“Candidatus Gortzia shahrazadis”, a Novel Endosymbiont of Paramecium multimicronucleatum and a Revision of the Biogeographical Distribution of Holospora-Like Bacteria

“Candidatus Fokinia solitaria”, a Novel “Stand-Alone” Symbiotic Lineage of Midichloriaceae (Rickettsiales)

(2016) Franziska Szokoli et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Dispersal, environmental forcing, and parasites combine to affect metapopulation synchrony and stability

(2015) Alison B. Duncan et al.   ECOLOGY

A House for Two—Double Bacterial Infection in Euplotes woodruffi Sq1 (Ciliophora, Euplotia) Sampled in Southeastern Brazil

(2015) Marcus V. X. Senra et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

probeBase—an online resource for rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes and primers: new features 2016

(2015) Daniel Greuter et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Past and future species definitions for Bacteria and Archaea

(2015) Ramon Rosselló-Móra et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

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

Flagellar Movement in Two Bacteria of the Family Rickettsiaceae: A Re-Evaluation of Motility in an Evolutionary Perspective

(2014) Claudia Vannini et al.   PLoS One

Phylogenetic placement of two previously described intranuclear bacteria from the ciliate Paramecium bursaria (Protozoa, Ciliophora): 'Holospora acuminata' and 'Holospora curviuscula'

(2013) M. S. Rautian et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

“Candidatus Defluviella procrastinata” and “Candidatus Cyrtobacter zanobii”, Two Novel Ciliate Endosymbionts Belonging to the “Midichloria Clade”

(2013) Vittorio Boscaro et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

‘Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila’ gen. nov., sp. nov.: Considerations on Evolutionary History, Host Range and Shift of Early Divergent Rickettsiae

(2013) Martina Schrallhammer et al.   PLoS One

“Candidatus Sonnebornia yantaiensis”, a member of candidate division OD1, as intracellular bacteria of the ciliated protist Paramecium bursaria (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea)

(2013) Jun Gong et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Rediscovering the genus Lyticum, multiflagellated symbionts of the order Rickettsiales

(2013) Vittorio Boscaro et al.   Scientific Reports

Frequency and biodiversity of symbionts in representatives of the main classes of Ciliophora

(2012) Sergei I. Fokin   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY

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

jModelTest 2: more models, new heuristics and parallel computing

(2012) Diego Darriba et al.   NATURE METHODS

The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

(2012) Christian Quast et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Characterization of “Candidatus Nebulobacter yamunensis” from the cytoplasm of Euplotes aediculatus (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) and emended description of the family Francisellaceae

(2012) Vittorio Boscaro et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Obtaining and characterization of “Holospora curviuscula” and Holospora obtusa, bacterial symbionts of the macronuclei of Paramecium bursaria and Paramecium caudatum

(2011) N. D. Vakkerov-Kouzova et al.   MICROBIOLOGY

"Candidatus Anadelfobacter veles" and "Candidatus Cyrtobacter comes," Two New Rickettsiales Species Hosted by the Protist Ciliate Euplotes harpa (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea)

(2010) C. Vannini et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Parasitic infection reduces dispersal of ciliate host

(2010) S. Fellous et al.   Biology Letters

Parasite-mediated protection against osmotic stress for Paramecium caudatum infected by Holospora undulata  is host genotype specific

(2010) Alison B. Duncan et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Detection of a Novel Subspecies of Francisella noatunensis as Endosymbiont of the Ciliate Euplotes raikovi

(2010) Martina Schrallhammer et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

“CandidatusCryptoprodotis polytropus,” A NovelRickettsia-Like Organism in the Ciliated ProtistPseudomicrothorax dubius(Ciliophora, Nassophorea)

(2009) FILIPPO FERRANTINI et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Actin-Based Mechanism of Holospora obtusa Trafficking in Paramecium caudatum

(2009) Elena V. Sabaneyeva et al.   PROTIST

“Candidatus Paraholospora nucleivisitans”, an intracellular bacterium in Paramecium sexaurelia shuttles between the cytoplasm and the nucleus of its host

(2009) Erik Eschbach et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

The Ribosomal Database Project: improved alignments and new tools for rRNA analysis

(2008) J. R. Cole et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH