Claudio Slamovits
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Feb 12
Is the dinoflagellate Amoebophrya really missing a mtDNA?
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Is the dinoflagellate Amoebophrya really missing a mtDNA?
Mol Biol Evol. 2021 Feb 10;:
Authors: Kayal E, Smith DR
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a universal hallmark of aerob…
Feb 10
Is the dinoflagellate Amoebophrya really missing a mtDNA?
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a universal hallmark of aerobic eukaryotes. That is why the recent suggestion by John et al. (2019) that the aerobic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya sp. strain AT5 (Syndiniales) lacks mtDNA was so remarkable. Here, by reanalysing recently published genomic and transcriptomic data from three Amoebophrya strains, we provide evidence of a cryptic, highly reduced mtDNA in this clade. More work is needed before one can definitively say if Amoebophrya has or does not have a…
Feb 08
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
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Feb 08
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 …
Feb 06
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…
Feb 06
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…
Feb 05
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 …
Jan 23
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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Jan 21
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, …
Jan 09
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 …