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Host specificity of passerine Lankesterella (Apicomplexa: Coccidia) 球球虫(顶复合体:球虫)寄主特异性的研究

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European journal of protistology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126007

Ashwin Kumar Saravana Bhavan Venkatachalam , Ivan Čepička , Kristýna Hrazdilová , Milena Svobodová

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Corrigendum to “Morphologic and molecular characterization of Apertospathula pilata n. sp., a novel freshwater spathidiid (Ciliophora Litostomatea) from Idaho USA” [Eur. J. Protistol. 89 (2023) 125990] 来自美国爱达荷州的一种新型淡水蜘蛛(Ciliophora Litostomatea)的形态和分子特征的勘误表[欧洲]。[j]中华医学杂志。89 (2023):125990]

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European journal of protistology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126011

William Bourland

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First redescription and molecular phylogeny of Trimyema claviforme Kahl, 1933 with the description of a Chinese population of Plagiopyla nasuta Stein, 1860 (Ciliophora, Plagiopylea) 棒形Trimyema claiforme Kahl的首次重新描述和分子系统发育，1933年，对中国的Plagiopyla nasuta Stein种群的描述，1860年（Ciliophora，Plagiopylea）。

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European journal of protistology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126003

Ran Li , Wenbao Zhuang , Xiaochen Feng , Hunter N. Hines , Xiaozhong Hu

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Ciliates from the intestine of zoo-kept black rhinoceros, with immunofluorescence microscopic and molecular phylogenetic investigation of Rhinozeta rhinozeta (Litostomatea) 动物园饲养黑犀牛肠道纤毛的免疫荧光显微镜观察与分子系统发育研究

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European journal of protistology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126006

Olga A. Kornilova , Maria E. Belokon , Maria A. Skazina , Olga S. Alekseeva , Ludmila V. Chistyakova

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Gregarines from darkling beetles of the Atacama Desert, Atacamagregarina paposa gen. et sp. nov. from Scotobius and Xiphocephalus ovatus sp. nov. from Psectrascelis (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) 阿塔卡马沙漠深色甲虫的灰蝶，Scotobius的阿塔卡马灰蝶gen.et sp.nov.和Psectrascelis的卵圆犀（鞘翅目，Tenebrionidae）。

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European journal of protistology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126008

Frank Nitsche , Sarah Carduck , Joshua von Ameln , Niclas Mach , Cristina Dorador , Reinhard Predel , Sonja Rueckert , Hartmut Arndt

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Novel contributions to the molecular and morphological diversity of freshwater monothalamid foraminifera: Description of six new species 淡水单丘脑有孔虫分子和形态多样性的新贡献:六个新种的描述

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European journal of protistology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2023.126014

Ferry Siemensma , Maria Holzmann

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Genome size and GC content of myxomycetes 黏菌的基因组大小和GC含量

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European journal of protistology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2023.125991

Shu Li , Bao Qi , Xueyan Peng , Wei Wang , Wan Wang , Pu Liu , Bao Liu , Zhanwu Peng , Qi Wang , Yu Li

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Identification of the heterotrophic nanoflagellate Bilabrum latius in the southern Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea) 南亚得里亚海(地中海)异养型纳米鞭毛虫的鉴定

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European journal of protistology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2023.125999

Ana Baricevic, Daniela Maric Pfannkuchen, Mirta Smodlaka Tankovic, Mia Knjaz, Ivan Vlasicek, Lana Grizancic, Tjasa Kogovsek, Martin Pfannkuchen

{"title":"Identification of the heterotrophic nanoflagellate Bilabrum latius in the southern Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea)","authors":"Ana Baricevic, Daniela Maric Pfannkuchen, Mirta Smodlaka Tankovic, Mia Knjaz, Ivan Vlasicek, Lana Grizancic, Tjasa Kogovsek, Martin Pfannkuchen","doi":"10.1016/j.ejop.2023.125999","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejop.2023.125999","url":null,"abstract":"<div>Heterotrophic flagellates (HF) represent an important protist group in marine ecosystem functioning. Characterised by high taxonomic diversity, identification and classification of HF is often difficult using classical methods of light microscopy (LM). Complementing LM with molecular methods, such as barcoding, enables reliable taxonomic identification of even small size nanoflagellates that share similar or unnoticeable morphological features. The order Bicosoecida is a group of heterotrophic nanoflagellates that are important part of protist plankton and benthic communities of the world oceans. Recently, on the basis of high-resolution light microscopy and barcoding, a new bicosoecid genus, Bilabrum, was described with B. latius sp. as a type species. Our study reports on identification of B. latius from co-culture with the diatom species Chaetoceros affinis isolated from fresh plankton samples collected in the southern Adriatic. This detection of the Adriatic B.latius represents first record of this species outside itś up to now known and described habitat (deep-sea sediment of the South - East Atlantic Ocean) and in diatom co-culture.</div>","PeriodicalId":12042,"journal":{"name":"European journal of protistology","volume":"90 ","pages":"Article 125999"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10207639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Single-cell transcriptome reveals cell division-regulated hub genes in the unicellular eukaryote Paramecium 单细胞转录组揭示了单细胞真核生物草履虫中细胞分裂调控的枢纽基因

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European journal of protistology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2023.125978

Juan Yang , Zhenyuan Wang , Chundi Wang , Danxu Tang , Zihan Zang , Naomi A. Stover , Xiao Chen , Lifang Li

{"title":"Single-cell transcriptome reveals cell division-regulated hub genes in the unicellular eukaryote Paramecium","authors":"Juan Yang , Zhenyuan Wang , Chundi Wang , Danxu Tang , Zihan Zang , Naomi A. Stover , Xiao Chen , Lifang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.ejop.2023.125978","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejop.2023.125978","url":null,"abstract":"<div>The transition from growth to division during the cell cycle encompasses numerous conserved processes such as large-scale DNA replication and protein synthesis. In ciliate cells, asexual cell division is accompanied by additional cellular changes including amitotic nuclear division, extensive ciliogenesis, and trichocyst replication. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these processes remain elusive. In this study, we present single-cell gene expression profiles of Paramecium cf. multimicronucleatum cells undergoing cell division. Our results reveal that the most up-regulated genes in dividing cells compared to growing cells are associated with 1) cell cycle signaling pathways including transcription, DNA replication, chromosome segregation and protein degradation; 2) microtubule proteins and tubulin glycylases which are essential for ciliogenesis, nuclei separation and structural differentiation signaling; and 3) trichocyst matrix proteins involved in trichocyst synthesis and reproduction. Furthermore, weighted gene co-expression network analysis identified hub genes that may play crucial roles during cell division. Our findings provide insights into cell cycle regulators, microtubules and trichocyst matrix proteins that may exert influence on this process in ciliates.</div>","PeriodicalId":12042,"journal":{"name":"European journal of protistology","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 125978"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9647201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Morphologic and molecular characterization of Apertospathula pilata n. sp., a novel freshwater spathidiid (Ciliophora, Litostomatea) from Idaho, USA 美国爱达荷州一种新型淡水蜘蛛(纤毛虫科，Litostomatea)的形态和分子特征

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European journal of protistology Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2023.125990

William Bourland

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