Protist diversity and phylogeny

The paper presents genome and transcriptome data from Effrenium voratum, showing genome reduction predates symbiosis in Symbiodiniaceae and highlights differences between free-living and symbiotic lineages.

The paper identifies closely related Methanocorpusculum endosymbionts in two divergent marine anaerobic ciliates, revealing host-specific stability and higher-level symbiont replacement.

The paper reports the genome of Nuclearia thermophila, showing it shares more protein domains with Holozoa than other Holomycota groups.

The paper presents a multi-omics analysis of Prorocentrum cordatum under heat stress, revealing RNA editing and exon usage regulation of biomolecules.

This study investigates the relationship between protist metabarcoding OTUs and metagenome-assembled genomes by analyzing their abundance correlations across environmental samples.

The paper examines intraspecies genomic divergence in Symbiodiniaceae and Polarella glacialis, revealing greater sequence divergence and the role of gene duplication in functional innovation.

The paper presents mitochondrial genomes of Foraminifera and Radiolaria, revealing reduced gene content and a non-canonical genetic code in retarian mitogenomes.

The paper develops a computational workflow to analyze unassigned protist genetic barcodes across marine surveys, identifying spatio-temporal patterns in Syndiniales parasites.

The paper describes two new mantamonad species and provides transcriptomic and genomic data for one, offering insights into the CRuMs supergroup's evolutionary history.

The paper describes the first completed mitochondrial genome and draft chloroplast genome of Haslea ostrearia, providing genetic insights into its structure and phylogenetic relationships.

This study resolves the complex phylogenetic relationships within Galdieria by analyzing genome-scale data from multiple strains, revealing divergent lineages and incongruent interlineage relationships across organellar and nuclear genomes.

The paper compares whole-genome sequences of three Galdieria sulphuraria strains, revealing structural rearrangements and a high number of nuclear chromosomes associated with adaptability in extreme environments.

The plastid genomes of two free-living chlamydomonadalean algae show different evolutionary trajectories after losing photosynthesis.

The paper reports the chromosome-scale genome of Pelagomonas calceolata, revealing adaptations to iron-poor environments and its potential expansion under climate change.

The paper sequences four Perkinsus mitochondrial genomes, identifies conserved frameshifts in all genes, and proposes a decoding mechanism involving unused codons.

The paper presents an improved genome assembly of Cladocopium goreaui using long-read data, revealing structural features and a complex evolutionary history involving horizontal gene transfer.

The paper uses transcriptome and morphometric analyses to resolve the evolutionary relationships within the Nitzschia palea species complex, revealing reticulate patterns and hybridization.

The paper reports on 10 Ostreobium strains isolated from Great Barrier Reef corals, describing their phenotypic diversity, phylogenetic placement, and chloroplast genome structure.

This study reports the diploid genome of the free-living diatom Nitzschia putrida and identifies genetic changes associated with its transition from a photosynthetic to a non-parasitic secondary heterotrophic lifestyle.

The paper uses integrated omics to study Trichosphaerium, revealing its complete meiosis toolkit, sexual-like processes, and high gene trafficking from giant viruses.

This paper presents a draft genome of Cochliopodium minus, revealing lateral gene transfers and meiosis-related genes, and insights into its sexual behavior.

The paper examines relationships between ribotypic and phenotypic traits in protists across life-cycle stages and temperatures, finding allometric relationships and proposing a framework to estimate resting cysts.

The paper compiles and analyzes 191 algae genomes to study genome features and evolutionary relationships, revealing the phylogenetic path from Glaucophyte to terrestrial plants.

The paper sequenced the genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom to understand metabolic changes after losing photosynthesis and found key genetic constraints and alternative pathways for energy acquisition.

The paper characterizes the genome of Porospora gigantea, a marine gregarine, revealing its divergence from other apicomplexans and insights into gliding motility mechanisms.

The paper reports the complete mitochondrial and plastid DNA sequences of Medakamo hakoo, identifying it as having the smallest known organellar genomes in core Trebouxiophyceae.

The paper uses hybrid sequencing to characterize the genomes of Vermamoeba vermiformis and its endosymbiont Vermiphilus pyriformis, reporting their genome sizes and structures.

The paper presents whole-genome comparisons of Symbiodiniaceae isolates, revealing extensive sequence divergence but conserved gene functions across species and genera.

The paper examines parasite-host interactions between Perkinsea parasitoids and dinoflagellate blooms, finding that parasitoid diversity and distribution are shaped by host preferences and abundance.