Functional xanthophyll cycle and pigment content of a kleptoplastic benthic foraminifer: Haynesina germanica.

Some shallow water benthic foraminifera are able to retain functional chloroplasts (kleptoplasts) from their food source, i.e. diatoms. Here we assessed the functionality of the kleptoplast xanthophyll cycle (XC, i.e. the main diatom short-term photo-regulation mechanism) and we surveyed Haynesina g...

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Main Authors: Thierry Jauffrais, Bruno Jesus, Vona Méléder, Emmanuelle Geslin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5322967?pdf=render