Cell polarity in the protist-to-animal transition

T Brunet, DS Booth - Current Topics in Developmental Biology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
A signature feature of the animal kingdom is the presence of epithelia: sheets of polarized
cells that both insulate the organism from its environment and mediate interactions with it …

Functional diversity of microbial eukaryotes in a meromictic lake: Coupling between metatranscriptomic and a trait‐based approach

A Monjot, G Bronner, D Courtine… - Environmental …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The advent of high‐throughput sequencing has led to the discovery of a considerable
diversity of microbial eukaryotes in aquatic ecosystems, nevertheless, their function and …

The Effect of Pollen on Coral Health

T Barker, M Bulling, V Thomas, M Sweet - Biology, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Corals in aquaria can face several challenges despite the relatively
controlled conditions. For example, declines in health state have been noted following …

Genomes and transcriptomes help unravel the complex life cycle of the blastoclad fungus, Coelomomyces lativittatus, an obligate parasite of mosquitoes and …

CL Ettinger, T Ostovar, M Yacoub, S Ahrendt, RH Hice… - Mycologia, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
Species of the phylum Blastocladiomycota, early-diverging zoosporic (flagellated) lineages
of fungi, are vastly understudied. This phylum includes the genus Coelomomyces, which …

Chytrid fungi infecting Arctic microphytobenthic communities under varying salinity conditions

D Ilicic, J Woodhouse, U Karsten, K Schimani… - Scientific Reports, 2024‏ - nature.com
This study aimed to investigate the presence and diversity of fungal parasites in Arctic
coastal microphytobenthic communities. These communities represent a key component in …

[HTML][HTML] Metatranscriptomes-based sequence similarity networks uncover genetic signatures within parasitic freshwater microbial eukaryotes

A Monjot, J Rousseau, L Bittner, C Lepère - Microbiome, 2025‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Microbial eukaryotes play a crucial role in biochemical cycles and aquatic
trophic food webs. Their taxonomic and functional diversity are increasingly well described …

Evolutionarily diverse fungal zoospores show contrasting swimming patterns specific to ultrastructure

LJ Galindo, TA Richards, JA Nirody - Current Biology, 2024‏ - cell.com
Zoosporic fungi, also called chytrids, produce single-celled motile spores with flagellar
swimming tails (zoospores). 1, 2 These fungi are key components of aquatic food webs …

[HTML][HTML] Separation of life stages within anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigomycota) highlights differences in global transcription and metabolism

LV Butkovich, PA Leggieri, SP Lillington… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Anaerobic gut fungi of the phylum Neocallimastigomycota are microbes proficient in
valorizing low-cost but difficult-to-breakdown lignocellulosic plant biomass. Characterization …

Aggregation/disaggregation of microalgal-bacterial flocs in high-rate oxidation ponds is a response to biotic/abiotic-induced changes in microbial community structure

TA Keshinro, OM Keshinro, Y Titilawo… - Journal of Applied …, 2024‏ - Springer
During wastewater treatment by integrated algal pond systems (IAPS), microalgal-bacterial
flocs (MaB-flocs) form naturally but periodically disaggregate, resulting in poor settling, low …

Sample preparation and data collection for serial block face scanning electron microscopy of mammalian cell monolayers

NV Antao, J Sall, C Petzold, DC Ekiert, G Bhabha… - Plos one, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
Volume electron microscopy encompasses a set of electron microscopy techniques that can
be used to examine the ultrastructure of biological tissues and cells in three dimensions …