European Journal of Protistology

Papers
(The median citation count of European Journal of Protistology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-04-01 to 2026-04-01.)
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Characteristics analyses of Eimeria tenella 14-3-3 protein and verification of its interaction with calcium-dependent protein kinase 426
Composition of cercozoan diversity: Unravelling leaf, root, and soil specificity in crop plants23
Leptomyxa mirabilis n. sp. – A new species of the genus Leptomyxa (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea) with a remarkable floating form and unusual cyst structure18
Two new freshwater foraminiferal species (SAR, Rhizaria) from Dinaric karst caves (southeastern Europe)18
A light and electron microscopical study on the resting cyst of the tintinnid Schmidingerella (Alveolata, Ciliophora) including a phylogeny-aware comparison17
Euplotes huizhouensis nom. nov. (Ciliophora, Euplotida), a replacement name for the junior primary homonym Euplotes tuffraui Lian et al., 202117
Morphology, morphogenesis and molecular phylogeny of a novel saline soil ciliate, Urosoma quadrinucleatum n. sp. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)15
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Euplotes baugilensis n. sp. (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea), with an illustrated key to Euplotes species with reduced cirri14
It's time to consider the Arcellinida shell as a weapon14
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of two new species of Psammophaga (Rhizaria, Foraminifera) from the west coast of India14
Protist diversity and co-occurrence patterns obtained by metabarcoding of terricolous lichens, coastal cliffs and a microbial mat in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile13
Nuclear genome of dinoflagellates: Size variation and insights into evolutionary mechanisms12
Molecular phylogeny of Chonotrichia (Ciliophora, Phyllopharyngea) inferred from SSU rDNA sequences12
An investigation into the morphological variation and ecological-environmental range of Cyphoderia compressa: A case study of Scottish material12
Thecamoeba vumurta n. sp. (Amoebozoa, Discosea, Thecamoebida) from freshwater pond sediment – a sibling species of T. striata (Penard, 1890) Schaeffer, 192612
The devil is in the details: Cylindrifflugia luciferina spec. nov. reveals the phylogenetic backbone of the infraorder Cylindrothecina (Amoebozoa, Arcellinida)11
Algal organic matter alters protistan community structure and assembly processes in coastal sediments11
Morphology, morphogenesis, and molecular phylogeny of a new brackish water ciliate, Heterodeviata longa nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)11
Taxonomy and phylogeny of three species in Perichaena sensu lato (Myxomycetes = Myxogastria) from China11
SEM observation of non-fixed and water freeze-dried Spirostomum ambiguum11
An approach to evaluating seasonal responses to acute toxicity of antibiotic nitrofurazone on periphytic ciliated protist communities in marine environments10
Architecture of the flagellar apparatus and related structures in Kolkwitziella acuta: Towards a fine-structural characterization of pallium-feeding dinoflagellates (Protoperidiniaceae)10
First redescription and molecular phylogeny of Trimyema claviforme Kahl, 1933 with the description of a Chinese population of Plagiopyla nasuta Stein, 1860 (Ciliophora, Plagiopylea)10
Description of Holostichides (Extraholostichides) eastensis tianjinensis subgen. nov. subspec. nov. (Ciliophora, Hypotricha) from northern China10
Revision of the Acanthocystis turfacea species complex, description of Acanthocystis pohjolensis n. sp. and notes on the phylogeny of Acanthocystis10
Newly identified diversity of Dinomycetaceae (Rhizophydiales, Chytridiomycota), a family of fungal parasites of marine dinoflagellates10
Morphology and phylogeny of four trachelocercid ciliates (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea, Trachelocercidae) from North China Sea, with description of a new species10
Morphogenesis of the anaerobic ciliate Tropidoatractus levanderi (Ciliophora, Armophorea, Metopida), with notes on conjugation and molecular phylogeny10
Protistology-UK22 Autumn Meeting Report9
Scottish nearshore monothalamid Foraminifera (Rhizaria): Description of five new species and one new genus9
Ultrastructure and phylogeny of Parvodinium cunningtonii comb. nov. (syn. Peridiniopsis cunningtonii) and description of P. cunningtonii var. inerme var. nov. (Peridiniopsidaceae, Dinophyceae)9
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of a new hypotrichous ciliate, Sterkiella zhangi n. sp. (Ciliophora, Oxytrichidae)9
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Jirovecia branchilis n. sp. (Microsporidia) from glands of Branchiura sowerbyi (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) in China9
Morphology and SSU rRNA gene-based phylogeny of three peniculid ciliates (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) from China, including a new Frontonia species8
Morphological and molecular reinvestigation of acanthoecid species II. – Pseudostephanoeca paucicostata (Tong et al., 1998) gen. et comb. nov. (= Stephanoeca diplocostata var. paucicostata Throndsen, 8
Epiphytic and fimicolous myxomycetes on the island Hiddensee (Germany): rare species, new genotypes and unexpected ecological preferences8
