Institut de Ciències del Mar
Ecology and Diversity of Aquatic Protists Advances and Methodologies
Ecology and Diversity of Aquatic Protists Advances and Methodologies
34 works based on clone libraries have been published since the first study in 2001
Ecology and Diversity of Aquatic Protists Advances and Methodologies
Organism Taxonomic affiliation*
Cafeteria roembergensis Eukaryota; Chromoalveolata; Stramenopiles; Bicosoecida
Caecitellus parvulus Eukaryota; Chromoalveolata; Stramenopiles; Bicosoecida
Boroka karpovii AKA Pseudobodo tremulans
Eukaryota; Chromoalveolata; Stramenopiles; Bicosoecida
Neobodo designis Eukaryota; Excavata; Kinetoplastea; Metakinetoplastina; Neobodonida
Rhynchomonas nasuta Eukaryota; Excavata; Kinetoplastea; Metakinetoplastina; Neobodonida
Ancyromonas sigmoides Eukaryota; Incertae sedis; Ancyromonas
Amastigomonas debruynei Eukaryota; Incertae sedis; Amastigomonas
Pteridomonas danica AKA Actiinomonas mirabilis
Eukaryota; Chromoalveolata; Stramenopiles; Dictyophyceae; Pedinllales
Paraphysomonas imperforata
Eukaryota; Chromoalveolata; Stramenopiles; Chrysophyceae; Chromolinales
*According to Adl. et al. J.Eukaryot. Microbiol. Vol. 52 2005
Ecology and Diversity of Aquatic Protists Advances and Methodologies
Ecology and Diversity of Aquatic Protists Advances and Methodologies
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Cafeteria
Bicosoeca
Caecitellus
BorokaHalocafeteria
Ecology and Diversity of Aquatic Protists Advances and Methodologies
Well-known cultured HNF are not usually found in clone libraries. That indicates that novel taxa are dominant in the aquatic environments.
After combining sequences retrieved from different environmental studies new clusters are constituted. This is what we have defined as Emerging Diversity.
This and other related studies indicates that most of the HNF are not cultured. Is extremely important to increase the culturing effort and assume that an strong culturing bias is affecting the study of HNF.
Emerging diversity will probably appear in all protists lineages. A deep analysis of molecular surveys is needed to improve protists phylogeny.
Resolving Species in Marine Protists4th to 5th of December 2008
Vanessa Balagué
Dr. FernandoUnrein
Dr. FabriceNot
IreneForn
RaquelRodríguez
Prof. Ramon Massana
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