Keigo Yamamoto

Ecological Role of the Heterotrophic Protist Aurantiochytrium (Labyrinthulomycetes) as a Key Consumer of Viral-Induced Dissolved Organic Matter Following the Lysis of the Red Tide-forming Microalga Heterosigma akashiwo

This study shows that Aurantiochytrium, a heterotrophic protist, thrives on viral-induced dissolved organic matter from virus-infected Heterosigma akashiwo, highlighting its role in carbon cycling after algal blooms collapse.

Viral infection to the raphidophycean alga Heterosigma akashiwo affects both intracellular organic matter composition and dynamics of a coastal prokaryotic community

This study shows that viral infection of the alga Heterosigma akashiwo alters its organic matter composition, promoting growth of specific Vibrio species that may impact marine food webs.