Sichert Andreas
Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
PLoS Biol. 2025 Apr 2;23(4):e3003072. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003072. eCollection 2025 Apr.
An alga that abandoned photosynthesis? This Primer explores a PLOS Biology study showing that a single horizontal gene transfer event allowed the diatom Nitzschia sing1 to evolve a complete enzymatic machinery to break down alginate from brown algae, unlocking a new ecological niche.
一种放弃光合作用的藻类?本入门文章探讨了一项发表于《公共科学图书馆·生物学》的研究,该研究表明,一次水平基因转移事件使硅藻Nitzschia sing1进化出一套完整的酶机制,用于分解褐藻中的藻酸盐,从而开拓了一个新的生态位。