Researcher profile · Semantic Scholar

G. Christa

h-index: 16
Works: 36
Citations: 928

Most-cited papers

Transcriptomic Evidence That Longevity of Acquired Plastids in the Photosynthetic Slugs Elysia timida and Plakobranchus ocellatus Does Not Entail Lateral Transfer of Algal Nuclear Genes
Heike Wägele, O. Deusch, K. Händeler, Rainer Martin +7 more
2010Molecular biology and evolution140 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Plastid survival in the cytosol of animal cells.
J. de Vries, G. Christa, S. Gould
2014Trends in Plant Science75 citations
Semantic Scholar
Is ftsH the Key to Plastid Longevity in Sacoglossan Slugs?
J. de Vries, J. Habicht, Christian Woehle, Chang‐Rung Huang +5 more
2013Genome Biology and Evolution71 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Polymorphic adaptations in metazoans to establish and maintain photosymbioses
Jenny Melo Clavijo, A. Donath, J. Serôdio, G. Christa
2018Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society70 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Plastid-bearing sea slugs fix CO2 in the light but do not require photosynthesis to survive
G. Christa, Verena Zimorski, Christian Woehle, A. G. Tielens +3 more
2014Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences62 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
What remains after 2 months of starvation? Analysis of sequestered algae in a photosynthetic slug, Plakobranchus ocellatus (Sacoglossa, Opisthobranchia), by barcoding
G. Christa, Lily Wescott, T. Schäberle, G. König +1 more
2012Planta51 citations
Semantic Scholar
Phylogenetic evidence for multiple independent origins of functional kleptoplasty in Sacoglossa (Heterobranchia, Gastropoda)
G. Christa, K. Händeler, Patrick Kück, M. Vleugels +3 more
2014Organisms Diversity & Evolution49 citations
Semantic Scholar
Comparison of sister species identifies factors underpinning plastid compatibility in green sea slugs
J. de Vries, Christian Woehle, G. Christa, Heike Wägele +3 more
2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences48 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Photoprotection in a monophyletic branch of chlorophyte algae is independent of energy-dependent quenching (qE).
G. Christa, S. Cruz, P. Jahns, J. de Vries +4 more
2017New Phytologist46 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Identification of sequestered chloroplasts in photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic sacoglossan sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda)
G. Christa, K. Händeler, T. Schäberle, G. König +1 more
2014Frontiers in Zoology42 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
A sea slug’s guide to plastid symbiosis
J. de Vries, Cessa Rauch, G. Christa, S. Gould
201440 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Functional kleptoplasty in a limapontioidean genus: phylogeny, food preferences and photosynthesis in Costasiella, with a focus on C. ocellifera (Gastropoda: Sacoglossa)
G. Christa, S. Gould, J. Franken, M. Vleugels +4 more
201429 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Why It Is Time to Look Beyond Algal Genes in Photosynthetic Slugs
Cessa Rauch, J. de Vries, S. Rommel, L. Rose +9 more
2015Genome Biology and Evolution23 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
The ability to incorporate functional plastids by the sea slug Elysia viridis is governed by its food source
Cessa Rauch, A. G. Tielens, J. Serôdio, S. Gould +1 more
201822 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Grand Challenges in Coevolution
M. Medina, D. Baker, D. Baltrus, G. Bennett +15 more
2022Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution21 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Photoprotective Non-photochemical Quenching Does Not Prevent Kleptoplasts From Net Photoinactivation
G. Christa, Laura Pütz, C. Sickinger, Jenny Melo Clavijo +3 more
2018Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution20 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Cladobranchia (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) as a Promising Model to Understand the Molecular Evolution of Photosymbiosis in Animals
Marcellina Rola, S. Frankenbach, S. Bleidißel, C. Sickinger +7 more
2022Frontiers in Marine Science16 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Identification of scavenger receptors and thrombospondin‐type‐1 repeat proteins potentially relevant for plastid recognition in Sacoglossa
Jenny Melo Clavijo, S. Frankenbach, C. Fidalgo, J. Serôdio +3 more
