Virus metagenomics is a young research filed but it has already transformed our
understanding of virus diversity and evolution, and illuminated at a new level the …

Molecular phylogenetics has revolutionized our knowledge of the eukaryotic tree of life. With
the advent of genomics, a new discipline of phylogenetics has emerged: phylogenomics …

SILVA (from Latin silva, forest, http://www. arb-silva. de) is a comprehensive resource for up-
to-date quality-controlled databases of aligned ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequences from …

We present a consensus classification of life to embrace the more than 1.6 million species
already provided by more than 3,000 taxonomists' expert opinions in a unified and coherent …

The phylum Ciliophora plays important roles in a wide range of biological studies. However,
the evolutionary relationships of many groups remain unclear due to a lack of sufficient …

The largest seaweed, giant kelp (Macrocystis) is the fastest growing and most prolific of all
plants found on earth. Growing from the seafloor and extending along the ocean surface in …

NADPH oxidases of the Nox family exist in various supergroups of eukaryotes but not in
prokaryotes, and play crucial roles in a variety of biological processes, such as host defense …

A comprehensive understanding of the origin and spread of plastids remains an important
yet elusive goal in the field of eukaryotic evolution. Combined with the discovery of new …

Nearly all of eukaryotic diversity has been classified into 6 suprakingdom-level groups
(supergroups) based on molecular and morphological/cell-biological evidence; these are …

The origin and early evolution of eukaryotes in the light of phylogenomics | Genome Biology
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