Diatoms sustain the marine food web and contribute to the export of carbon from the surface
ocean to depth. They account for about 40% of marine primary productivity and particulate …

Bacteria influence eukaryotic biology as parasitic, commensal or beneficial symbionts. Aside
from these organismal interactions, bacteria have also been important sources of new …

Maize is an important crop with a high level of genome diversity and heterosis. The genome
sequence of a typical female line, B73, was previously released. Here, we report a de novo …

Global climate change (GCC) increasingly threatens biodiversity through the loss of species,
and the transformation of entire ecosystems. Many species are challenged by the pace of …

Algae are a diverse, polyphyletic group of photosynthetic eukaryotes spanning nearly all
eukaryotic lineages of life and collectively responsible for∼ 50% of photosynthesis on Earth …

INTRODUCTION Photosynthetic organisms contain light-harvesting antenna systems to
gather light energy required for driving photochemical reactions. Diatoms are a group of …

Background Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae are important photosynthetic
symbionts in cnidarians (such as corals) and other coral reef organisms. Breakdown of the …

Abstract Model organisms are widely used in research as accessible and convenient
systems to study a particular area or question in biology. Traditionally only a handful of …

Photosynthetic carbon (C) fixation by phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean (SO) plays a
critical role in regulating air–sea exchange of carbon dioxide and thus global climate. In the …

In contemporary oceans diatoms are an important group of eukaryotic phytoplankton that
typically dominate in upwelling regions and at high latitudes. They also make significant …