Protist diversity and community structure around the Xianbei Seamount in the South China Sea [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumSeamounts are topographic rises of the seabed that represent one of the most common underwater ecosystems worldwide. Marine protists comprise various species with complex ecological functions.
Wenxue Wu +8 more
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Unveiling Protist Composition and Diversity Patterns With eDNA Metabarcoding: Comparing Short- and Long-Read Approaches. [PDF]
Ecol EvolEnvironmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is widely used for biodiversity monitoring, but short‐read sequencing limits detailed taxonomic identification, especially for protists. In a comparison of short‐ and long‐read approaches in the Belgian North Sea, long‐read metabarcoding provided deeper taxonomic assignment under the applied workflows and improved
Skouroliakou DI +5 more
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Rhizosphere-colonizing bacteria persist in the protist microbiome [PDF]
mSphereSoils contain diverse predatory protists that affect the abundance and behavior of rhizosphere bacteria, including bacteria that may benefit plant health.
Stephen J. Taerum +5 more
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Contrasting patterns in diversity and community assembly of bacterioplankton and three size fractions of protists in the South China Sea [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyThe microbial food web plays a critical role in marine ecosystems, composed of various cell sizes of microbial organisms. Here, high-throughput sequencing of the 16S and 18S rRNA genes was conducted to detect the community structure and distribution ...
Xinyi Zheng +3 more
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Latitude- and depth-driven divergence in protist trophic strategies revealed by a machine learning model [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyProtists are ubiquitous across the ocean, holding different roles in the food web depending on their trophic capabilities. Many protists are mixotrophs, which are capable of both photosynthesizing and ingesting prey.
Elaina Thomas +5 more
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A Practical Approach to Study Uncultivated Protists Using Single-Cell Techniques for Electron Microscopy. [PDF]
J Eukaryot MicrobiolABSTRACT Protists represent a significant portion of eukaryotic diversity with a wide range of ecological roles, lifestyles, and diverse morphological traits. Despite their widespread importance in ecological systems and their potential as model organisms, most protist lineages remain poorly characterized, in part due to their small size and the fact ...
Palka MV +4 more
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Nitrogen Fertilization Alleviates Microplastic Effects on Soil Protist Communities and Rape (Brassica napus L.) Growth [PDF]
MicroorganismsAgricultural plastic mulch enhances crop yields but leads to persistent microplastic contamination in soils. Concurrently, nitrogen (N) fertilization and atmospheric deposition profoundly reshape microbial ecosystems.
Ge Wang +5 more
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Protist predation can favour cooperation within bacterial species [PDF]
, 2013 Here, we studied how protist predation affects cooperation in the opportunistic pathogen bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which uses quorum sensing (QS) cell-to-cell signalling to regulate the production of public goods.
Angus Buckling +3 more
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An inordinate fondness?: the number, distributions, and origins of diatom species [PDF]
, 2013 The number of extant species of diatoms is estimated here to be at least 30,000 and probably ca. 100,000, by extrapolation from an eclectic sample of genera and species complexes.
Mann, David G, Vanormelingen, Pieter
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The CCAP KnowledgeBase : linking protistan and cyanobacterial biological resources with taxonomic and molecular data [PDF]
, 2013 Peer ...
Achilles-Day, Undine E M +16 more
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