2020Ecology and Evolution16 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Switching off photosynthesis
G. Christa, J. de Vries, P. Jahns, S. Gould
2014Communicative & Integrative Biology13 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
An LED-based multi-actinic illumination system for the high throughput study of photosynthetic light responses
J. Serôdio, W. Schmidt, J. Frommlet, G. Christa +1 more
2018PeerJ12 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Mitochondrial Genome Assemblies of Elysia timida and Elysia cornigera and the Response of Mitochondrion-Associated Metabolism during Starvation
Cessa Rauch, G. Christa, J. de Vries, Christian Woehle +1 more
2017Genome Biology and Evolution12 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
The nudibranch Berghia stephanieae (Valdés, 2005) is not able to initiate a functional symbiosome-like environment to maintain Breviolum minutum (J.E.Parkinson & LaJeunesse 2018)
Jenny Melo Clavijo, C. Sickinger, S. Bleidißel, G. Gasparoni +3 more
2022Frontiers in Marine Science11 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Searching for antigenotoxic properties of marine macroalgae dietary supplementation against endogenous and exogenous challenges
A. Marques, João Ferreira, Helena Abreu, R. Pereira +5 more
2018Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A8 citations
Semantic Scholar
Ulvophyceaen photophysiology and research opportunities
Maria R. Handrich, J. de Vries, S. Gould, J. Serôdio +1 more
20176 citations
Semantic Scholar
The Cylindrobulla/Ascobulla complex--unraveling problems in identification and adding to Cylindrobulla diversity (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Sacoglossa) by describing a new species.
E. Laetz, G. Christa, K. Händeler, Heike Wägele
2014Zootaxa6 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Kleptoplasty.
G. Christa
2023Current Biology5 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Shedding light on starvation in darkness in the plastid-bearing sea slug Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
S. Frankenbach, Jenny Melo Clavijo, Michael J. J. Brück, S. Bleidißel +10 more
2023Marine Biology5 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
The complete mitochondrial genome of the photosymbiotic sea slug Berghia stephanieae (Valdés, 2005) (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia)
Jenny Melo Clavijo, F. Drews, Marcello Pirritano, Martin Simon +7 more
2021Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources5 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Kleptoplasts are continuously digested during feeding in the plastid-bearing sea slug Elysia viridis
S. Frankenbach, Quirin Luppa, J. Serôdio, C. Greve +5 more
2021Journal of molluscan studies4 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Identification of sequestered chloroplasts in photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic sacoglossan sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda)
G. Christa, K. Händeler, T. Schäberle, G. König +1 more
2014Frontiers in Zoology4 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Biodiversity of natural versus planted mangrove forests across latitudes in Guangdong China with seven new records and potential new species
Sadar Aslam, M. W. H. Chan, Trond R. Oskars, G. Christa +3 more
2026Scientific Reports2 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Potential energetic and oxygenic benefits to unstable photosymbiosis in the cladobranch slug, Berghia stephanieae (Nudibranchia, Aeolidiidae)
Natascha M. Borgstein, S. V. D. van der Meij, G. Christa, Elise M. J. Laetz
20242 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Kleptoplasty: Solar-powered sea slugs house stolen plastids in kleptosomes.
Merve Nida Bastürk, G. Christa, J. de Vries
2025Current Biology0 citations
Semantic Scholar
The ability to incorporate functional plastids by the sea slug Elysia viridis is governed by its food source
Cessa Rauch, A. G. Tielens, J. Serôdio, S. Gould +1 more
2018Marine Biology0 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
require photosynthesis to survive in the light but do not 2 Plastid-bearing sea slugs fix CO
Martin, S. Gould, G. Christa, Verena Zimorski +4 more
20130 citations
Semantic Scholar
Crimes and the Homeless Shelter: A Geographic Look at the Location of Crimes
Polczynski Olson, G. Christa
20100 citations
Semantic Scholar

×7

A. Donath×5

Cessa Rauch×5

S. Frankenbach×5

S. Bleidißel×5