Dual culture of the oomycete Lagenisma coscinodisci Drebes and Coscinodiscus diatoms as a model for plankton/parasite interactions

Abstract Diatoms are thought to provide about 40% of total global photosynthesis and diatoms of the genus Coscinodiscus are an important, sometimes dominant, cosmopolitan component of the marine diatom community. The oomycete parasitoid Lagenisma coscinodisci is widespread in the northern hemisphere...

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Main Authors: Anthony Buaya, Alexandra Kraberg, Marco Thines
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Helgoland Marine Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s10152-019-0523-0