Host-to-symbiont transfer of fatty-acid-derived carbon in the Paramecium bursaria-Chlorella variabilis photosymbiosis
Yanjun Chen, Chen Wei, Chia-Wei Hsu, Peilin Wang, Silver Sung‐Yun Hsiao, Der‐Chuen Lee, Pei‐Ling Wang, Chuan Ku, Md Mostafa Kamal, Jun‐Yi Leu
The paper investigates carbon transfer between Paramecium bursaria and its Chlorella symbionts, finding host-to-symbiont carbon transfer rather than the previously assumed algal-to-host direction.
bioRxiv · Nov 27, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology