The oomycetes are a class of ubiquitous, filamentous microorganisms that include some of
the biggest threats to global food security and natural ecosystems. Within the oomycete …

Protists dominate eukaryotic diversity and play key functional roles in all ecosystems,
particularly by catalyzing carbon and nutrient cycling. To date, however, a comparative …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) or lateral gene transfer (LGT) involves the transmission of
genetic material between distinct evolutionary lineages and can be an important source of …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Many microbes acquire metabolites in a “feeding” process where complex polymers are
broken down in the environment to their subunits. The subsequent uptake of soluble …

The eukaryotic microbes called oomycetes include many important saprophytes and
pathogens, with the latter exhibiting necrotrophy, biotrophy, or obligate biotrophy …

Parasitoid wasps use venom to manipulate the immunity and metabolism of their host
insects in a variety of ways to provide resources for their offspring. Yet, how genes are …

Oomycete protists share phenotypic similarities with fungi, including the ability to cause plant
diseases, but branch in a distant region of the tree of life. It has been suggested that multiple …

Eukaryotic microbes have three primary mechanisms for obtaining nutrients and energy:
phagotrophy, photosynthesis and osmotrophy. Traits associated with the latter two functions …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) can equip organisms with novel genes, expanding the
repertoire of genetic material available for evolutionary innovation and allowing recipient …