Open AccessSolar-Powered Sea Slugs. Mollusc/Algal Chloroplast Symbiosis
Author(s) -
Mary E. Rumpho,
Elizabeth J. Summer,
James R. Manhart
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.123.1.29
Subject(s) - symbiosis , chloroplast , biology , botany , ecology , paleontology , bacteria , biochemistry , gene
Solar-powered “leaves that crawl”? This description of photosynthetic sea slugs (adapted from Bill Rudman [[www.austmus.gov.au/seaslugs/solarpow.htm][1]] and Robert Trench [1975]) aptly describes the symbiotic association that occurs between certain molluscan sea slugs and algal chloroplasts.
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