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  1. Summary Symbiosis between eukaryotic microalgae and heterotrophic hosts is a widespread, phylogenetically convergent, and ecologically important phenomenon in aquatic ecosystems. Partners include taxonomically diverse microalgae interacting with multicellular or unicellular hosts in marine or freshwater environments. While progress has been made recently, there are still major knowledge gaps on the microenvironmental conditions of microalgaein hospite(e.g. nutrient and CO2availability), the algal carbon metabolism (production and storage), and the cellular mechanisms of carbohydrate export to the host. This review aims to provide current knowledge on the physiology and metabolism of symbiotic microalgae, to highlight whether there are commonalities across different photosymbioses, and to identify new approaches and technologies for disentangling photosymbiotic interactions at relevant temporal and spatial scales. 
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