Xyrus X. Maurer‐Alcalá

Global Environmental Genomics Reveals Vast Uncultivated Protist Diversity and Taxonomic Blind Spots

The paper analyzes global protist diversity using metagenomes and single-cell genomes, revealing extensive uncultivated and unclassified protist lineages and taxonomic blind spots.

Genome content in the non-model ciliate Chilodonella uncinata: insights into nuclear architecture, gene-sized chromosomes among the total DNA in their somatic macronuclei during their development

This study characterizes nuclear architecture and genome dynamics in the non-model ciliate Chilodonella uncinata using DAPI and FISH, revealing differences in MAC developmental stages compared to other ciliates.

RNA-mediated nucleosome depletion is required for elimination of transposon-derived DNA.

The paper shows that ISWI-mediated nucleosome depletion and small RNAs are required for precise DNA elimination of transposon remnants in Paramecium.