Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses

AY Kostygov, A Karnkowska, J Votýpka… - Open …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Euglenozoa is a species-rich group of protists, which have extremely diverse lifestyles and a
range of features that distinguish them from other eukaryotes. They are composed of free …

Bacterial and archaeal symbioses with protists

F Husnik, D Tashyreva, V Boscaro, EE George, J Lukeš… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Most of the genetic, cellular, and biochemical diversity of life rests within single-celled
organisms—the prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) and microbial eukaryotes (protists) …

[PDF][PDF] Genomic insights into plastid evolution

SJ Sibbald, JM Archibald - Genome biology and evolution, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The origin of plastids (chloroplasts) by endosymbiosis stands as one of the most important
events in the history of eukaryotic life. The genetic, biochemical, and cell biological …

Phytohormones enhance heavy metal responses in Euglena gracilis: Evidence from uptake of Ni, Pb and Cd and linkages to hormonomic and metabolomic dynamics

NH Nguyen, QT Nguyen, DH Dang, RJN Emery - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, significant effort has been made to understand phytohormonal
functions (eg, cytokinins (CKs) and abscisic acid (ABA)) in metal stress responses of higher …

Euglenozoan kleptoplasty illuminates the early evolution of photoendosymbiosis

A Karnkowska, N Yubuki… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Kleptoplasts (kP) are distinct among photosynthetic organelles in eukaryotes (ie, plastids)
because they are routinely sequestered from prey algal cells and function only temporarily in …

PhaeoNet: A Holistic RNAseq-Based Portrait of Transcriptional Coordination in the Model Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

O Ait-Mohamed, AMG Novák Vanclová, N Joli… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Transcriptional coordination is a fundamental component of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell
biology, underpinning the cell cycle, physiological transitions, and facilitating holistic …

Highly flexible metabolism of the marine euglenozoan protist Diplonema papillatum

I Škodová-Sveráková, K Záhonová, V Juricová… - BMC biology, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The phylum Euglenozoa is a group of flagellated protists comprising
the diplonemids, euglenids, symbiontids, and kinetoplastids. The diplonemids are highly …

Genomic and meta-genomic insights into the functions, diversity and global distribution of haptophyte algae

M Penot, JB Dacks, B Read, RG Dorrell - Applied Phycology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Haptophytes are an environmentally important phylum of eukaryotic phytoplankton, forming
the second most abundant algal group after diatoms in recent estimates of ocean …

Reductionist pathways for parasitism in euglenozoans? Expanded datasets provide new insights

A Butenko, M Hammond, MC Field, ML Ginger… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
The unicellular trypanosomatids belong to the phylum Euglenozoa and all known species
are obligate parasites. Distinct lineages infect plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates …

New plastids, old proteins: repeated endosymbiotic acquisitions in kareniacean dinoflagellates

AMG Novák Vanclová, C Nef, Z Füssy, A Vancl… - EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
Dinoflagellates are a diverse group of ecologically significant micro-eukaryotes that can
serve as a model system for plastid symbiogenesis due to their susceptibility to plastid loss …