Introns are ubiquitous in eukaryotic genomes and have long been considered as 'junk
RNA'but the huge energy expenditure in their transcription, removal, and degradation …

Background Group II introns are mobile genetic elements that can insert at specific target
sequences, however, their origins are often challenging to reconstruct because of rapid …

Although most of the tens of thousands of diatom species are photoautotrophs, a small
number of heterotrophic species no longer photosynthesize. We sequenced the genome of …

Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) constitute one of the most diverse and ecologically significant
groups of phytoplankton, comprising 100,000–200,000 species in three classes …

The Pelagophyceae are marine stramenopile algae that include Aureoumbra lagunensis
and Aureococcus anophagefferens, two microbial species notorious for causing harmful …

A near-complete diploid nuclear genome and accompanying circular mitochondrial and
chloroplast genomes have been assembled from the elite commercial diatom species …

The haptophyte Isochrysis galbana is considered as a promising source for food
supplements due to its rich fucoxanthin and polyunsaturated fatty acids content. Here, the I …

Background Skeletonema species are prominent primary producers, some of which can also
cause massive harmful algal blooms (HABs) in coastal waters under specific environmental …

Recent development of DNA sequencing technologies has enabled successful construction
of thousands of mitochondrial genomes. Nevertheless, only 33 mitochondrial genomes have …

The Bacillariophyceae is a species-rich, ecologically significant class of Bacillariophyta.
Despite their critical importance in marine ecosystems as primary producers and in the …