Lindsay R. Triplett

The paper develops a qPCR method to quantify ciliate predators on leaf surfaces and shows P. steinii is abundant and dynamically present in tomato phyllosphere.

This paper isolates and characterizes Neuromorpha vorax, a previously unculturable soil protist, showing it can be cultured on bacteriophage lysate and exhibits a complex life cycle with cannibalistic behaviors.

This study shows that rhizosphere protists host bacterial communities that persist in the rhizosphere after inoculation, influencing plant growth and microbiome composition.

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