Tripartite Symbiosis of an Anaerobic Scuticociliate with Two Hydrogenosome-Associated Endosymbionts, a Holospora-Related Alphaproteobacterium and a Methanogenic Archaeon

“Candidatus Hafkinia simulans” gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Holospora-Like Bacterium from the Macronucleus of the Rare Brackish Water Ciliate Frontonia salmastra (Oligohymenophorea, Ciliophora): Multidisciplinary Characterization of the New Endosymbiont and Its Host

(2019) Sergei I. Fokin et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Insights into the metabolic functioning of a multipartner ciliate symbiosis from oxygen-depleted sediments

(2018) R. A. Beinart et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Morphology and Phylogeny of a New Species of Anaerobic Ciliate, Trimyema finlayi n. sp., with Endosymbiotic Methanogens

(2018) William H. Lewis et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Systematic studies on ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora) in China: Progress and achievements based on molecular information

(2017) Feng Gao et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY

Introducing EzBioCloud: a taxonomically united database of 16S rRNA gene sequences and whole-genome assemblies

(2017)   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Disentangling the Taxonomy of Rickettsiales and Description of Two Novel Symbionts (“Candidatus Bealeia paramacronuclearis” and “Candidatus Fokinia cryptica”) Sharing the Cytoplasm of the Ciliate Protist Paramecium biaurelia

(2016) Franziska Szokoli et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The All-Data-Based Evolutionary Hypothesis of Ciliated Protists with a Revised Classification of the Phylum Ciliophora (Eukaryota, Alveolata)

(2016) Feng Gao et al.   Scientific Reports

“Candidatus Finniella” (Rickettsiales, Alphaproteobacteria), Novel Endosymbionts of Viridiraptorid Amoeboflagellates (Cercozoa, Rhizaria)

(2015) Sebastian Hess et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification and Detection of Prokaryotic Symbionts in the Ciliate Metopus from Anaerobic Granular Sludge

(2015) Yuga Hirakata et al.   MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS

RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

Draft genome sequences of threeHolosporaspecies (Holospora obtusa,Holospora undulata, andHolospora elegans), endonuclear symbiotic bacteria of the ciliateParamecium caudatum

(2014) Hideo Dohra et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Phylogenetic analyses of cyclidiids (Protista, Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia) based on multiple genes suggest their close relationship with thigmotrichids

(2014) Feng Gao et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Multigene-based analyses on evolutionary phylogeny of two controversial ciliate orders: Pleuronematida and Loxocephalida (Protista, Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea)

(2013) Feng Gao et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

New rRNA Gene-Based Phylogenies of the Alphaproteobacteria Provide Perspective on Major Groups, Mitochondrial Ancestry and Phylogenetic Instability

(2013) Matteo P. Ferla et al.   PLoS One

SINA: Accurate high-throughput multiple sequence alignment of ribosomal RNA genes

(2012) Elmar Pruesse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Revised Systematics of Holospora-Like Bacteria and Characterization of “Candidatus Gortzia infectiva”, a Novel Macronuclear Symbiont of Paramecium jenningsi

(2012) Vittorio Boscaro et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Biochemistry and Evolution of Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes

(2012) M. Muller et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

The rise of model protozoa

(2012) David Montagnes et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Endosymbionts in Paramecium

(2011) Masahiro Fujishima et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY

Structured Multiple Endosymbiosis of Bacteria and Archaea in a Ciliate from Marine Sulfidic Sediments: A Survival Mechanism in Low Oxygen, Sulfidic Sediments?

(2011) Virginia P. Edgcomb et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Methanoregula boonei gen. nov., sp. nov., an acidiphilic methanogen isolated from an acidic peat bog

(2010) S. L. Brauer et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

A Rapid Bootstrap Algorithm for the RAxML Web Servers

(2008) Alexandros Stamatakis et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY