How discordant morphological and molecular evolution among microorganisms can revise our notions of biodiversity on Earth

Molecular species discovery in the diatom Sellaphora and its congruence with mating trials.

(2015) Pieter Vanormelingen et al.   Fottea

Description of the cyanobacterial genus Desmonostoc gen. nov. including D. muscorum comb. nov. as a distinct, phylogenetically coherent taxon related to the genus Nostoc.

(2015) Pavel Hrouzek et al.   Fottea

The Dynamic Nature of Genomes across the Tree of Life

(2014) A. M. Oliverio et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Cryptic Diversity within Morphospecies of Testate Amoebae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) in New England Bogs and Fens

(2014) Angela M. Oliverio et al.   PROTIST

Diversity of diversity: conceptual and methodological differences in biodiversity estimates of eukaryotic microbes as compared to bacteria

(2014) Jean-David Grattepanche et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Paleobiological Perspectives on Early Eukaryotic Evolution

(2014) A. H. Knoll   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Evidence for two different morphotypes of Difflugia tuberspinifera from China

(2013) Zheng Yu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY

Holarctic phylogeography of the testate amoebaHyalosphenia papilio(Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) reveals extensive genetic diversity explained more by environment than dispersal limitation

(2013) Thierry J. Heger et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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

The life beneath our feet

(2013) Janet K. Jansson et al.   NATURE

An archaeal origin of eukaryotes supports only two primary domains of life

(2013) Tom A. Williams et al.   NATURE

Amphitremida (Poche, 1913) Is a New Major, Ubiquitous Labyrinthulomycete Clade

(2013) Fatma Gomaa et al.   PLoS One

Multigene Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Tubulinea (Amoebozoa) Corroborates Four of the Six Major Lineages, while Additionally Revealing that Shell Composition Does not Predict Phylogeny in the Arcellinida

(2013) Daniel J.G. Lahr et al.   PROTIST

Epigenetics of Ciliates

(2013) D. L. Chalker et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes

(2012) Sina M. Adl et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Heterogeneous Rates of Molecular Evolution Among Cryptic Species of the Ciliate Morphospecies Chilodonella uncinata

(2012) Laura A. Katz et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Insights into the phylogenetic and taxonomy of philasterid ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia) based on analyses of multiple molecular markers

(2012) Feng Gao et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Morphological description of three marine ciliates (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia), with establishment of a new genus and two new species

(2011) Xinpeng Fan et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY

On the nature of species: insights from Paramecium and other ciliates

(2011) Meaghan S. Hall et al.   GENETICA

Description of Leptopharynx bromelicola n. sp. and Characterization of the Genus Leptopharynx Mermod, 1914 (Protista, Ciliophora)

(2011) WILHELM FOISSNER et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Estimating the timing of early eukaryotic diversification with multigene molecular clocks

(2011) L. W. Parfrey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The chastity of amoebae: re-evaluating evidence for sex in amoeboid organisms

(2011) D. J. G. Lahr et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

COI Barcoding of Nebelid Testate Amoebae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida): Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Redefinition of the Hyalospheniidae Schultze

(2011) Anush Kosakyan et al.   PROTIST

Vorticella Linnaeus, 1767 (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophora, Peritrichia) is a Grade not a Clade: Redefinition of Vorticella and the Families Vorticellidae and Astylozoidae using Molecular Characters Derived from the Gene Coding for Small Subunit Ribosomal RNA

(2011) Ping Sun et al.   PROTIST

Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes

(2010) Laura A. Katz   Annual Review of Microbiology

Genetic Identities of Cryptic Species in the Strombidium stylifer/apolatum/oculatum Cluster, Including a Description of Strombidium rassoulzadegani n. sp.

(2010) GEORGE B. McMANUS et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Evolution of the Actin Gene Family in Testate Lobose Amoebae (Arcellinida) is Characterized by Two Distinct Clades of Paralogs and Recent Independent Expansions

(2010) D. J. G. Lahr et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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

Morphology, Biometry, and Taxonomy of Freshwater and Marine InterstitialCyphoderia(Cercozoa: Euglyphida)

(2009) MILCHO TODOROV et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular phylogeny of euglyphid testate amoebae (Cercozoa: Euglyphida) suggests transitions between marine supralittoral and freshwater/terrestrial environments are infrequent

(2009) Thierry J. Heger et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A phylogeny-driven genomic encyclopaedia of Bacteria and Archaea

(2009) Dongying Wu et al.   NATURE

Bloom-forming and other planktonic Anabaena (Cyanobacteria) morphospecies with twisted trichomes from Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil

(2009) Vera Regina Werner et al.   NOVA HEDWIGIA

Night and Day Morphologies in a Planktonic Dinoflagellate

(2009) Marie-Dominique Pizay et al.   PROTIST

Neoceratium gen. nov., a New Genus for All Marine Species Currently Assigned to Ceratium (Dinophyceae)

(2009) Fernando Gómez et al.   PROTIST

Ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny of Stephanopogon minuta: An enigmatic microeukaryote from marine interstitial environments

(2008) Naoji Yubuki et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY

A MOLECULAR SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO EXPLORE DIVERSITY WITHIN THESELLAPHORA PUPULASPECIES COMPLEX (BACILLARIOPHYTA)

(2008) Katharine M. Evans et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Genetic Diversity in the Paramecium aurelia Species Complex

(2008) F. Catania et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Dynamic Nature of Eukaryotic Genomes

(2008) L. W. Parfrey et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Global Diversity and Biogeography of Skeletonema Species (Bacillariophyta)

(2007) Wiebe H.C.F. Kooistra et al.   PROTIST