K. Maciszewski

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.

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.

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.