Summary[
edit] Description: English: Schematic illustrating the different levels in complexity among different types of protist (A) phagotrophic (no phototrophy); (B) phototrophic (no phagotrophy); (C) constitutive mixotroph, with innate capacity for phototrophy; (D) generalist non-constitutive mixotroph acquiring photosystems from different phototrophic prey; (E) specialist non-constitutive mixotroph acquiring plastids from a specific prey type; (F) specialist non-constitutive mixotroph acquiring photosystems from endosymbionts. DIM = dissolved inorganic material (ammonium, phosphate etc.). DOM =dissolved organic material. See also:
this diagram. Date: 26 February 2016, 16:20:25. Source:
[1] doi:
10.1016/j.protis.2016.01.003. Author: Aditee Mitra, Flynn, K.J., Tillmann, U., Raven, J.A., Caron, D., Stoecker, D.K., Not, F., Hansen, P.J., Hallegraeff, G., Sanders, R., Wilken, S. et al.