NIH R01 · 2024
Elucidating the Mechanistic Basis for Phagotrophy in the Protozoan Trypansoma cruzi
PROJECT SUMMARY Whether its photons or fries eating is fundamental for life. From this basic principle, living organisms have evolved innumerable strategies to capture energy and nutrients from their environment, leading, in turn, to the incredible ecological diversity spanning the gamut from light eating photosynthetic autotrophs to predatory heterotrophs. As part of the world’s aquatic ecosystems, the expansive family of heterotrophic protozoan predators play a critical role in environmental carbon and nutrient cycling as they consume 75% of primary producing planktonic autotrophs daily. The vast majority of these flagellated phagotrophs use self-generated currents to funnel their…
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