Daniel J. Richter

Inverse relationship between mitochondrial and non-coding nuclear DNA content in free-living kinetoplastids

The paper investigates the relationship between mitochondrial and non-coding nuclear DNA content in kinetoplastids, finding an inverse correlation that suggests co-evolution of genome sizes.

The morphology and small subunit rDNA gene phylogeny of the novel goniomonad genus Ebisugoniomonas and two novel Poseidogoniomonas species

This study describes a new goniomonad genus and two species, updates the SSU rDNA phylogeny, and reports cellular features of goniomonads.

OligoN-design: A simple and versatile tool to design specific probes and primers from large heterogeneous datasets

OligoN-design designs taxon-specific oligonucleotides from target and non-target sequences, outperforming existing tools by handling large datasets efficiently.

The evolution of gene functional repertoire in Amorphea: Divergent strategies across Amoebozoa, Fungi, and Metazoa.

This study analyzes gene functional repertoires across Amoebozoa, Fungi, and Metazoa to reveal distinct evolutionary trajectories, showing Amoebozoa retained ancestral gene functions while Fungi and Metazoa specialized in metabolism and multicellularity.

Looks can be deceiving: discordances in phylogeny and morphology within loricate choanoflagellates

The paper examines two new loricate choanoflagellate strains that show morphological discrepancies with their genetic relatives, challenging current taxonomic classifications based on morphology.

Description of a new Telonemia genus and species with novel observations providing insights into its hidden diversity

The paper describes two new Telonemia species, highlights morphological and phylogenetic differences, and provides insights into their biology and evolutionary significance.

Phylogenomics of free-living neobodonids reveals they are a paraphyletic group from which all other metakinetoplastids are descended

The paper presents transcriptomic data for 11 free-living neobodonid kinetoplastids and reveals they are paraphyletic, with other metakinetoplastids descending from them.

A Novel Taxonomic Database for eukaryotic Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase subunit I Gene (eKOI): Enhancing taxonomic resolution at community-level in metabarcoding analyses

The paper introduces eKOI, a curated mitochondrial COI gene database to improve taxonomic resolution in metabarcoding, revealing new biodiversity in protists.

Transportome remodeling of a symbiotic microalga inside a planktonic host

This study identifies sugar transporter remodeling in a symbiotic microalga, revealing how metabolic exchange is reprogrammed during photosymbiosis with a planktonic host.

On the relationship between protist metabarcoding and protist metagenome-assembled genomes

This study investigates the relationship between protist metabarcoding OTUs and metagenome-assembled genomes by analyzing their abundance correlations across environmental samples.

EukRibo: a manually curated eukaryotic 18S rDNA reference database to facilitate identification of new diversity

EukRibo provides a curated 18S rDNA database for accurate taxonomic annotation of environmental metabarcoding data, focusing on eukaryotic diversity.