The Long-time Orphan Protist Meringosphaera mediterranea Lohmann, 1902 [1903] is a Centrohelid Heliozoan, and other publishings from Fabien Burki et al

New research from AMRI scientist Fabien Burki’s research group has been published this year, including a new discovery on the Meringosphaera, the enigmatic marine protist. Please find below 3 new works by the Burki lab:

Vasily V. Zlatogursky, Yegor Shɨshkin, Daria Drachko, Fabien Burki, Iker Irisarri, Jürgen Strassert, and Tom Williams.

The Long-time Orphan Protist Meringosphaera mediterranea Lohmann, 1902 [1903] is a Centrohelid Heliozoan. Vasily V. Zlatogursky, Yegor Shɨshkin, Daria Drachko, Fabien Burki, 2021.

Phylogenomic Insights into the Origin of Primary Plastids. Syst. Biol. syab036.Irisarri I, Strassert JFH, Burki F. 2020.

A molecular timescale for eukaryote evolution with implications for the origin of red algal-derived plastids., Strassert JFH, Irisarri I, Williams TA, Burki F. 2021. Nat. Commun. 12:1879.

AMRI highlighted researchCaroline LittlefieldJune 2, 2021fabien burki, marine protist, red algae, meringosaphaera, primary plastids, eukaryote evolution