Charophytes (Streptophyta) represent a diverse assemblage of extant green algae that are
the sister lineage to land plants. About 500–600+ million years ago, a charophyte progenitor …

The evolutionary features and molecular innovations that enabled plants to first colonize
land are not well understood. Here, insights are provided through our report of the genome …

Single-cell sequencing (SCS) is an evolutionary technique for conducting life science
research, providing the highest genome-sale throughput and single-cell resolution and …

Background Plant protoplasts constitute unique single-cell systems that can be subjected to
genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic analysis. An effective and sustainable method for …

Arctic-derived fungus Eutypella sp. D-1 has attracted wide attention due to its huge ability to
synthesize secondary metabolites. However, current studies only focus on stimulating its …

Morphogenesis remains a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. It remains a
formidable problem viewed from many different perspectives of morphology, genetics, and …

Intensive research on the use of magnetic nanoparticles for biotechnological applications of
microalgae biomass guided the development of proper treatment to successfully incorporate …

The colonization of land by plants was a pivotal event in the history of the biosphere, and yet
the underlying evolutionary features and innovations of the first land plant ancestors are not …

This protocol describes the generation of protoplasts from protonemal tissue of the moss
Physcomitrium patens (syn. Physcomitrella patens), using Cellulase ONOZUKA R10 and …

Immobilization of living cells is a useful technique that allows to enhance the
biotechnological properties of many organisms. Currently, cell-immobilization is obtained via …