Two distinct green algal symbionts cohabiting in the Japanese black salamander Hynobius nigrescens
Baptiste Genot, Swapnil Eishraq Abedin, Naoshi Shinozaki, Ryan R. Kerney, Shinichiro Maruyama
The paper identifies two distinct green algal symbionts in Hynobius nigrescens eggs, belonging to different Oophila subgroups, through phylogenetic and morphological analysis of isolated algal cultures.
bioRxiv · Jan 9, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology