- 著者
- Yoji Okabe Sachihiro Matsunaga
- 出版者
- Japan Mendel Society, International Society of Cytology
- 雑誌
- CYTOLOGIA (ISSN:00114545)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.87, no.2, pp.69-72, 2022-06-25 (Released:2022-06-25)
- 参考文献数
- 36
- 被引用文献数
- 1
Photosymbiosis occurs in symbiotic relationships between heterotrophs and photosymbiotic organisms, where a photosynthetic symbiont provides photosynthate to a host. While almost all known host animals are invertebrates, experiments have determined that artificial symbiotic relationships can be established between vertebrates and phototrophs. The ability to generate photosymbiotic relationships in vertebrates has important applications for medical treatments and commercial resource production.