近日,來自加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞大學(University of British Columbia)的研究團隊與合作者在Nature發表了題為A widespread coral-infecting apicomplexan with chlorophyll biosynthesis genes 的論文,報道了一類廣泛存在于珊瑚的apicomplexans,研究人員將其命名為‘corallicolid’,并發現其可以產生葉綠素,但是不能進行光合作用。
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