Kleptoplasty: The sea slug that got away with stolen chloroplasts

Project Information

KleptoSlug

Grant agreement ID: 949880

DOI

10.3030/949880

EC signature date 4 November 2020

Start date 1 May 2021

End date 30 April 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 255 461,00

EU contribution

€ 2 255 461,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO
Portugal

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Photoprotective mechanisms in Elysia species hosting Acetabularia chloroplasts shed light on host-donor compatibility in photosynthe

Author(s): Luca Morelli, Vesa Havurinne, Diana Madeira, Patrícia Martins, Paulo Cartaxana, Sónia Cruz
Published in: Physiologia Plantarum, 2024, ISSN 0031-9317
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/ppl.14273

Aposymbiotic Specimen of the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia crispata

Author(s): Paulo Cartaxana, Diana Lopes, Begoña Martinez, Patrícia Martins, Sónia Cruz
Published in: Diversity, 2022, ISSN 1424-2818
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/d14050313

Kleptoplasty: Getting away with stolen chloroplasts

Author(s): Sónia Cruz, Paulo Cartaxana
Published in: Plos Biology, 2022, ISSN 1544-9173
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001857

Prey species and abundance affect growth and photosynthetic performance of the polyphagous sea slug Elysia crispata

Author(s): Paulo Cartaxana, Luca Morelli, Elena Cassin, Vesa Havurinne, Miguel Cabral, Sónia Cruz
Published in: Royal Society Open Science, 2023, ISSN 2054-5703
Publisher: Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230810

Revealing the polar lipidome, pigment profiles, and antioxidant activity of the giant unicellular green alga, Acetabularia acetabulum

Author(s): Felisa Rey, Paulo Cartaxana, Sónia Cruz, Tânia Melo, M. Rosário Domingues
Published in: Journal of Phycology, 2023, ISSN 0022-3646
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13367

Proteomic analysis of the mucus of the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia crispata

Author(s): Diana Lopes, Susana S. Aveiro, Sónia Cruz, Paulo Cartaxana, Pedro Domingues
Published in: Journal of Proteomics, 2024, ISSN 1874-3919
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2024.105087

Controlling Light to Optimize Growth and Added Value of the Green Macroalga Codium tomentosum

Author(s): Rúben Marques, Anthony Moreira, Sónia Cruz, Ricardo Calado, Paulo Cartaxana
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Sciences, 2022, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.906332

Photosynthesis from stolen chloroplasts can support sea slug reproductive fitness

Author(s): Paulo Cartaxana , Felisa Rey , Charlotte LeKieffre , Diana Lopes , Cédric Hubas , Jorge E. Spangenberg , Stéphane Escrig , Bruno Jesus , Gonçalo Calado , Rosário Domingues , Michael Kühl , Ricardo Calado , Anders Meibom and Sónia Cruz
Published in: Proceedings of The Royal Society B, Issue 288, 2021, ISSN 0962-8452
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1779

Food shaped photosynthesis: Photophysiology of the sea slug Elysia viridis fed with two alternative chloroplast donors

Author(s): Morelli, Luca; Cartaxana, Paulo; Cruz, Sónia
Published in: Open Research Europe, Issue 3, 2023, ISSN 2732-5121
Publisher: Open Research Europe
DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.16162.1

Sea Slug Mucus Production Is Supported by Photosynthesis of Stolen Chloroplasts

Author(s): Diana Lopes, Sónia Cruz, Patrícia Martins, Sónia Ferreira, Cláudia Nunes, Pedro Domingues, Paulo Cartaxana
Published in: Biology, 2022, ISSN 2079-7737
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biology11081207

Light modulates the lipidome of the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia timida

Author(s): Felisa Rey, Paulo Cartaxana, Susana Aveiro, Michael Greenacre, Tânia Melo, Pedro Domingues, M. Rosário Domingues, Sónia Cruz
Published in: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, 2023, ISSN 1388-1981
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2022.159249

Thesis and dissertations (2)

Fotofisiologia de macroalgas potencialmente dadoras de cloroplastos à lesma marinha Elysia viridis e os seus cleptoplastos

Author(s): Fernandes, Ana Margarida Marques
Published in: Issue 1, 2023
Publisher: University of Aveiro

O papel dos lípidos na manutenção de cloroplastos em células animais

Author(s): Pereira, João Duarte Gonçalves
Published in: Issue 1, 2023
Publisher: University of Aveiro