Emerging knowledge of mixoplankton—ubiquitous microbes that employ phototrophy and
phagotrophy synergistically in one cell—reshapes our knowledge of the flow of materials …

Phago-mixotrophy, the combination of photoautotrophy and phagotrophy in mixoplankton,
organisms that can combine both trophic strategies, have gained increasing attention over …

There is increasing concern that accelerating environmental change attributed to human-
induced warming of the planet may substantially alter the patterns, distribution and intensity …

Protist plankton are major members of open‐water marine food webs. Traditionally divided
between phototrophic phytoplankton and phagotrophic zooplankton, recent research shows …

Many protist plankton are mixotrophs, combining phototrophy and phagotrophy. Their role in
freshwater and marine ecology has emerged as a major developing feature of plankton …

Obtaining a quantitative global picture of life in the great expanses of the oceans is a
challenging task. By integrating data from across existing literature, we provide a …

Mixotrophy, the combination of autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition, is a common trophic
strategy among unicellular eukaryotes in the ocean. There are a number of hypotheses …

Different hypotheses have been proposed explaining plankton community assembly and
how changes in biodiversity can impact ecosystem function. Mixoplankton (photo-phago …

Polar marine ecosystems are characterized by low water temperatures, sea ice cover, and
extreme annual variation in solar irradiance and primary productivity. A review of the …

Intricate networks of single-celled eukaryotes (protists) dominate carbon flow in the ocean.
Their growth, demise, and interactions with other microorganisms drive the fluxes of …