Major insights into the phylogenetic distribution, biochemistry, and evolutionary significance
of organelles involved in ATP synthesis (energy metabolism) in eukaryotes that thrive in …

With rapid increases in the global shrimp aquaculture sector, a focus on animal health during
production becomes ever more important. Animal productivity is intimately linked to health, …

Blastocystis is a common parasite of the human large intestine but has an uncertain role in
disease. In this review, we appraise the published evidence addressing this and its …

Giardia intestinalis (syn. lamblia) is one of the most widespread intestinal protozoan pathogens
worldwide, causing hundreds of thousands of cases of diarrhoea each year 1 . Giardia is …

In the context of exponential growing molecular databases, it becomes increasingly easy to
assemble large multigene data sets for phylogenomic studies. The expected increase of …

Eukaryogenesis, the origin of the eukaryotic cell, represents one of the fundamental evolutionary
transitions in the history of life on earth. This event, which is estimated to have occurred …

Mitochondria are the main sites of biological energy generation in eukaryotes. These organelles
are remnants of a bacterial endosymbiont that took up residence inside a host cell over …

Blastocystis is a unicellular stramenopile of controversial pathogenicity in humans [1, 2].
Although it is a strict anaerobe, Blastocystis has mitochondrion-like organelles with cristae, a …

Published data suggest that hydrogenosomes, organelles found in diverse anaerobic
eukaryotes that make energy and hydrogen, were once mitochondria. As hydrogenosomes …

The field studying unusual mitochondria in microbial eukaryotes has come full circle. Some
10–15 years ago it had the evangelical task of informing the wider scientific community that …