The genus Caulerpa is highly diverse, especially in the Caribbean Sea, the Indo-Malay
archipelago and the temperate waters of southern Australia. Currently, more than 100 …

Ostreobium is a siphonous green alga in the Bryopsidales (Chlorophyta) that burrows into
calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) substrates. In this habitat, it lives under environmental …

Background Antibiotic resistance is rendering common bacterial infections untreatable.
Wildlife can incorporate and disperse antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the environment, such …

Abstract Background Chrysosplenium L.(Saxifragaceae) is a genus of plants widely
distributed in Northern Hemisphere and usually found in moist, shaded valleys and …

Secondary plastids derived from green algae occur in chlorarachniophytes, photosynthetic
euglenophytes, and the dinoflagellate genus Lepidodinium. Recent advances in …

With over a thousand species, the Rhodomelaceae is the most species‐rich family of red
algae. While its genera have been assigned to 14 tribes, the high‐level classification of the …

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 …

Lagerstroemia L.(Lythraceae) is a widely distributed genus of trees and shrubs native to
tropical and subtropical environments from Southeast Asia to Australia, with numerous …

Virtually all plastid (chloroplast) genomes are circular double-stranded DNA molecules,
typically between 100 and 200 kb in size and encoding circa 80–250 genes. Exceptions to …

Comparative analyses of green algal plastid genomes (plastomes) have flourished in the
past decade. In addition to improving our understanding of the phylogenetic relationships …