Probing the genomic and proteomic basis of encystment in <i>Oxytricha granulifera</i>
, revealing microbial survival strategies through enhanced protein turnover, autophagy, alternative splicing, and DNA methylation reprogramming. These findings offer fundamental insights into dormancy mechanisms and environmental adaptation in protists, advancing our understanding of microbial resilience, evolutionary innovation, and ecological success in fluctuating environments.
Authors
- Tao Hu
- Xiao Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5059-8846)
- Zijia Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1866-4337)
- Xinpeng Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1822-7997)
- Miaomiao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5714-6420)
- Tian Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1511-0793)
- Zina Lin
- Juan Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3478-606X)
Institutions
- East China Normal University (CN)
- Shandong Agricultural University (CN)
- College of Marin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- mSystems
- Published
- 2026-04-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01757-25
- Primary Topic
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China