Algae that live inside the cells of salamanders are the first known vertebrate endosymbionts
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 15:33
in Biology & Nature
A species of algae long known to associate with spotted salamanders has been discovered to live inside the cells of developing embryos, say scientists from the US and Canada. This is the first known example of a eukaryotic algae living stably inside the cells of any vertebrate.