Character evolution in heterotrophic euglenids
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Character evolution in heterotrophic euglenids
The Euglenida consists mostly of free-living flagellates with very diverse modes of nutrition. A number of heterotrophic euglenids (e.g., Petalomonas and Ploeotia) are limited to bacteriotrophy (Fig. 1a–c) while others (e.g., Dinema and Peranema) are capable of ingesting eukaryotic prey (Fig. 1f). We use the label “eukaryotroph” to distinguish the latter taxa from the bacteriotrophs (Triemer an...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Protistology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0932-4739
DOI: 10.1078/0932-4739-00842