Scientists discover 230 new giant viruses that shape ocean life and health Giant viruses play a role in the survival of single-celled marine organisms called protists. These include algae, amoeba, and flagellates, that form the base of ocean food webs. And since these…

230 new giant #viruses that shape #ocean #life and #health discovered ...

| #protists | #algae | #amoeba | #flagellates | #genomes | Via @sciencex.bsky.social‬

An expanded phylogenomic analysis of Heterolobosea reveals the deep relationships, non-canonical genetic codes, and cryptic flagellate stages in the group The phylum Heterolobosea Page and Blanton, 1985 is a group of eukaryotes that contains heterotrophic flagellates, amoebae, and amoeboflagellates, incl…

The eukaryotic phylum Heterolobosea includes #flagellates, #amoebae, and amoeboflagellates, notably the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri. New transcriptome data reveal the #evolution of Heterolobosea and two instances of genetic code alteration.
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These little #flagellates were having a whale of a time in this diatom frustule! I know nothing about flagellates - it’s on my list of ‘things to learn about’ (the list is very long!). This footage is real time. 🦑

evolutionary tree and a simple drawing of a microbial cell

New #ISEPpapers #preprint! Two newly cultivated eukaryotrophic #flagellates represent distinct #anaerobic lineages within Rhizaria www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... by @gawryluk.bsky.social

#protists #microbes #rhizaria #evolution #biology #taxonomy #phylogeny #NewSpecies