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Microspectrophotometry as a method to identify kleptoplastids in the naked freshwater Dinoflagellate Gymnodinium Acidotum

Barsanti L., Evangelista V., Passarelli V., Frassanito A, Coltelli P., Gualtieri P.

Aquatic Science  Plant Science  Cryptophyte  Dinoflagellates  Life and medical sciences  Algae  Microspectroscopy 

A relatively small number of freshwater dinoflagellates are involved in symbiotic association with cryptophytes. The chloroplasts of the cryptophytes are retained by the dinoflagellate and give it the characteristic phycobilin pigmentation, either phycoerythrin or phycocyanin. The pigment characterization of the retained chloroplasts can give precise and accurate information about the type of cryptophyte preyed upon by the dinoflagellate. For this purpose, we performed microspectrophotometric evaluation of the pigments of Gymnodinium acidotum Nygaard and three different cryptophytes present in samples collected from a tributary of the river Arno, in Tuscany (Italy). The comparison of the different spectroscopic data allowed us to discriminate effectively among the cryptophytes preyed upon by the dinoflagellate.

Source: Journal of phycology 45 (2009): 1304–1309. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00751.x

Publisher: Phycological Society of America,, [New York], Stati Uniti d'America


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@article{oai:it.cnr:prodotti:168478,
	title = {Microspectrophotometry as a method to identify kleptoplastids in the naked freshwater Dinoflagellate Gymnodinium Acidotum},
	author = {Barsanti L. and Evangelista V. and Passarelli V. and Frassanito A and Coltelli P. and Gualtieri P.},
	publisher = {Phycological Society of America,, [New York], Stati Uniti d'America},
	doi = {10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00751.x},
	journal = {Journal of phycology},
	volume = {45},
	pages = {1304–1309},
	year = {2009}
}