Table 2. Food vacuole content of the studied populations of picoeukaryotes.
| Group | Cells with at least one bacterium in food vacuoles (%) | Number of investigated cells | Number of investigated samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| All picoeukaryotes | 39.8 | 650 | 13 |
| Chlorophyta | 7.7 | 520 | 13 |
| Cryptophyceae | 15.4 | 480 | 12 |
| Bolidophyceae | 17.5 | 80 | 2 |
| Haptophyta | 30.8 | 91 | 3 |
| Pavlovaphyceae | 44.0 | 25 | 1 |
| MAST-2 stramenopiles | 29.4 | 211 | 6 |
| MAST-6 stramenopiles | 20.0 | 25 | 1 |