AHHHH! Why are we eating this baby worm? Slurrrrp. Slurrrrp. Mmm…worm juice… (Photo: Terje Berge/International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal) Dear Deeplings, I am a dinoflagellate – a single-celled microscopic plankton of the fine lineage Karlodinium armiger. I’m a pretty peaceful dude-lady – I just chillax on the ocean’s surface, spinning my flagella and soaking . . . → Read More: Dear Deeplings: I thought I was a plant, but now I think I’m a killer!
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By Miriam Goldstein, on  June 20th, 2012  5 comments  Adaptations, New Research  Algal Bloom, Dear Deeplings, dinoflagellates, Mixotrophy By Kevin Zelnio, on July 15th, 2010 Leave a comment Adaptations, New Research Anemone, Aptasia, Autotrophy, Best of Zelnio, Carbon, Heterotrophy, Mixotrophy, Pulse-Chase Experiment, radiocarbon, Symbiosis, Zooxanthellae It has been known for a long time that some anemones form symbiotic relationships with Zooxanthellae. For a while it was assumed that the anemones mainly persisted by utilizing carbon translocated from its symbionts, called autotrophy, but they can may supplement this by heterotrophic feeding on plankton. A study by Bachar and colleagues followed . . . → Read More: Determining the Fate of Carbon in a Mixotrophic Anemone
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 28th, 2007 6 comments Adaptations Alviniconcha, Back-Arc Basin, Bacteria, Best of Zelnio, Biofilm, Chemoautotrophy, Gastropoda, Hemocyanin, Hydrothermal Vent, Mixotrophy, Mollusca, Proteobacteria, Provanna, Provannidae, Snail, Thermo-Chemico Tolerance Alviniconcha hessleri (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Provannidae) When you think of hydrothermal vents, what comes to mind first? Is it the gushing black smoke out of a chimney? Perhaps you envision the enormous tubeworms with their red velvety plumes sticking out of their white tubes. Some may even be familiar with the dense swarms of blind . . . → Read More: From The Desk of Zelnio: Alviniconcha hessleri
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