cryptophyte


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cryptophyte

(ˈkrɪptəˌfaɪt)
n
(Botany) any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface
cryptophytic adj
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Noun1.cryptophyte - common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms
cryptomonad
alga, algae - primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
class Cryptophyceae, Cryptophyceae - motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae
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Ultimately, a group from Japan was successful in the culture of Dinophysis using a three-step feeding protocol in which a cryptophyte was fed to Mesodinium which was then fed to Dinophysis.
Reminiscences
x Vitaceae Cissus bahiensis Lombardi x Vochysiaceae Vochysia thyrsoidea Phol Undetermined Undetermined 1 Undetermined 2 Undetermined 3 Undetermined 4 Undetermined 5 Undetermined 6 x Undetermined 7 x Undetermined 8 x Undetermined 9 x Undetermined 10 x 117 LF = Life form; Ch: chamaephyte; H: hemicryptophyte; Ph: phanerophyte; Th: therophyte; Cr: cryptophyte; Su: "suculenta"; Ep: epiphyte; OPI: open cerrado (site I); OPII (site II): open cerrado II; ROC: rocky outcrop cerrado; TC: typical cerrado; CCT: cerrado-caatinga transition; CAA: caatinga.
What are the most important factors determining different vegetation types in the Chapada Diamantina, Brazil?/ Quais sao os fatores mais importantes na determinacao de diferentes tipos de vegetacao na Chapada Diamantina, Brasil?
Cha = chamaephyte; The = therophyte; Hem = hemicryptophyte; Pha = phanerophyte; Cry = cryptophyte. Collector: E.A.
Biological spectrum and dispersal syndromes in an area of the semi-arid region of north-eastern Brazil/Espectro biologico e sindromes de dispersao em uma area do semiarido do nordeste brasileiro
The object of the study was Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich.--a tuberous orchid, a cryptophyte. The caulorrhizous tuberoid is the metamorphosed sprout of reproduction intended for adverse period experiencing (Dressler, 1981).
Observations of Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich. (Orchidaceae) subpopulation spatial structure dynamics
Plastids of photosynthetic species have predominantly a cryptophyte origin (Lucas & Vesk, 1990).
Dinophysiales (Dinophyceae) of the National Park Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, Gulf of Mexico, with a key for identification
Alternatively (and possibly where the physical stratification is less stable), Cryptophyte species may fulfill this role, where they are able to adjust vertical position more readily than buoyancy-regulating organisms and to balance changes in light reception through photo-adaptive adjustment.
Limnology in El Dorado: some surprising aspects of the regulation of phytoplankton productive capacity in a high-altitude Andean lake (Laguna de Guatavita, Colombia)
Leonardos and Geider (2005) stated that P and nitrogen ratio was related to carotenoid production in cryptophyte Rhinomonas reticulata.
The Nutritional Value of Edible Freshwater Alga Cladophora sp. (Chlorophyta) Grown under Different Phosphorus Concentrations
Instead of being a self-defense mechanism, the microbes' production of poison appears to be more closely related to growth through the ingestion of a "pre-packaged" food source, the cryptophyte cell.
Microbe's toxic hunting habits could help curb massive fish kills
1992 The organization of photosynthetic pigments in a cryptophyte alga: A linear dichroism study.
Gallinaza: un residual avicola como fuente alternativa de nutrientes para produccion de biomasa microalgal
(2005) Ph phanerophyte, Ch chamaephyte, He hemicryptophyte, Cr cryptophyte, Th therophyte Fig.
A Phytogeographical Metaanalysis of the Semiarid Caatinga Domain in Brazil
acuminata by providing the ciliate prey Mesodinium rubrum (Lohmann) Hamburger and Buddenbrock which in turn was allowed to feed on the cryptophyte Teleaulax sp.
Dinophysis species associated with diarrhetic shellfish poisoning episodes in North Patagonian gulfs (Chubut, Argentina)
Both species possess typical, hat-shaped planktotrophic pilidia, and can be reared in the laboratory from fertilized, dissected gametes to metamorphosis on a diet of cryptophyte algae (Rhodomonas lens), as previously described for Micrura alaskensis (Maslakova, 2010a).
Larval development of two N. E. Pacific Pilidiophoran Nemerteans (Heteronemertea; Lineidae)

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