Genomics of New Ciliate Lineages Provides Insight into the Evolution of Obligate Anaerobiosis

Authors

Johana Rotterová, Charles University
Eric Salomaki, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Tomáš Pánek, Charles University
William Bourland, Boise State University
David Žihala, Ostravská Univerzita v Ostrave
Petr Táborský, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Virginia P. Edgcomb, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Roxanne A. Beinart, University of Rhode Island
Martin Kolísko, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Ivan Čepička, Charles University

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

6-8-2020

Abstract

Numerous eukaryotes have switched to anaerobiosis, variously reducing their mitochondrial metabolism. Rotterová et al. describe two new classes of obligately anaerobic ciliates with prokaryotic symbionts and reduced mitochondria with unique pathways for energetic metabolism, introducing possible mechanisms of transitions to obligate anaerobiosis.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Current Biology

Volume

30

Issue

11

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Rotterová, Johana, Eric Salomaki, Tomáš Pánek, William Bourland, David Žihala, Petr Táborský, Virginia P. Edgcomb, Roxanne A. Beinart, Martin Kolísko, and Ivan Čepička. "Genomics of New Ciliate Lineages Provides Insight into the Evolution of Obligate Anaerobiosis." Current Biology 30, 11 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.064.