Genomics of New Ciliate Lineages Provides Insight into the Evolution of Obligate Anaerobiosis

  • Johana Rotterová
  • , Eric Salomaki
  • , Tomáš Pánek
  • , William Bourland
  • , David Žihala
  • , Petr Táborský
  • , Virginia P. Edgcomb
  • , Roxanne A. Beinart
  • , Martin Kolísko
  • , Ivan Čepička

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Abstract

Numerous eukaryotes have switched to anaerobiosis, variously reducing their mitochondrial metabolism. Rotterová et al. describe two new classes of obligately anaerobic ciliates with prokaryotic symbionts and reduced mitochondria with unique pathways for energetic metabolism, introducing possible mechanisms of transitions to obligate anaerobiosis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2037-2050.e6
JournalCurrent Biology
Volume30
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Jun 2020

Keywords

  • anaerobiosis
  • anoxia
  • ciliates
  • metagenome
  • mitochondria
  • MROs
  • phylogenomics
  • protists
  • symbiosis
  • transcriptome

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