Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. The early branching eukaryote Naegleria ...

Hyphae of the fungus Allomyces arbuscula growing as part of a mycelium. Credit: Maxim Ohairwe Although fungi often bring to mind mushroom caps, fungi also have underground “roots” called mycelia.

biosynthetic pathways has found a first chemical confirmation in our recent measurements of the percentage values of the DNA/RNA ratios in the gametes of the water mould Allomyces 1.

The cilium evolved to provide the ancestral eukaryote with the ability to move and sense its environment. Acquiring these functions required the compartmentalization of a dynein‐based motility ...

M.Z.’s research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant NSFC 31970283), Beijing Nova Program of Science and Technology (Grant Z191100001119027), and Capital Normal ...

Protists are ubiquitous microbial eukaryotes found in virtually any environment ranging from natural aquatic or terrestrial ecosystems to engineered environments (1). As primary producers and ...

1 Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy 2 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Turin, Italy Since the ...

ABSTRACT: Second generation ethanol is produced from the degradation of lignocellulosic biomass using enzymes as catalysts, with emphasis on xylanases. These biocatalysts are often costly, but stable ...

Being one of the most successful mobile elements, group II introns are present in all the three domains of life. It is commonly believed that group II introns played an important role in the emergence ...

There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.