Learning that these genetic tools existed in close algal relatives  to terrestrial plants showcases how early plants built upon an ancient genetic framework to thrive outside aquatic environments. [Read More]

Scientists have discovered flagella in an unexpected place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum Chloroflexota. Research shows that flagella were lost in other forms of Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments hundreds of millions of years ago.  [Read More]