Periodic Reporting for period 1 - MARIS (Mixotrophy among small marine phytoflagellates – prevalence and impact on prokaryotic communities)

Unicellular microscopic algae inhabiting the world oceans generate half the oxygen available on the planet and fuel marine food webs. Despite this, we do not understand many aspects of their basic ecology. A clear example is mixotrophy, the ability for micro-algae to combine...