Anaerobiosis has independently evolved in multiple lineages of ciliates, allowing them to
colonize a variety of anoxic and oxygen‐depleted habitats. Anaerobic ciliates commonly …

Hyperspectral imaging is a powerful analytical technique that is drawing more attention
among the different disciplines due to its feasibility for in situ applications on imaging of …

Motivation With a large number of metagenomic datasets becoming available, eukaryotic
metagenomics emerged as a new challenge. The proper classification of eukaryotic nuclear …

The nitrogen removal efficiency of the algae-bacteria symbiotic system (ABSS) remains
challenging due to competition for light capture and insufficient electron donors in …

Revealing the ecotoxicity of micro (nano) plastics (MNPs) and azithromycin (AZM) is of great
importance regarding their wide occurrence in aquatic environments. Herein, we …

The stability of endosymbiotic associations between eukaryotes and bacteria depends on a
reliable mechanism ensuring vertical inheritance of the latter. Here, we demonstrate that a …

Symbiont recognition is essential in many symbiotic relationships, especially for horizontally
transferred symbionts. Therefore, how to find the right partner is a crucial challenge in these …

Protist-bacteria associations are extremely common. Among them, those involving ciliates of
the genus Euplotes are emerging as models for symbioses between prokaryotes and …

Holosporales are an alphaproteobacterial lineage encompassing bacteria obligatorily
associated with multiple diverse eukaryotes. For most representatives, little is known on the …

As the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine progresses, the possibility for
artificial organs to restore normal tissue functions seems to become more feasible. However …