The toxic dinoflagellate Dinophysis acuminata harbors permanent chloroplasts of cryptomonad origin, not kleptochloroplasts

Harmful Algae

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-38

  Garcia Cuetos, Lydia ^a   Moestrup, Øjvind ^a   Hansen, Per Juel ^a   Daugbjerg, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Dinophysis acuminata; Mesodinium rubrum; Peduncle; Teleaulax amphioxeia

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYSIS; DINOPHYSIS ACUMINATA; MESODINIUM RUBRUM; MYRIONECTA RUBRA; TELEAULAX; TELEAULAX AMPHIOXEIA;

EID: 70449523086     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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