Provora

Denis V Tikhonenkov; Kirill V Mikhailov; Ryan M R Gawryluk; Patrick J Keeling

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.004

Provora

Curr Biol. 2023 Aug 7;33(15):R790-R791. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.004.

Authors

Denis V Tikhonenkov¹, Kirill V Mikhailov², Ryan M R Gawryluk³, Patrick J Keeling⁴

Affiliations

¹ Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, 152742, Russian Federation. Electronic address: tikho-denis@yandex.ru.
² Belozersky Institute for Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russian Federation; Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 127051, Russian Federation.
³ Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, V8P5C2 BC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T1Z4 BC, Canada.

PMID: 37552939
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.004

Abstract

Tikhonenkov et al. introduce the Provora-a newly described, yet ancient, supergroup of unicellular protists encompassing as much genetic diversity as animals and fungi combined.

MeSH terms

Eukaryota*
Phylogeny