Fig. 1

Diagram showing the Golgi marker genes found in M. balamuthi and their location in a generalized eukaryotic cell (see Additional file 3: Table S2 for further details). Notably, we identified proteins with roles in vesicle fusion and formation, transport to and from the Golgi, and whose orthologues act at both the cis and trans faces of the organelle in other eukaryotes. Arrows indicate some membrane trafficking pathways that are reconstructed as likely present in the membrane trafficking system of M. balamuthi