Marine yeast Horatia werneckii switches between single-celled and multicellular forms (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

Marine yeast Horatia werneckii switches between single-celled and multicellular forms

Caption

The marine yeast Hortaea werneckii switches between unicellular and multicellular forms depending on food availability. These microscope images show (left to right): individual cells dividing on their own, fully connected multicellular chains that develop directly from single cells, and multicellular forms transitioning back by producing unicellular offspring. This flexibility helps the yeast adapt to changing ocean conditions.

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Gakuho Kurita, Sugashima Marine Biological Laboratory, Nagoya University

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