Reply to Johnson et al.: Functionally active cryptophyte cell membrane and cytoplasm indicate intact symbionts within Mesodinium

Affiliations

• ¹ Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China.
• ² State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
• ³ Xiamen City Key Laboratory of Urban Sea Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
• ⁴ State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; senjie.lin@uconn.edu.
• ⁵ Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT 06340.