ArticleGlobal change biology2022
Evidence for evolutionary adaptation of mixotrophic nanoflagellates to warmer temperatures.
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- Evidence for evolutionary adaptation of mixotrophic nanoflagellates to warmer temperatures.Global change biology · 2022Article
- Modeling the metabolic evolution of mixotrophic phytoplankton in response to rising ocean surface temperatures.BMC ecology and evolution · 2022Article
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Abstract
Mixotrophs, organisms that combine photosynthesis and heterotrophy to gain energy, play an important role in global biogeochemical cycles. Metabolic theory predicts that mixotrophs will become more heterotrophic with rising temperatures, potentially creating a positive feedback loop that accelerates carbon dioxide accumulation in the atmosphere. Studies testing this theory have focused on phenotypically plastic (short-term, non-evolutionary) thermal responses of mixotrophs. However, as small organisms with short generation times and large population sizes, mixotrophs may rapidly evolve in response to climate change. Here, we present data from a 3-year experiment quantifying the evolutionary response of two mixotrophic nanoflagellates to temperature. We found evidence for adaptive evolution (increased growth rates in evolved relative to acclimated lineages) in the obligately phototrophic strain, but not in the facultative phototroph. All lineages showed trends of increased carbon use efficiency, flattening of thermal reaction norms, and a return to homeostatic gene expression. Generally, mixotrophs evolved reduced photosynthesis and higher grazing with increased temperatures, suggesting that evolution may act to exacerbate mixotrophs' effects on global carbon cycling.
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