Global Metagenomics Reveals Plastid Diversity and Unexplored Algal Lineages
Bikash Shrestha, Miguel F. Romero, Juan C. Villada, Katherine Mcmahon, Ramūnas Stepanauskas, Alison Buchan, Thomas Möck, Kirsten M. Fisher, Joan L. Slonczewski, Luce M. Ward, Sean A. Crowe, William P. Inskeep, Crysten Blaby, Frederik Schulz
This study uses global metagenomics to discover new plastid sequences and challenge existing models of plastid evolution in photosynthetic eukaryotes.
Nature Communications · Jan 30, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology