Evaluating Acidotropic Dyes for Detecting Mixotrophy in Protists: Insights From Cultures and Field Communities

Claire Cook1, Erica Monroe Ewton2, Adrian Marchetti3, Susanne Menden-Deuer4, Nicole Millette5, Shai Slomka de Oliveira6, Emily V Speciale7, Susanne Wilken6 and Natalie R. Cohen8, (1)University of Georgia, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Department of Marine Science, Savannah, United States, (2)University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, United States, (3)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States, (4)University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States, (5)Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, United States, (6)University of Amsterdam, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (7)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States, (8)University of Georgia, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, United States