Leishmaniasis is a geographically widespread severe disease, with an increasing
incidence of two million cases per year and 350 million people from 88 countries at risk. The …

Diatoms dominate the biomass of phytoplankton in nutrient-rich conditions and form the basis
of some of the world’s most productive marine food webs 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . The diatom nuclear …

Many parasitic Apicomplexa, such as Plasmodium falciparum, contain an unpigmented
chloroplast remnant termed the apicoplast, which is a target for malaria treatment. However, no …

The discovery of a nonphotosynthetic plastid in malaria and other apicomplexan parasites
has sparked a contentious debate about its evolutionary origin. Molecular data have led to …

Cryptophyte and chlorarachniophyte algae are transitional forms in the widespread secondary
endosymbiotic acquisition of photosynthesis by engulfment of eukaryotic algae. Unlike …

Carotenoids are produced by all photosynthetic organisms, where they play essential roles
in light harvesting and photoprotection. The carotenoid biosynthetic pathway of diatoms is …

Diatoms are unicellular algae with plastids acquired by secondary endosymbiosis. They are
responsible for ∼20% of global carbon fixation. We report the 34 million–base pair draft …

Diatoms are photosynthetic secondary endosymbionts found throughout marine and
freshwater environments, and are believed to be responsible for around one-fifth of the primary …

Chromerida are photoautotrophic alveolates so far only isolated from corals in Australia. It
has been shown that these secondary plastid-containing algae are closely related to …

Heme biosynthesis represents one of the most essential metabolic pathways in living
organisms, providing the precursors for cytochrome prosthetic groups, photosynthetic pigments, …