Elliptochloris

There is a growing body of literature using transcriptomic data to study how tropical cnidarians and their photosynthetic… (More)

Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are amalgamations of autotrophic, heterotrophic and saprotrophic organisms. In the Polar Regions… (More)

............................................................................................................................................. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................................... vi TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................. vii LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................... viii LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................................... x INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 1 METHODS ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Field sampling ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Preparation of host and symbiont fractions ...................................................................................... 4 Lipid extraction ................................................................................................................................... 5 Lipid analysis ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Statistical analyses .............................................................................................................................. 7 RESULTS .................................................................................................................................................. 9 Fatty acid profiles of Symbiodinium muscatinei and Elliptochloris marina ........................................ 9 Fatty acid profiles of zooxanthellate, zoochlorellate, and aposymbiotic hosts ............................... 15 Fatty acid profiles of hosts and their algal symbiont ....................................................................... 20 DISCUSSION .......................................................................................................................................... 24 Fatty acid profiles of Symbiodinium muscatinei and Elliptochloris marina ...................................... 24 Fatty acid profiles of zooxanthellate, zoochlorellate, and aposymbiotic hosts ............................... 26 Fatty acid profiles of hosts and their algal symbiont ....................................................................... 29 Conclusions and future research directions ..................................................................................... 30 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................... 32 

The genera Elliptochloris and Pseudochlorella were erected for Chlorella-like green algae producing two types of autospores and… (More)

For cnidarians that can undergo shifts in algal symbiont relative abundance, the underlying algal physiological changes that… (More)

The susceptibility of algal-cnidarian holobionts to environmental stress is dependent on attributes of both host and symbiont… (More)

The 22 published chloroplast genomes of green algae, representing sparse taxonomic sampling of diverse lineages that span over… (More)

Symbiotic green algae from two species of intertidal Pacific sea anemones, Anthopleura elegantissima and Anthopleura… (More)