Veritable powerhouses – even without DNA

Veritable powerhouses – even without DNA

Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)

Published: 24 April 2019

Scientists have discovered that Amoebophrya ceratii, a parasitic dinoflagellate, has mitochondria that function without their own DNA—an unprecedented find. Instead, energy production is controlled entirely by nuclear genes, a unique evolutionary step.

Keywords: marine parasites, plankton, evolution, plastids, ATP, Alfred Wegener Institute.

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Pressure from the deep sea

Pressure from the deep sea

Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)

Published: 5 June 2019

At a global workshop on deep-sea taxonomy, scientists emphasized the urgent need for better funding, digitization, and jobs to explore and document the vast, mostly unknown biodiversity of Earth’s largest habitat.

Keywords: AWI, Datz Foundation, conservation, digitization, taxonomy funding, Senckenberg Research Institute, species extinction.

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All-in-one: New microbe degrades oil to gas

All-in-one: New microbe degrades oil to gas

Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)

Published: 20 August 2019

Researchers discovered a single archaeon, Methanoliparia, that can convert oil into methane and carbon dioxide through alkane disproportionation—previously thought to require a symbiosis between archaea and bacteria.

Keywords: MPI, hydrocarbon seeps, crude oil, mBio, Gulf of Mexico, MARUM-QUEST, microbial ecology.

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