title: Photosynthetic phagotrophy of Chrysophyceae: evolutionary aspects.
abstract: Phagotrophy must have arisen fundamentally in all eukaryotes. Chrysophyceae, which exhibit both phagocytosis and photosynthesis, are an interesting subject for evolutionary study. On the basis of a handful of articles, we boldly assumed that Ochromonas and Uroglena are in an intermediate stage of evolution towards animal cells and will evolve a divergent dichotomy in future.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010587:Phagocytosis; D010788:Photosynthesis