Flow cytometry as a tool to assess the impact of mixotrophic Algae in planktonic food webs

• Grant number: 16/50494-8
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2017
• End date: August 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Agreement: CONICET
• Mobility Program: SPRINT - Projetos de pesquisa - Mobilidade
• Principal Investigator: Hugo Miguel Preto de Morais Sarmento
• Grantee: Hugo Miguel Preto de Morais Sarmento
• Principal researcher abroad: Fernando Unrein
• Institution abroad: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/14139-3 - Microbial processes and biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems, AP.JP

Abstract

Mixotrophic algae have phagocytic capability to ingest bacteria and are a critica I component in microbial food webs. The aim of this project is to develop techniques for quantifying mixotrophic organisms and estimating bacterivory rates in situ using flow cytometry. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MENEZES, MAIARA; JUNGER, PEDRO C.; KAVAGUTTI, VINICIUS S.; WANDERLEY, BRUNO; CABRAL, ANDERSON DE SOUZA; PARANHOS, RODOLFO; UNREIN, FERNANDO; AMADO, ANDRE M.; SARMENTO, HUGO. Temporal patterns of picoplankton abundance and metabolism on the western coast of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Ocean and Coastal Research, v. 7, p. 20-pg., 2023-01-01. (17/26786-1, 16/50494-8, 14/14139-3)

WANDERLEY, BRUNO M. S.; ARAUJO, DANIEL S. A.; QUIROGA, V, MARIA; AMADO, ANDRE M.; NETO, ADRIAO D. D.; SARMENTO, HUGO; METZ, SEBASTIAN D.; UNREIN, FERNANDO. flowDiv: a new pipeline for analyzing flow cytometric diversity. BMC Bioinformatics, v. 20, MAY 28 2019. (16/50494-8, 14/14139-3)

MAIARA MENEZES; PEDRO C. JUNGER; VINICIUS S. KAVAGUTTI; BRUNO WANDERLEY; ANDERSON DE SOUZA CABRAL; RODOLFO PARANHOS; FERNANDO UNREIN; ANDRÉ M. AMADO; HUGO SARMENTO. Temporal patterns of picoplankton abundance and metabolism on the western coast of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Ocean and Coastal Research, v. 71, 2023-06-09. (16/50494-8, 14/14139-3, 17/26786-1)

COSTA, MARIANA R. A.; MENEZES, ROSEMBERG F.; SARMENTO, HUGO; ATTAYDE, JOSE L.; STERNBERG, LEONEL DA S. L.; BECKER, VANESSA. Extreme drought favors potential mixotrophic organisms in tropical semi-arid reservoirs. Hydrobiologia, v. 831, n. 1, SI, p. 43-54, MAR 2019. (16/50494-8, 14/14139-3)

COSTA, M. A. R. I. A. N. A. R. A.; SARMENTO, H. U. G. O.; BECKER, V. A. N. E. S. S. A.; BAGATINI, I. N. E. S. S. A. L.; UNREIN, F. E. R. N. A. N. D. O.. Phytoplankton phagotrophy across nutrients and light gradients using different measurement techniques. Journal of Plankton Research, v. N/A, p. 14-pg., 2022-07-05. (16/50494-8, 14/14139-3)

SEGOVIA, BIANCA TREVIZAN; MEIRA, BIANCA RAMOS; LANSAC-TOHA, FERNANDO MIRANDA; AMADEO, FELIPE EMILIANO; UNREIN, FERNANDO; MACHADO VELHO, LUIZ FELIPE; SARMENTO, HUGO. Growth and cytometric diversity of bacterial assemblages under different top-down control regimes by using a size-fractionation approach. Journal of Plankton Research, v. 40, n. 2, p. 129-141, MAR-APR 2018. (16/50494-8, 14/14139-3)

COSTA, MARIANA R. A.; MENEZES, ROSEMBERG F.; SARMENTO, HUGO; ATTAYDE, JOSE L.; STERNBERG, LEONEL DA S. L.; BECKER, VANESSA. Extreme drought favors potential mixotrophic organisms in tropical semi-arid reservoirs. Hydrobiologia, v. 831, n. 1, p. 12-pg., 2019-03-01. (16/50494-8, 14/14139-3)