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A micrograph with a grey background shows both purple bacteria and green algae within a ciliated microorganism.
A Protist Hosts Both Green Algae and Purple Bacteria Symbionts
Having two different endosymbionts may allow the ciliate Pseudoblepharisma tenue to live in both oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor zones of the muddy bogs of southern Germany.
A Protist Hosts Both Green Algae and Purple Bacteria Symbionts
A Protist Hosts Both Green Algae and Purple Bacteria Symbionts

Having two different endosymbionts may allow the ciliate Pseudoblepharisma tenue to live in both oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor zones of the muddy bogs of southern Germany.

Having two different endosymbionts may allow the ciliate Pseudoblepharisma tenue to live in both oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor zones of the muddy bogs of southern Germany.

microbiology, ecology, evolution

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