For 15 years, the eukaryote Tree of Life (eToL) has been divided into five to eight major
grou**s, known as 'supergroups'. However, the tree has been profoundly rearranged …

A planetary-scale understanding of the ocean ecosystem, particularly in light of climate
change, is crucial. Here, we review the work of Tara Oceans, an international …

The goal of many genome sequencing projects is to provide a complete representation of a
target genome (or genomes) as underpinning data for further analyses. However, it can be …

Euglenozoa is a species-rich group of protists, which have extremely diverse lifestyles and a
range of features that distinguish them from other eukaryotes. They are composed of free …

Understanding the biodiversity and genetics of gut microbiomes has important implications
for host physiology and industrial enzymes, whereas most studies have been focused on …

The third edition of this bestselling text has been rigorously updated to reflect major new
discoveries and concepts since 2011, especially progress due to extensive application of …

The study of marine microbial ecology has been completely transformed by molecular and
genomic data: after centuries of relative neglect, genomics has revealed the surprising …

Almost all eukaryote life forms have now been placed within one of five to eight supra-
kingdom-level groups using molecular phylogenetics,,–. The 'phylum'Hemimastigophora is …

Surveying microbial diversity and function is accomplished by combining complementary
molecular tools. Among them, metagenomics is a PCR free approach that contains all …

The world's oceans represent by far the largest biome, with great importance for the global
ecosystem [1–4]. The vast majority of ocean biomass and biodiversity is composed of …