Morphological and molecular reinvestigation of acanthoecid species I. – Enibas urnula (Thomsen, 1973) comb. nov. (=Stephanoeca urnula Thomsen, 1973)8
Ultrastructural characterization of Amyloodinium ocellatum (Dinoflagellata): Insights into trophont morphology and parasitic mode7
Characterization of the macronuclear and micronuclear pheromone genes of Euplotes raikovi reveals the origin of the mating type genetic diversity7
Morphology and phylogeny of Pararaabena dentata Wolska, 1968 and further insights into the molecular evolution of trichostome ciliates (Ciliophora, Litostomatea)7
Quantitative analysis of trichocysts in Paramecium bursaria following artificial removal and infection with the symbiotic Chlorella variabilis7
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Ecotoxicity of ultraviolet radiation on ciliates: Population growth, DNA damage and photooxidative stress6
Diversity of protists in dryland habitats of Qatar revealed by environmental metabarcoding6
High molecular diversity in the functional group of small bacterivorous non-scaled chrysomonad flagellates6
Systematic reassessment of Ambiphrya and Apiosoma (Ciliophora, Peritrichia), with morpho-molecular characterization of two epibiotic ciliates from rainbow trout in Korea6
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The athecate dinoflagellate genus Karlodinium (Kareniaceae: Dinophyceae) from Mexican coastal waters, with three new records for the eastern Pacific Ocean6
Morphology, morphogenesis, and molecular phylogeny of Aspidisca koreana n. sp. (Ciliophora, Euplotida) from South Korea6
Coleps shanghaiensis n. sp. challenges the validity of the genus Levicoleps (Ciliophora, Prostomatida)6
Ciliates from the intestine of zoo-kept black rhinoceros, with immunofluorescence microscopic and molecular phylogenetic investigation of Rhinozeta rhinozeta (Litostomatea)6
First contours of autecology of freshwater heterotrophic euglenoids – results of two-year research on 18 freshwater bodies6
18S and ITS2 rRNA gene sequence-structure phylogeny of the Phaeophyceae (SAR, Stramenopiles) with special reference to Laminariales5
Checklist, diversity and biogeography of ciliates (Ciliophora) from Chile5
Enchelyothrix muria n. gen, n. sp., (Ciliophora, Litostomatea, Spathidiida), an extreme halotroph spathidiid from Maharloo Lake, Iran5
Corrigendum to “Morphologic and molecular characterization of Apertospathula pilata n. sp., a novel freshwater spathidiid (Ciliophora Litostomatea) from Idaho USA” [Eur. J. Protistol. 89 (2023) 1259905
Copterus tyloloricatus (Ciliophora, Suctorea), a new suctorian genus and species5
Redescription and molecular phylogeny of Trochilia sigmoides Dujardin, 1841 (Ciliophora, Cyrtophoria) collected from South Korea5
Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of two new Blepharisma species (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea) from northeastern China5
O short-branch Microsporidia, where art thou? Identifying diversity hotspots for future sampling5
Armaparvus browni sp. nov. (Amoebozoa, Cutosea) isolated from an inland brackish water biotope5
Parallel functional reduction in the mitochondria of apicomplexan parasites5
Azadinium fusiforme, a new species of Amphidomataceae from Korean and Japanese coastal waters that lacks azaspiracid production5
Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of three anaerobic ciliates including Bothrostoma aporobustum nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Metopida)5
Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of two poorly known ciliate genera, Balantidion and Acropisthium (Protista: Ciliophora: Litostomatea), including a new species of Balantidion5
Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny of Rubrioxytricha hasllaensis n. sp. (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) from South Korea5
Testate amoebae (Arcellinida, Amoebozoa) community diversity in New England bogs and fens assessed through lineage-specific amplicon sequencing5
Molecular characterization and analysis of enoyl-CoA hydratase/isomerase family protein of Eimeria tenella5
A new centrohelid heliozoan, Pterocystis polycristalepis sp. nov., and taxonomic and phylogenetic concerns within Pterista (Haptista: Centroplasthelida)4
Molecular phylogenetic analyses support the validity of Ceratiomyxa porioides (Amoebozoa, Eumycetozoa) at species level4
Siliceous scales in the centrohelid heliozoan Raphidocystis contractilis facilitate settlement to the substratum4
Silica-scaled heterotrophic protists: Rotosphaerida, Thaumatomonadida and Centroplasthelida in Arctic waters of Russia4
Diophrys pauciciliata n. sp. (Ciliophora, Euplotida), a new marine spirotrich ciliate with highly static morphometrics4
Intraspecific variability of Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis (Page, 1970)4
Use of E-64 cysteine protease inhibitor for the recombinant protein production in Tetrahymena thermophila4
A new microsporidian pathogen, Vairimorpha gastrophysae sp. nov., isolated from Gastrophysa viridula (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)4
Novel taxa of the centrohelid heliozoans (Pterocystida and Panacanthocystida) from agricultural soils4
Two new species of the genus Leptomyxa (Goodey, 1915) – Leptomyxa botanica n. sp. and Leptomyxa monrepos n. sp. from the soil habitats of Northwestern Russia4
Carterina labinea sp. nov. – A new alien foraminifer from the Southeastern Mediterranean shelf4
