Microbe Profile: Euglena gracilis: photogenic, flexible and hardy
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Grant support
204697/Z/16/Z
Wellcome Trust - United Kingdom
PubMed
36178464
DOI
10.1099/mic.0.001241
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Euglena, evolution, genome, protists, secondary endosymbiosis,
- MeSH
- Chlorophyta * MeSH
- Euglena gracilis * genetics metabolism MeSH
- Photosynthesis MeSH
- Plastids genetics metabolism MeSH
- Symbiosis MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
Euglena gracilis is a unicellular photosynthetic eukaryotic flagellate of the Discoba supergroup, which also encompasses Kinetoplastida and Diplonema. Plastids have green algal origin and are secondarily acquired. The nuclear genome is extremely large and many genes suggest multiple endosymbiotic/gene transfer events, i.e. derivation from prokaryotes of various lineages. E. gracilis is remarkably robust and can proliferate in environments contaminated with heavy metals and acids. Extraordinary metabolic plasticity and a mixotrophic lifestyle confers an ability to thrive in a broad range of environments, as well as facilitating production of many novel metabolites, making Euglena of considerable biotechnological importance.
Faculty of Science Department of Parasitology Charles University BIOCEV Vestec Czechia
Institute of Parasitology Biology Centre Czech Academy of Sciences 37005 Ceske Budejovice Czechia
School of Life Sciences University of Dundee Dundee DD1 5EH UK
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