Evolution of microsporidia: An extremely successful group of eukaryotic intracellular parasites

Phosphatidic acid as a limiting host metabolite for the proliferation of the microsporidium Tubulinosema ratisbonensis in Drosophila flies

(2019) Adrien Franchet et al.   Nature Microbiology

Ultimate opportunists—The emergent Enterocytozoon group Microsporidia

(2019) Grant D. Stentiford et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A new family of cell surface located purine transporters in Microsporidia and related fungal endoparasites

(2019) Peter Major et al.   eLife

Clarifying the Relationships between Microsporidia and Cryptomycota

(2018) David Bass et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Error-prone protein synthesis in parasites with the smallest eukaryotic genome

(2018) Sergey V. Melnikov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Group-specific environmental sequencing reveals high levels of ecological heterogeneity across the microsporidian radiation

(2018) Bryony A. P. Williams et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Transporter gene acquisition and innovation in the evolution of Microsporidia intracellular parasites

(2018) P. Dean et al.   Nature Communications

Evolutionary genomics of Metchnikovella incurvata (Metchnikovellidae), an early branching microsporidium

(2018) Luis Javier Galindo et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The invasive cell coat at the microsporidian Trachipleistophora hominis -host cell interface contains secreted hexokinases

(2018) Sophie Ferguson et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

A secretory hexokinase plays an active role in the proliferation of Nosema bombycis

(2018) Yukang Huang et al.   PeerJ

Microsporidian introns retained against a background of genome reduction: characterization of an unusual set of introns

(2018) T A Whelan et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Decay of the glycolytic pathway and adaptation to intranuclear parasitism within Enterocytozoonidae microsporidia

(2017) Dominic Wiredu Boakye et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Inordinate Fondness Multiplied and Redistributed: the Number of Species on Earth and the New Pie of Life

(2017) Brendan B. Larsen et al.   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

Identification of microsporidia host-exposed proteins reveals a repertoire of rapidly evolving proteins

(2017) Aaron W. Reinke et al.   Nature Communications

The genome of an intranuclear parasite, Paramicrosporidium saccamoebae, reveals alternative adaptations to obligate intracellular parasitism

(2017) C Alisha Quandt et al.   eLife

Genome Analysis ofPseudoloma neurophilia: A Microsporidian Parasite of Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

(2016) Steve Ndikumana et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

A Recent Whole-Genome Duplication Divides Populations of a Globally Distributed Microsporidian

(2016) Tom A. Williams et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Discovery of a Natural Microsporidian Pathogen with a Broad Tissue Tropism in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2016) Robert J. Luallen et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Large Collection of Novel Nematode-Infecting Microsporidia and Their Diverse Interactions with Caenorhabditis elegans and Other Related Nematodes

(2016) Gaotian Zhang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

More than a rabbit's tale – Encephalitozoon spp. in wild mammals and birds

(2016) Barbara Hinney et al.   International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife

Transcriptomic profiling of host-parasite interactions in the microsporidian Trachipleistophora hominis

(2015) Andrew K. Watson et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Contrasting host–pathogen interactions and genome evolution in two generalist and specialist microsporidian pathogens of mosquitoes

(2015) Christopher A. Desjardins et al.   Nature Communications

The Development of Genetic Modification Techniques in Intracellular Parasites and Potential Applications to Microsporidia

(2015) Aaron W. Reinke et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Microsporidia-like parasites of amoebae belong to the early fungal lineage Rozellomycota

(2014) Daniele Corsaro et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Secretion of Antonospora (Paranosema) locustae Proteins into Infected Cells Suggests an Active Role of Microsporidia in the Control of Host Programs and Metabolic Processes

(2014) Igor V. Senderskiy et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of a morphological novelty occurred before genome compaction in a lineage of extreme parasites

(2014) K. L. Haag et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Shared Signatures of Parasitism and Phylogenomics Unite Cryptomycota and Microsporidia

(2013) Timothy Y. James et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Complete Genome Sequences from Three Genetically Distinct Strains Reveal High Intraspecies Genetic Diversity in the Microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi

(2013) Jean-François Pombert et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Extremely Reduced Levels of Heterozygosity in the Vertebrate Pathogen Encephalitozoon cuniculi

(2013) Mohammed Selman et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Reduction and Expansion in Microsporidian Genome Evolution: New Insights from Comparative Genomics

(2013) Sirintra Nakjang et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Microsporidian Diversity in Soil, Sand, and Compost of the Pacific Northwest

(2013) Alex M. Ardila-Garcia et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Microsporidian genome analysis reveals evolutionary strategies for obligate intracellular growth

(2012) C. A. Cuomo et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Discovery of novel intermediate forms redefines the fungal tree of life

(2011) Meredith D. M. Jones et al.   NATURE

Conservation, duplication, and loss of the Tor signaling pathway in the fungal kingdom

(2010) Cecelia A Shertz et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Host specificity of microsporidia pathogenic to the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.): Field studies in Slovakia

(2010) Leellen F. Solter et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

The complete sequence of the smallest known nuclear genome from the microsporidian Encephalitozoon intestinalis

(2010) Nicolas Corradi et al.   Nature Communications

Five Questions about Microsporidia

(2009) Patrick Keeling   PLoS Pathogens