Microalgae are a diverse collection of microorganisms that conduct oxygen‐evolving
photosynthesis. Their biochemical diversity includes production of a wide array of …

The establishment of an endosymbiotic relationship typically seems to be driven through
complementation of the host's limited metabolic capabilities by the biochemical versatility of …

Photosystem II, the water oxidizing enzyme, altered the course of evolution by filling the
atmosphere with oxygen. Here, we reconstruct the origin and evolution of water oxidation at …

Endosymbiotic acquisition of bacteria by a protist, with subsequent evolution of the bacteria
into mitochondria and plastids, had a transformative impact on eukaryotic biology …

The phylogenetically and morphologically diverse eukaryotic algae are typically oxygenic
photolithotrophs. They have a diversity of incompletely understood mechanisms of inorganic …

We describe three new orders of filosan Cercozoa, five new deep-branching genera, eight
new species of Thaumatomonas, Reckertia, Spongomonas, Rhogostoma, Agitata …

Hypothetical chloroplast open reading frames (ycf s) are putative genes in the plastid
genomes of photosynthetic eukaryotes. Many ycf s are also conserved in the genomes of …

The conversion of free-living cyanobacteria to photosynthetic organelles of eukaryotic cells
through endosymbiosis transformed the biosphere and eventually provided the basis for life …

The cyanobacterium-derived plastids of algae and plants have supported the diversification
of much of extant eukaryotic life. Inferences about early events in plastid evolution must rely …

Eukaryotes co-opted photosynthetic carbon fixation from prokaryotes by engulfing a
cyanobacterium and stably integrating it as a photosynthetic organelle (plastid) in a process …