A. Karnkowska

Insights from comparative plastid genomics of colorless facultative pathogens Prototheca (Chlorophyta): Unveiling membrane transport and organelle division as key functions

This study sequenced plastid genomes of 13 Prototheca strains to understand reductive evolution, finding three independent losses of photosynthesis and conservation of key plastid functions.

Seasonal dynamics and drivers of microbial communities in a temperate dimictic lake: insights from metabarcoding and machine learning

This study uses metabarcoding and machine learning to analyze seasonal changes in microbial communities in a temperate lake, identifying key environmental drivers like temperature and oxygen.

Euglenozoan kleptoplasty illuminates the early evolution of photoendosymbiosis

This study shows that the euglenozoan Rapaza viridis uses kleptoplasts from Tetraselmis sp. for temporary photosynthesis, with evidence of horizontal gene transfer and shared mechanisms with Euglenophyceae.

Genomics of Preaxostyla Flagellates Illuminates the Path Towards the Loss of Mitochondria

This paper reports genome and transcriptome analyses of two Preaxostyla species, confirming the complete loss of mitochondria in multiple oxymonad species and suggesting amitochondriality is common in the group.

In the spotlight, losing IR region: insights from euglenophytes challenge the importance of inverted repeats in the genomes of secondary plastids

The paper analyzes plastid genome structure in euglenophytes, revealing complex evolutionary changes and challenging the conservation of inverted repeats in secondary plastids.

Monophyly of Diverse Bigyromonadea and their Impact on Phylogenomic Relationships Within Stramenopiles

The paper generates transcriptomes from seven new Bigyromonadea species to assess their phylogenetic relationships within Stramenopiles, finding monophyly and potential links to oomycetes.

Maturyoshka: a maturase inside a maturase, and other peculiarities of the novel chloroplast genomes of marine euglenophytes

The paper examines maturase distribution and evolution in euglenophyte plastid genomes, finding patchy distributions, gene nesting, and diverse evolutionary origins.