D. Bass

O Short-branch Microsporidia, Where Art Thou? Identifying diversity hotspots for future sampling

The paper identifies freshwater and terrestrial environments as diversity hotspots for short-branch Microsporidia to guide future sampling efforts.

Unveiling hidden eukaryotes: diversity of Endomyxa (Rhizaria) in coastal marine habitats

The paper investigates Endomyxa diversity in coastal marine habitats using targeted primers, revealing novel lineages and habitat-specific variations.

Relationships between pond water and tilapia skin microbiomes in aquaculture ponds in Malawi

This study compares microbial communities on tilapia skin and in pond water in Malawi, finding shared taxa but distinct structures, with environmental factors more strongly influencing water microbiomes than fish skin.

Elucidating the diversity of microeukaryotes and epi-endophytes in the brown algal holobiome

This study investigates the eukaryome of seven brown algal species using high-throughput sequencing, revealing novel microeukaryotic diversity and highlighting their ecological importance.

Txikispora philomaios n. sp., n. g., a Micro-Eukaryotic Pathogen of Amphipods, Reveals Parasitism and Hidden Diversity in Class Filasterea

This study identifies a new parasitic micro-eukaryote in amphipods, describes its morphology and phylogeny, and expands known Filasterea diversity through environmental metagenomics.

pr2-primers: an 18S rRNA primer database for protists

The paper develops a database of 179 primers and 76 primer pairs for 18S rRNA metabarcoding of protists, along with a web tool to evaluate their performance.

Identifying potential hosts of short-branch Microsporidia

The paper uses network analysis of soil metabarcoding data to identify potential hosts of short-branch Microsporidia, finding significant co-occurrences with Apicomplexa, Cercozoa, Fungi, and some Metazoa.

Long metabarcoding of the eukaryotic rDNA operon to phylogenetically and taxonomically resolve environmental diversity

This study uses long-read sequencing to analyze eukaryotic rDNA operons, improving phylogenetic resolution and taxonomic classification of environmental DNA.

A user guide to environmental protistology: primers, metabarcoding, sequencing, and analyses

This paper provides a guide for studying protist diversity using molecular methods, focusing on metabarcoding and primer selection for ecological research.

Persistent patterns of high alpha and low beta diversity in tropical parasitic and free-living protists

The paper examines biogeographic patterns of soil protists in Neotropical rainforests, finding high alpha and low beta diversity for parasitic and free-living protists.

Yeasts Dominate Soil Fungal Communities In Three Lowland Neotropical Rainforests

The paper uses environmental metabarcoding to show that yeasts dominate fungal communities in three Neotropical rainforests, with implications for biogeographic patterns.

Soil Protists in Three Neotropical Rainforests are Hyperdiverse and Dominated by Parasites

The paper investigates protist diversity in Neotropical rainforest soils, finding them hyperdiverse and dominated by parasitic Apicomplexa, which may influence animal diversity.