Genome analysis of Parmales, the sister group of diatoms, reveals the evolutionary specialization of diatoms from phago-mixotrophs to photoautotrophs

Abstract The order Parmales (class Bolidophyceae) is a minor group of pico-sized eukaryotic marine phytoplankton that contains species with cells surrounded by silica plates. Previous studies revealed that Parmales is a member of ochrophytes and sister to diatoms (phylum Bacillariophyta), the most s...

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Published in:	Communications Biology
Main Authors:	Hiroki Ban, Shinya Sato, Shinya Yoshikawa, Kazumasa Yamada, Yoji Nakamura, Mutsuo Ichinomiya, Naoki Sato, Romain Blanc-Mathieu, Hisashi Endo, Akira Kuwata, Hiroyuki Ogata
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05002-x