[三木健] 2011
根據最近分子系統學的調查，浮游植物的寄生菌對於水域食物網以及生態系有重要的影響。例如「mycoloop」代表一個由一種寄生真菌(chytrids)、其寄主(diatoms)以及消費者(zooplankton)組成的獨特的營養互動模式。三木健教授與同事設計了一個食物網的模式來了解水域生態系中的mycoloop。由此模式看到chytrids可以提高zooplankton的生產力，並且在一個優養化的生態系統中mycoloop的影響更顯重要。
Miki et al. 2011
Recent molecular phylogenetic surveys show that parasites of phytoplankton may play an important role in the food web and ecosystem dynamics. For example, the ‘mycoloop’ exemplifies a novel trophic interaction among parasitic fungi, the chytrids, its host, diatoms, and consumer, zooplankton. Professor Miki and colleagues developed a food web model to evaluate the roles of mycoloop in the aquatic ecosystem. They show that chytrids enhance zooplankton production via mycoloop, and that the importance of mycoloop increases with eutrophication of ecosystems.
