Parasites lacking ARK1 failed to complete their development in vertebrate host cells or mosquitoes, preventing them from spreading disease. Given the importance of ARK1 for malaria parasites, this ...

A giant DNA virus pulled from a Japanese freshwater pond is forcing scientists to rethink how complex cells first acquired their defining feature: the nucleus. Named ushikuvirus, the newly ...

The human body is home to many types of fungi. Some are beneficial and others are deadly, but that distinction can often ...

Our planet is home to nearly 10 million animal species. Yet, what about the life forms that are invisible to us? How many species of ...

Chloracidobacterium validum – valid description of a new family and order of Acidobacteria BRAUNSCHWEIG, LOWER SAXONY AREA, GERMANY, February 18, 2026 / EINPresswire.com / — The Department of ...

The cross-trophic networks between protists and (A) fungi and (B) bacteria. Structural equation models showing the contrasting patterns of protists on the accumulation of (C) fungal and (D) bacterial ...

Protists are a diverse, polyphyletic assemblage of predominantly unicellular eukaryotic organisms that do not fit within the traditional kingdoms of animals, plants, or fungi and are therefore used as ...

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The 1.5 billion year-long evolution of eukaryotes proceeded in close association with bacteria and archaea. The very origin of this group, as it is currently viewed, was due to the formation of an ...

This is a comprehensive guide to the protists that live in the surface waters and sea-ice south of the Antarctic Polar Front. More than 550 species are described and superbly illustrated with over ...

Almost all eukaryotic organisms, from plants and animals to fungi, can't survive without mitochondria -- the 'powerhouses of the cell,' which generate chemical energy using oxygen. However, a new ...

A team of pathologists, geneticists, immunologists and engineers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, has found a previously unrecognized diversity of protists in the Parabasalia phylum in ...