H. Verbruggen

This study identifies preferential bacterial associations with Ostreobium algae and reveals a phylosymbiotic relationship between Ostreobium phylogeny and its core microbiome.

This study uses 16S rRNA gene-based co-occurrence networks to identify microalgal-bacterial associations in aquatic ecosystems, revealing both known and previously unknown interactions.

This study presents the nuclear genome of a pedinophyte green alga, revealing genome streamlining and expansion in different lineages of Chlorophyta.

This study examines gene loss and selection changes in plastid genomes during secondary endosymbiosis in three lineages, finding constrained gene loss and temporary relaxation of purifying selection.

This study identifies 18 novel RNA viruses in green and chlorarachniophyte algae using meta-transcriptomic and structural homology methods, suggesting horizontal transfer and evolutionary links to plant and fungal viruses.

This study uses phylogenomic analysis to determine the origin and diversification of green seaweeds, finding they originated in the late Tonian/Cryogenian and diversified during the Ordovician.