Understanding the evolution of eukaryotic cellular complexity is one of the grand challenges
of modern biology. It has now been firmly established that mitochondria and plastids, the …

Chloroplasts are the organelles that define plants, and they are responsible for
photosynthesis as well as numerous other functions. They are the ancestral members of a …

Marine planktonic eukaryotes play critical roles in global biogeochemical cycles and climate.
However, their poor representation in culture collections limits our understanding of the …

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 …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT; also known as lateral gene transfer) has had an important
role in eukaryotic genome evolution, but its importance is often overshadowed by the greater …

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 …

Photorespiratory metabolism allows plants to thrive in a high-oxygen containing
environment. This metabolic pathway recycles phosphoglycolate, a toxic compound, back to …

Photosynthesis evolved in the ocean more than 2 billion years ago and is now performed by
a wide range of evolutionarily distinct organisms, including both prokaryotes and …

Unicellular marine algae have promise for providing sustainable and scalable biofuel
feedstocks, although no single species has emerged as a preferred organism. Moreover …

The development of photosynthesis was a highlight in the progression of bacteria. In
addition to the photosystems with their structural proteins, the photosynthesis apparatus …