| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Symbiont-bearing planktonic protozoa are widely distributed in the euphotic zone of the oligotrophic ocean. To examine the potential contribution of the symbiotic algae to the host protozoa, we developed a new method for measuring the chlorophyll a content and photosynthetic activity of live symbiotic algae within individual cells of host protozoa. By using the new method, we found that the chlorophyll a content and photosynthetic activity of the symbiotic algae varied greatly over the life cycle (e.g., growth and gametogenesis phases) of their host.
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