ReviewInternational journal for parasitology2011
The search for the missing link: a relic plastid in Perkinsus?
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- Perkinsus marinus in bioreactor: growth and a cost-reduced growth medium.Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology · 2023Article
- Development of a novel electroporation method for the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Old genes in new places: A taxon-rich analysis of interdomain lateral gene transfer events.PLoS genetics · 2022Article
- CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein-Based Genome Editing Methodology in the Marine Protozoan ParasiteFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021Article
- The Cryptic Plastid ofmSphere · 2020Article
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- Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences.Protoplasma · 2018Article
- Evolution of the Tetrapyrrole Biosynthetic Pathway in Secondary Algae: Conservation, Redundancy and Replacement.PloS one · 2016Article
- Updating algal evolutionary relationships through plastid genome sequencing: did alveolate plastids emerge through endosymbiosis of an ochrophyte?Scientific reports · 2015Article
- Endosymbiosis undone by stepwise elimination of the plastid in a parasitic dinoflagellate.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015Article
- Evidence for the retention of two evolutionary distinct plastids in dinoflagellates with diatom endosymbionts.Genome biology and evolution · 2014Article
- What was the real contribution of endosymbionts to the eukaryotic nucleus? Insights from photosynthetic eukaryotes.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2014Review
- A plastid without a genome: evidence from the nonphotosynthetic green algal genus Polytomella.Plant physiology · 2014Article
- Chromera velia, endosymbioses and the rhodoplex hypothesis--plastid evolution in cryptophytes, alveolates, stramenopiles, and haptophytes (CASH lineages).Genome biology and evolution · 2014Article
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- Identification of MMV Malaria Box inhibitors of Perkinsus marinus using an ATP-based bioluminescence assay.PloS one · 2014Article
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Abstract
Perkinsus marinus (Phylum Perkinsozoa) is a protozoan parasite that has devastated natural and farmed oyster populations in the USA, significantly affecting the shellfish industry and the estuarine environment. The other two genera in the phylum, Parvilucifera and Rastrimonas, are parasites of microeukaryotes. The Perkinsozoa occupies a key position at the base of the dinoflagellate branch, close to its divergence from the Apicomplexa, a clade that includes parasitic protista, many harbouring a relic plastid. Thus, as a taxon that has also evolved toward parasitism, the Perkinsozoa has attracted the attention of biologists interested in the evolution of this organelle, both in its ultrastructure and the conservation, loss or transfer of its genes. A review of the recent literature reveals mounting evidence in support of the presence of a relic plastid in P. marinus, including the presence of multimembrane structures, characteristic metabolic pathways and proteins with a bipartite N-terminal extension. Further, these findings raise intriguing questions regarding the potential functions and unique adaptation of the putative plastid and/or plastid genes in the Perkinsozoa. In this review we analyse the above-mentioned evidence and evaluate the potential future directions and expected benefits of addressing such questions. Given the rapidly expanding molecular/genetic resources and methodological toolbox for Perkinsus spp., these organisms should complement the currently established models for investigating plastid evolution within the Chromalveolata.
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