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.
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.
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.