Report of the 2022 meeting of the German Society for Protozoology4
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Eltonia chernetsovi gen. et sp. nov. (Heterolobosea, Eutetramitea) from an ecologically diverse clade comprising closely related soil and seawater species4
Acanthamoeba castellanii trophozoites escape killing by neutrophil extracellular traps using their 3′-nucleotidase/nuclease activity4
Molecular characterization of methionine aminopeptidase1 from Eimeria tenella4
Re-discovery and novel contributions to morphology and multigene phylogeny of Protospirella mazurica (Raabe, 1968) Aescht, 2001 (Ciliophora: Pleuronematida), an obligate symbiont of the river nerite T4
Transfer of the thecate amoebae Lecythium spinosum and Pamphagus armatus to Rhizaspis (Thecofilosea, Cercozoa, Rhizaria)4
Pacific marine gregarines (Apicomplexa) shed light on biogeographic speciation patterns and novel diversity among early apicomplexans4
Species-specific predation determines the feeding impacts of six soil protist species on bacterial and eukaryotic prey4
Two freshwater Hypotrichidium species (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia) from China, including H. flosaquae n. sp., with notes on undulating membrane patterns4
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Testate amoebae are informative bioindicators of critically high ammonia deposition on peatlands3
Ciliate diversity and growth rates in experimental recirculating aquaculture and aquaponics systems using microscopy3
Minimal zoonotic risk of cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis from frogs and reptiles3
Description of Conchophthirus sinanodontae n. sp. (Ciliophora: Scuticociliatia), a new endocommensal ciliate of the freshwater mussel Sinanodonta woodiana from Korea3
Seasonal effects on Chlorella sorokiniana UCAM 001 growth and physiology in flat-plate photobioreactors in Morocco's arid climate3
Contractile vacuoles: a rapidly expanding (and occasionally diminishing?) understanding3
Expansion of the cytochrome C oxidase subunit I database and description of four new lobose testate amoebae species (Amoebozoa; Arcellinida)3
Cafeteria in extreme environments: Investigations on C. burkhardae and three new species from the Atacama Desert and the deep ocean3
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The saga of the false fossil foram Eozoon3
Life history of Apocarchesium arndti Norf &  Foissner, 2010 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) including recognition of a novel type of zooid3
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of three Parasonderia species including a new species (Ciliophora, Plagiopylea)3
First record of Grammatodinium (Dinophyceae) for the American Eastern Pacific coast: Morphological, molecular and ecological confirmation2
A comparative ultrastructural study on the nanoscale extrusomes of tintinnids (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotricha) and their phylogenetic significance2
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PCNA's dual legacy in ciliates: Conserved replication scaffold and lineage-specific genome architect2
Genome-wide identification and in-silico analysis of papain-family cysteine protease encoding genes in Tetrahymena thermophila2
Trait-based predictors of feeding ecology patterns in shelled microorganisms2
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Morphological and molecular diversity of monothalamids (Rhizaria, Foraminifera), including two new species and a new genus, from SW Greenland2
Bacterial communities and toxin profiles of Ostreopsis (Dinophyceae) from the Pacific island of Okinawa, Japan2
Phylogenetic and morphological diversity of free-living diplomonads2
Testate amoebae from the wetlands of the Phobjikha Valley of Bhutan, the Eastern Himalayas2
The mitochondrial citrate synthase from Tetrahymena thermophila does not form an intermediate filament2
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Stenamoeba aeronauta n. sp., a new case of sibling species in the order Thecamoebida (Amoebozoa, Discosea)2
Anaerocyclidiidae fam. nov. (Oligohymenophorea, Scuticociliatia): A newly recognized major lineage of anaerobic ciliates hosting prokaryotic symbionts2
Identification and characterization of an ectophosphatase activity involved in Acanthamoeba castellanii adhesion to host cells2
Morphological and molecular reinvestigation of acanthoecid species III. – Kalathoeca cupula (Leadbeater, 1972) gen. et comb. nov. (=Stephanoeca cupula (Leadbeater) Thomsen, 1988)2
Phylogenomics corroborates morphology: New discussions on the systematics of Trichostomatia (Ciliophora, Litostomatea)2
Novel cercozoan and heterolobosean protists from the rhizosphere and phyllosphere of two endemic cacti from the Atacama Desert2
Morphological and phylogenetic investigations shed light on evolutionary relationships of the enigmatic genus Copemetopus (Ciliophora, Alveolata), with the proposal of Copemetopus verae sp. nov.2
Typical and atypical cell division versus potential meiosis and sex in euglenids2
Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals genome evolution in predatory litostomatean ciliates2
Phylogenetic position of the pelobiont Mastigamoeba aspera and revision of the family Mastigamoebidae (Archamoebae, Pelobiontida)2
A new freshwater monothalamid (Rhizaria, Foraminifera) from the Pyrenees branching within a marine clade2
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