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Jul 2026
A rhizarian genome reveals an osmotrophic route to extracellular digestion in eukaryotes
It is demonstrated that osmotrophic saprotrophy has evolved independently in Rhizaria with enzymatic solutions that closely parallel those of evolutionary distant fungal decomposers, highlighting the power of ecological context over phylogenetic heritage in shaping extracellular metabolic architecture.
Hüsna Öztoprak, Julia Graf, Robin Jacobs et al.
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