July 2012 archive

Complex array of endobionts in Petalomonas sphagnophila, a large heterotrophic euglenid protist from Sphagnum-dominated peatlands.

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Complex array of endobionts in Petalomonas sphagnophila, a large heterotrophic euglenid protist from Sphagnum-dominated peatlands.
ISME J. 2010 Sep;4(9):1108-20
Authors: Kim E, Park JS, Simpson AG, Matsunaga…

Clarifying the taxonomic identity of a phylogenetically important group of eukaryotes: Planomonas is a junior synonym of Ancyromonas.

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Clarifying the taxonomic identity of a phylogenetically important group of eukaryotes: Planomonas is a junior synonym of Ancyromonas.
J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2010 May-Jun;57(3):285-93
Authors: Heiss AA, Walker…

A wide diversity of previously undetected free-living relatives of diplomonads isolated from marine/saline habitats.

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A wide diversity of previously undetected free-living relatives of diplomonads isolated from marine/saline habitats.
Environ Microbiol. 2010 Oct;12(10):2700-10
Authors: Kolisko M, Silberman JD, Cepicka I, Yu…

Efficient learning of microbial genotype-phenotype association rules.

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Efficient learning of microbial genotype-phenotype association rules.
Bioinformatics. 2010 Aug 1;26(15):1834-40
Authors: MacDonald NJ, Beiko RG
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MOTIVATION: Finding biologically causa…

Global health diplomacy for obesity prevention: lessons from tobacco control.

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Global health diplomacy for obesity prevention: lessons from tobacco control.
J Public Health Policy. 2010 Jul;31(2):244-55
Authors: Blouin C, Dubé L
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To date the global health diplo…

Evidence for an early evolutionary emergence of gamma-type carbonic anhydrases as components of mitochondrial respiratory complex I.

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Evidence for an early evolutionary emergence of gamma-type carbonic anhydrases as components of mitochondrial respiratory complex I.
BMC Evol Biol. 2010;10:176
Authors: Gawryluk RM, Gray MW
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Plastid evolution: gene transfer and the maintenance of 'stolen' organelles.

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Plastid evolution: gene transfer and the maintenance of ‘stolen’ organelles.
BMC Biol. 2010;8:73
Authors: Kim E, Archibald JM
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Many heterotrophic organisms sequester plastids from pr…

Rethinking plastid evolution.

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EMBO Rep. 2010 Aug;11(8):562-3
Authors: Gray MW
PMID: 20661242 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

Actin gene family dynamics in cryptomonads and red algae.

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Actin gene family dynamics in cryptomonads and red algae.
J Mol Evol. 2010 Sep;71(3):169-79
Authors: Tanifuji G, Archibald JM
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Here we present evidence for a complex evolutionary hist…

A functional Tom70 in the human parasite Blastocystis sp.: implications for the evolution of the mitochondrial import apparatus.

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A functional Tom70 in the human parasite Blastocystis sp.: implications for the evolution of the mitochondrial import apparatus.
Mol Biol Evol. 2011 Jan;28(1):781-91
Authors: Tsaousis AD, Gaston D, Stechmann…