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Adaptive responses of free-living and symbiotic microalgae to simulated future ocean conditions.

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Adaptive responses of free-living and symbiotic microalgae to simulated future ocean conditions.
Glob Chang Biol. 2021 Feb 05;:
Authors: Chan WY, Oakeshott JG, Buerger P, Edwards OR, van Oppen MJH

Genomic adaptations to an endolithic lifestyle in the coral-associated alga Ostreobium.

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Genomic adaptations to an endolithic lifestyle in the coral-associated alga Ostreobium.
Curr Biol. 2021 Feb 02;:
Authors: Iha C, Dougan KE, Varela JA, Avila V, Jackson CJ, Bogaert KA, Chen Y, Judd …

Genomic adaptations to an endolithic lifestyle in the coral-associated alga Ostreobium

The green alga Ostreobium is an important coral holobiont member, playing key roles in skeletal decalcification and providing photosynthate to bleached corals that have lost their dinoflagellate endosymbionts. Ostreobium lives in the coral’s skeleton, a low-light environment with variable pH and O(2) availability. We present the Ostreobium nuclear genome and a metatranscriptomic analysis of healthy and bleached corals to improve our understanding of Ostreobium’s adaptations to its extreme…

Adaptive responses of free-living and symbiotic microalgae to simulated future ocean conditions

Marine microalgae are a diverse group of microscopic eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms capable of photosynthesis. They are important primary producers and carbon sinks but their physiology and persistence are severely affected by global climate change. Powerful experimental evolution technologies are being used to examine the potential of microalgae to respond adaptively to current and predicted future conditions, as well as to develop resources to facilitate species conservation and…

Multigene phylogenetics of euglenids based on single-cell transcriptomics of diverse phagotrophs

Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2021 Feb 2;159:107088. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107088. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Euglenids are a well-known group of single-celled eukaryotes, with phototrophic, osmotrophic and phagotrophic members. Phagotrophs represent most of the phylogenetic diversity of euglenids, and gave rise to the phototrophs and osmotrophs, but their evolutionary relationships are poorly understood. Symbiontids, in contrast, are …

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Peculiarities within peculiarities – dinoflagellates and their mitochondrial genomes.

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Peculiarities within peculiarities – dinoflagellates and their mitochondrial genomes.
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Apr 01;2(1):191-195
Authors: Gagat P, Mackiewicz D, Mackiewicz P
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Harnessing the plant microbiome to promote the growth of agricultural crops.

Related Articles Harnessing the plant microbiome to promote the growth of agricultural crops. Microbiol Res. 2021 Jan 06;245:126690 Authors: Zhang J, Cook J, Nearing JT, Zhang J, Raudonis R, Glick BR, Langille MGI, Cheng Z Abstract The rhizosphere microbiome is composed of diverse microbial organisms, including archaea, viruses, fungi, bacteria as well as eukaryotic microorganisms, …

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Identifying novel β-lactamase substrate activity through in silico prediction of antimicrobial resistance.

Related Articles Identifying novel β-lactamase substrate activity through in silico prediction of antimicrobial resistance. Microb Genom. 2021 Jan 08;: Authors: Tsang KK, Maguire F, Zubyk HL, Chou S, Edalatmand A, Wright GD, Beiko RG, McArthur AG Abstract Diagnosing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the clinic is based on empirical evidence and current gold standard laboratory phenotypic …

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Rapid protein evolution, organellar reductions, and invasive intronic elements in the marine aerobic parasite dinoflagellate Amoebophrya spp.

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Rapid protein evolution, organellar reductions, and invasive intronic elements in the marine aerobic parasite dinoflagellate Amoebophrya spp.
BMC Biol. 2021 Jan 06;19(1):1
Authors: Farhat S, Le P, …

Rapid protein evolution, organellar reductions, and invasive intronic elements in the marine aerobic parasite dinoflagellate Amoebophrya spp

CONCLUSION: These results expand the range of atypical genome features found in basal dinoflagellates and raise questions regarding speciation and the evolutionary mechanisms at play while parastitism was selected for in this particular unicellular lineage.