Sergio A. Muñoz-Gómez

Green algal symbionts are stably retained and provisioned in the dark despite a clear physiological cost

This study shows green algal symbionts in Paramecium bursaria remain stable and provisioned in the dark despite a physiological cost, with the host not reducing symbiont load or decreasing their proteome mass fraction.

Nucleomorph phylogenomics suggests a deep and ancient origin of cryptophyte plastids within Rhodophyta

The paper uses nucleomorph genes to reconstruct the phylogeny of cryptophyte plastids, finding they are sister to Cyanidiophytina, suggesting an ancient origin of red complex plastids outside known Rhodophyta subgroups.

The phylogenetic context for the origin of a unique purple-green photosymbiosis

This study investigates the evolutionary history of Pseudoblepharisma tenue to understand the factors limiting the frequency of purple photosymbioses.

A robustly rooted tree of eukaryotes reveals their excavate ancestry.

This study estimates the root of the eukaryote Tree of Life using mitochondrial proteins, finding it between Opimoda+ and Diphoda+ supergroups.

Phylogeny and species delimitation of ciliates in the genus Spirostomum (Class, Heterotrichea) using single-cell transcriptomes

This study uses single-cell transcriptomes to reveal cryptic species and phylogenetic relationships in Spirostomum ciliates, identifying at least nine cryptic species.

Single-cell genomics reveals the divergent mitochondrial genomes of Retaria (Foraminifera and Radiolaria)

The paper presents mitochondrial genomes of Foraminifera and Radiolaria, revealing reduced gene content and a non-canonical genetic code in retarian mitogenomes.