Fig. 5: Rediversification of the mobile and non-mobile phenotypes in H. pluvialis.

a Growth of the population consisting of only mobile (light green) or non-mobile (dark green) cells in fresh medium (BBM) over a period of 10 days. The graph shows the mean ± standard deviation of the triplicate values. b Population composition on day 10 for the differently initiated populations. The graph shows the mean ± standard deviation of the triplicate values. Mobile cell population only (light green), non-mobile cell population only (dark green). Statistical significance was calculated using two-tailed Welch’s t test. Significance: ns (no significance). c Graphical representation of the reversibility of the non-mobile phenotype to a mobile state (dashed line). Cells (light green) with two flagella are defined as mobile cells, and bigger round cells (dark green) without flagella are defined as non-mobile cells. Red cells without flagella are defined as non-mobile aplanospores (depicted in dark pink). CR, carotenogenic response. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.