Oceanic phytoplankton serve as a base for the food webs within the largest planetary ecosystem. Despite this, surprisingly little is known about speci......
Ciliates Infundibulorium cameli from the faeces of the free-ranging dromedary from Oman were studied using a set of methods of the light and immunoflu......
There are several alveolate groups outside the well-studied trio - ciliates, dinoflagellates, and apicom-plexans - that are crucial for understanding ......
Blastocystis is one of the most common intestinal protists in humans and a great number of animals, including sheep and goats. High prevalence and mul......
Meltwater runoff from glaciers carries particles, so-called glacial flour that may affect planktonic organisms and the functioning of marine ecosystem......
Microalgal conversion of high-level CO2 in industrial flue gas to value-added products is attractive technology for mitigating global warming. However......
The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of certain plant extracts and to compare them with current biocides on the viability of Acanthamo......
Biological soil crusts (BSC) are associations of different macro and microorganisms and aggregated soil particles located on the surface of soils in m......
Ciliates in the order Pleurostomatida are found free-living in many habitats including within biofilms, but some (e.g. Pseudoamphileptus spp.) are ect......
Multiple genes encoding family A DNA polymerases (famA DNAPs), which are evolutionary relatives of DNA polymerase I (PolI) in bacteria and phages, hav......
In this paper, we describe a new naked amoeba species, Mayorella marianaensis sp. n., order Der-mamoebida, isolated from the bottom of the Pacific Oce......
The present study documents the discovery of the first European population of Colpodidium caudatum (Ciliophora, Colpodidiidae) in a water drain in a s......
Cryptophytes are single celled protists found in all aquatic environments. They are composed of a heterotrophic genus, Goniomonas, and a largely autot......