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Hard to swallow: Coral cells seen engulfing algae: New research into the crucial partnership between coral and algae may one day help prevent coral bleaching. – Science Daily

Scientists have seen stony coral cells engulf dinoflagellates – single-celled, photosynthetic algae that are crucial for keeping…

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In a world-first, scientists in Japan have observed individual stony coral cells engulfing single-celled, photosynthetic algae.The microscopic algae, known as dinoflagellates, were engulfed by cells cultured from the stony coral, Acropora tenuis, the scientists…

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