Endosymbiosis between protists and bacteria represents a fundamental biological phenomenon that has shaped the course of eukaryotic evolution. These intimate associations, in which one organism ...

Protists such as Blastocystis have much larger and more complex genomes than do bacteria — around 20 million base pairs for some Blastocystis subtypes, compared with fewer than 5 million for the ...

Almost all eukaryotic organisms, from plants and animals to fungi, can't survive without mitochondria, which generate chemical energy using oxygen. However, a new study by Lukáš Novák and ...

Their natural hosts are single-celled organisms with a cell nucleus, the protists. When giant viruses infect a host cell, they remodel the entire host cell and set up a so-called "virus factory." ...

But the exact processes that enabled life to form more complex organisms are not well understood. C. perkinsii is an ancient type of protist; protists are a collection of unicellular organisms that ...

Venom is not exclusive to animals—plants, fungi, protists, bacteria, and even viruses use venom-like mechanisms for defense, predation, and competition. Dodder - Cuscuta on a potato bush. Review ...

This evidence was found in species of all types, from animals to single-cell protists – organisms whose last common ancestor lived over 1.7 billion years ago. The diversity of species in which they ...

Rules Of DNA "Rewritten" By Tiny Organism Discovered In A Pond The pond-dwelling protist takes an unconventional approach to translating its genetic blueprint. Holly Large ...

Life Marine life: Tiny organisms have symbiotic relationships with pathogenic bacteria. Some of these symbionts discovered are close relatives of bacteria pathogenic to animals, including humans.