Moreira, David

The early evolution of lipid membranes and the three domains of life

Lombard, J., López-García, P., & Moreira, D. (2012) · Nature Reviews Microbiology

Origins and Evolution of LifeProtist diversity and phylogeny

Cited by 320

Intracellular Ca-carbonate biomineralization is widespread in cyanobacteria

Benzerara, K., Skouri-Panet, F., Li, J., Férard, C., Gugger, M., Laurent, T., Couradeau, E., Ragon, M., Cosmidis, J., Menguy, N., et al. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and InhibitionMicrobial Applications in Construction Materials

Cited by 264

An early-branching microbialite cyanobacterium forms intracellular carbonates

Couradeau, E., Benzerara, K., Gérard, E., Moreira, D., Bernard, S., Brown, G. E., & López-García, P. (2012) · Science

Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and InhibitionPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 263

Bacterial diversity in hydrothermal sediment and epsilonproteobacterial dominance in experimental microcolonizers at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

López‐García, P., Duperron, S., Philippot, P., Foriel, J., Susini, J., & Moreira, D. (2003) · Environmental Microbiology

Microbial Community Ecology and PhysiologyMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Cited by 221

The Syntrophy hypothesis for the origin of eukaryotes revisited

López-García, P., & Moreira, D. (2020) · Nature Microbiology

Protist diversity and phylogenyOrigins and Evolution of Life

Cited by 201

Symbiosis in eukaryotic evolution

López-García, P., Eme, L., & Moreira, D. (2017) · Journal of Theoretical Biology

Protist diversity and phylogenyOrigins and Evolution of Life

Cited by 154

Open Questions on the Origin of Eukaryotes

López-García, P., & Moreira, D. (2015) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Protist diversity and phylogenyOrigins and Evolution of Life

Cited by 135

Reevaluating the Green Contribution to Diatom Genomes

Deschamps, P., & Moreira, D. (2012) · Genome Biology and Evolution

Protist diversity and phylogenyChromosomal and Genetic Variations

Cited by 115

Site-and-branch-heterogeneous analyses of an expanded dataset favour mitochondria as sister to known Alphaproteobacteria

Muñoz-Gómez, S. A., Susko, E., Williamson, K., Eme, L., Slamovits, C. H., Moreira, D., López-García, P., & Roger, A. J. (2022) · Nature Ecology & Evolution

Protist diversity and phylogenyGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Cited by 111

Horizontal and endosymbiotic gene transfer in early plastid evolution

Ponce‐Toledo, R. I., López‐García, P., & Moreira, D. (2019) · New Phytologist

Protist diversity and phylogenyPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Cited by 107

Signal Conflicts in the Phylogeny of the Primary Photosynthetic Eukaryotes

Deschamps, P., & Moreira, D. (2009) · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Protist diversity and phylogenyPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Cited by 50

A New Gene Family Diagnostic for Intracellular Biomineralization of Amorphous Ca Carbonates by Cyanobacteria

Benzerara, K., Duprat, E., Bitard-Feildel, T., Caumes, G., Cassier-Chauvat, C., Chauvat, F., Dezi, M., Diop, S. I., Gaschignard, G., Görgen, S., et al. (2022) · Genome Biology and Evolution

Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and InhibitionMicrobial Applications in Construction Materials

Cited by 47

Fe-bearing phases in modern lacustrine microbialites from Mexico

Zeyen, N., Benzerara, K., Menguy, N., Brest, J., Templeton, A. S., Webb, S. M., Gérard, E., Moreira, D., López-García, P., Tavera, R., et al. (2019) · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Cited by 23

A gene-rich mitochondrion with a unique ancestral protein transport system

Moreira, D., Blaz, J., Kim, E., & Eme, L. (2024) · Current Biology

Protist diversity and phylogenyMitochondrial Function and Pathology

Cited by 15

Several independent adaptations of archaea to hypersaline environments

Baker, B. A., Gutiérrez-Preciado, A., Rodríguez del Río, Á., McCarthy, C. G. P., López-García, P., Huerta-Cepas, J., Susko, E., Roger, A. J., Eme, L., & Moreira, D. (2023) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesProtist diversity and phylogeny

Cited by 7

Parasitic connections: a patescibacterial epibiont, its methylotrophic gammaproteobacterial host and their phages

Bouderka, F., López-García, P., Deschamps, P., Zhou, Y., Krupovic, M., Gutiérrez-Preciado, A., Ciobanu, M., Bertolino, P., David, G., Moreira, D., et al. (2024) · mBio

Bacteriophages and microbial interactionsMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology

Cited by 5

Molecular phylogeny of the SELMA translocation machinery recounts the evolution of complex photosynthetic eukaryotes

Ponce-Toledo, R. I., Moreira, D., López-García, P., & Deschamps, P. (2025) · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Protist diversity and phylogenyPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Cited by 5

Molecular Phylogeny of the SELMA Translocation Machinery Recounts the Evolution of Complex Photosynthetic Eukaryotes

Ponce-Toledo, R. I., Moreira, D., López-García, P., & Deschamps, P. (2025) · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Protist diversity and phylogenyPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Cited by 5

Parasitic connections: a patescibacterial epibiont, its methylotrophic gammaproteobacterial host, and their phages

Bouderka, F., López-García, P., Deschamps, P., Zhou, Y., Krupovic, M., Gutiérrez-Preciado, A., Ciobanu, M., Bertolino, P., David, G., Moreira, D., et al. (2026) · mBio

Bacteriophages and microbial interactionsMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology

Cited by 5