Towards a Molecular Taxonomy for Protists: Benefits, Risks, and Applications in Plankton Ecology

Knowledge of morphology is still required when identifying new amoeba isolates by molecular techniques

(2012) Johan F. De Jonckheere et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY

Species Boundaries in Tintinnid Ciliates: A Case Study - Morphometric Variability, Molecular Characterization, and Temporal Distribution of Helicostomella species (Ciliophora, Tintinnina)

(2012) Dapeng Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogeny of the Order Tintinnida (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) Inferred from Small- and Large-Subunit rRNA Genes

(2012) Luciana F. Santoferrara et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Distribution and Diversity of a Protist Predator Cryothecomonas (Cercozoa) in Arctic Marine Waters

(2012) Mary Thaler et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Comparing the Hyper-Variable V4 and V9 Regions of the Small Subunit rDNA for Assessment of Ciliate Environmental Diversity

(2012) Micah Dunthorn et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION FOR COCHLODINIUM FULVESCENS (DINOPHYCEAE), A HARMFUL DINOFLAGELLATE FROM CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS1

(2012) Meredith D. A. Howard et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Utility of Genetic Markers and Morphology for Species Discrimination within the Order Tintinnida (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea)

(2012) Luciana F. Santoferrara et al.   PROTIST

Marine Protistan Diversity

(2011) David A. Caron et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Assessing and Improving Methods Used in Operational Taxonomic Unit-Based Approaches for 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis

(2011) Patrick D. Schloss et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Examination of the Seasonal Dynamics of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella at Redondo Beach, California, by Quantitative PCR

(2011) Marie-Ève Garneau et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Incorporating molecular tools into routine HAB monitoring programs: Using qPCR to track invasive Prymnesium

(2011) Richard M. Zamor et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Analysis of the community structure of abyssal kinetoplastids revealed similar communities at larger spatial scales

(2011) Faezeh Shah Salani et al.   ISME Journal

Protistan microbial observatory in the Cariaco Basin, Caribbean. I. Pyrosequencing vs Sanger insights into species richness

(2011) Virginia Edgcomb et al.   ISME Journal

Field applications of the second-generation Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) for remote detection of harmful algae: 2006-2007

(2011) Dianne I. Greenfield et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS

Biodiversity improves water quality through niche partitioning

(2011) Bradley J. Cardinale   NATURE

jMOTU and Taxonerator: Turning DNA Barcode Sequences into Annotated Operational Taxonomic Units

(2011) Martin Jones et al.   PLoS One

Barcoding Diatoms: Exploring Alternatives to COI-5P

(2011) Sarah E. Hamsher et al.   PROTIST

Quantitative PCR Coupled with Melt Curve Analysis for Detection of SelectedPseudo-nitzschiaspp. (Bacillariophyceae) from the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

(2010) Karl B. Andree et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cryptic Diversity of Free-Living Parabasalids, Pseudotrichomonas keilini and Lacusteria cypriaca n. g., n. sp., as Inferred from Small Subunit rDNA Sequences

(2010) NAOJI YUBUKI et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Mini Review: Probes for DetectingPrymnesium parvumand Preliminary Results From Gene Expression Studies1

(2010) Linda K. Medlin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION

Evolutionary criteria outperform operational approaches in producing ecologically relevant fungal species inventories

(2010) JEFF R. POWELL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Multiple marker parallel tag environmental DNA sequencing reveals a highly complex eukaryotic community in marine anoxic water

(2010) THORSTEN STOECK et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Diversity in a hidden world: potential and limitation of next-generation sequencing for surveys of molecular diversity of eukaryotic microorganisms

(2010) RALPH MEDINGER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

An Evaluation of the Use of the LSU rRNA D1-D5 Domain for DNA-based Taxonomy of Eukaryotic Protists

(2010) Claudia Wylezich et al.   PROTIST

Defining DNA-Based Operational Taxonomic Units for Microbial-Eukaryote Ecology

(2009) D. A. Caron et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities

(2009) P. D. Schloss et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Hypotheses on the role of the protistan rare biosphere in a changing world

(2009) DA Caron et al.   AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

New Accomplishments and Approaches for Assessing Protistan Diversity and Ecology in Natural Ecosystems

(2009) David A. Caron   BIOSCIENCE

Wrinkles in the rare biosphere: pyrosequencing errors can lead to artificial inflation of diversity estimates

(2009) Victor Kunin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Taxonomic Identity in Microbial Eukaryotes: A Practical Approach Using the Testate AmoebaCentropyxisto Resolve Conflicts Between Old and New Taxonomic Descriptions

(2009) DANIEL J. G. LAHR et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Past President's Address: Protistan Biogeography: Why All The Fuss?

(2009) DAVID A. CARON   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Accurate determination of microbial diversity from 454 pyrosequencing data

(2009) Christopher Quince et al.   NATURE METHODS

A Method for Studying Protistan Diversity Using Massively Parallel Sequencing of V9 Hypervariable Regions of Small-Subunit Ribosomal RNA Genes

(2009) Linda A. Amaral-Zettler et al.   PLoS One

New Insights into the Diversity of Marine Picoeukaryotes

(2009) Fabrice Not et al.   PLoS One

Groups without Cultured Representatives Dominate Eukaryotic Picophytoplankton in the Oligotrophic South East Pacific Ocean

(2009) Xiao Li Shi et al.   PLoS One

Seven Gene Phylogeny of Heterokonts

(2009) Ingvild Riisberg et al.   PROTIST

Barcoding Amoebae: Comparison of SSU, ITS and COI Genes as Tools for Molecular Identification of Naked Lobose Amoebae

(2009) Elena Nassonova et al.   PROTIST

Barcoding of Diatoms: Nuclear Encoded ITS Revisited

(2009) Mónica B.J. Moniz et al.   PROTIST

Widespread occurrence and genetic diversity of marine parasitoids belonging toSyndiniales(Alveolata)

(2008) L. Guillou et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Multigene phylogenies of clonal Spumella-like strains, a cryptic heterotrophic nanoflagellate, isolated from different geographical regions

(2008) T. Stoeck et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

The tragedy of the uncommon: understanding limitations in the analysis of microbial diversity

(2008) Stephen J Bent et al.   ISME Journal

Exploring Microbial Diversity and Taxonomy Using SSU rRNA Hypervariable Tag Sequencing

(2008) Susan M. Huse et al.   PLoS Genetics