoulzadegani fed Prorocentrum minimum JA; note that no retained plastids appear in the cell. Arrow marks the rigid wall of the algal cell and arrowhead marks the partially-digested algal cytoplasm. Date: 12 June 2018. Source: Fig. 6 at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2018.00205/full Strombidium rassoulzadegani: A Model Species for Chloroplast Retention in Oligotrich Ciliates. In: Front. Mar. Sci., doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00205 . Author: George B. McManus, Weiwei Liu, Rachel A. Cole, Daniel Biemesderfer and Jennifer L. Mydosh. Other versions: .