Mitochondria are best known for their role in the generation of ATP by aerobic respiration.
Yet, research in the past half century has shown that they perform a much larger suite of …

The fungal kingdom comprises a hyperdiverse clade of heterotrophic eukaryotes
characterized by the presence of a chitinous cell wall, the loss of phagotrophic capabilities …

Woese and Fox's 1977 paper on the discovery of the Archaea triggered a revolution in the
field of evolutionary biology by showing that life was divided into not only prokaryotes and …

The endosymbiotic origin of mitochondria during eukaryogenesis has long been viewed as
an adaptive response to the oxygenation of Earth's surface environment, presuming a …

The discovery of Asgard archaea, phylogenetically closer to eukaryotes than other archaea,
together with improved knowledge of microbial ecology, impose new constraints on …

The origin of the eukaryotic cell, with its compartmentalized nature and generally large size
compared with bacterial and archaeal cells, represents a cornerstone event in the evolution …

The dichotomy that separates prokaryotic from eukaryotic cells runs deep. The transition
from pro-to eukaryote evolution is poorly understood due to a lack of reliable intermediate …

The timing of early cellular evolution, from the divergence of Archaea and Bacteria to the
origin of eukaryotes, is poorly constrained. The ATP synthase complex is thought to have …

Determining the phylogenetic origin of mitochondria is key to understanding the ancestral
mitochondrial symbiosis and its role in eukaryogenesis. However, the precise evolutionary …

Pathogenic microorganisms use various mechanisms to conserve energy in host tissues
and environmental reservoirs. One widespread but often overlooked means of energy …