European Journal of Protistology

Papers
(The median citation count of European Journal of Protistology is 1. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
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Morphology and ontogenesis of two new Hemiholosticha species (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia, Hemiholostichidae nov. fam.)22
Anteholosticha foissneri n. sp., a marine hypotrich ciliate (Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) from Vietnam: Morphology, morphogenesis, and molecular phylogeny22
Molecular phylogeny of a new gonostomatid ciliate revealing a discrepancy between interphasic and cell divisional patterns (Ciliophora, Hypotricha)18
Taxonomy, phylogeny, and geographical distribution of the little-known Helicoprorodon multinucleatum Dragesco, 1960 (Ciliophora, Haptorida) and key to species within the genus18
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of three Epistylis species found in freshwater habitats in China, including the description of E. foissneri n. sp. (Ciliophora, Peritrichia)17
Against growing synonymy: Identification pitfalls of Hepatozoon and Schellackia demonstrated on North Iranian reptiles17
A new “flagship” ciliate, Pseudostylonychia obliquocaudata n. gen., n. sp. (Ciliophora, Hypotricha), from South Korea16
Free-living amoebae and other neglected protistan pathogens: Health emergency signals?16
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of the anaerobic freshwater ciliate Urostomides spinosus nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Armophorea, Metopida) from China15
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of two new soil ciliates, Hemiurosomoida warreni nov. spec. and Hemiurosoma clampi nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia) from Tibet15
New contributions to the taxonomy of urostylid ciliates (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia), with establishment of a new genus and new species14
The taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of two epibiotic colonial peritrich ciliates (Ciliophora, Peritrichia)14
Characterization of Euplotes lynni nov. spec., E. indica nov. spec. and description of E. aediculatus and E. woodruffi (Ciliophora, Euplotidae) using an integrative approach14
Morphology, ontogenesis and molecular phylogeny of a new saline soil ciliate, Uroleptoides salina nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)13
Characterization of a new cosmopolitan genus of trypanosomatid parasites, Obscuromonas gen. nov. (Blastocrithidiinae subfam. nov.)13
18S rRNA gene sequence-structure phylogeny of the Trypanosomatida (Kinetoplastea, Euglenozoa) with special reference to Trypanosoma12
Morphology, morphogenesis and molecular phylogeny of a novel soil ciliate, Afrokahliella paramacrostoma n. sp. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)12
New contribution to epigenetic studies: Isolation of micronuclei with high purity and DNA integrity in the model ciliated protist, Tetrahymena thermophila12
Broad sampling of monothalamids (Rhizaria, Foraminifera) gives further insight into diversity of non-marine Foraminifera11
Checklist, diversity and biogeography of ciliates (Ciliophora) from Chile10
Molecular and morphological diversity of monothalamous foraminifera from South Georgia and the Falkland Islands: Description of four new species10
Revision of the phylogeny of Placididea (Stramenopiles): Molecular and morphological diversity of novel placidid protists from extreme aquatic environments10
Morphological and phylogenetic investigations shed light on evolutionary relationships of the enigmatic genus Copemetopus (Ciliophora, Alveolata), with the proposal of Copemetopus verae sp. nov.10
Re-description and molecular phylogeny of the free-swimming peritrichs Hastatella radians Erlanger, 1890 and H. aesculacantha Jarocki & Jakubowska, 1927 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) from China10
DAPI staining and DNA content estimation of nuclei in uncultivable microbial eukaryotes (Arcellinida and Ciliates)9
Extended divergence estimates and species descriptions of new craspedid choanoflagellates from the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile9
Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of two poorly known ciliate genera, Balantidion and Acropisthium (Protista: Ciliophora: Litostomatea), including a new species of Balantidion9
Heterocapsa busanensis sp. nov. (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae): A new marine thecate dinoflagellate from Korean coastal waters9
Fine-structural characterization and phylogeny of Sphaerodinium (Suessiales, Dinophyceae), with the description of an unusual type of freshwater dinoflagellate cyst9
Morphology and SSU rRNA gene-based phylogeny of three peniculid ciliates (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) from China, including a new Frontonia species8
Investigating the epibiotic peritrich Zoothamnium intermedium Precht, 1935: Seasonality and distribution of its relationships with copepods in Chesapeake Bay (USA)8
A detailed description of a Brazilian Holophrya teres (Ehrenberg, 1834) and nomenclatural revision of the genus Holophrya (Ciliophora, Prostomatida)8
Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies on two new freshwater Amphileptus species (Ciliophora, Pleurostomatida), from Lake Weishan, northern China8
Centrohelid heliozoans of Ukraine with a description of a new genus and species (Haptista: Centroplasthelida)8
First redescription and molecular phylogeny of Trimyema claviforme Kahl, 1933 with the description of a Chinese population of Plagiopyla nasuta Stein, 1860 (Ciliophora, Plagiopylea)7
Predatory activity of Acanthamoeba sp genotype T4 on different plant growth-promoting bacteria and their combined effect on rice seedling growth7
Tubastatin A, a deacetylase inhibitor, as a tool to study the division, cell cycle and microtubule cytoskeleton of trypanosomatids7
Molecular identification and subtyping of Blastocystis sp. in hospital patients in Central China7
Diversity and phylogeny of percolomonads based on newly discovered species from hypersaline and marine waters7
Spatial variation in ciliate communities with respect to water quality in the Delhi NCR stretch of River Yamuna, India7
Characterization and Ca2+-induced expression of calmodulin (CaM) in marine dinoflagellates7
Cafeteria in extreme environments: Investigations on C. burkhardae and three new species from the Atacama Desert and the deep ocean7
PCR-based identification of thermotolerant free-living amoebae in Italian hot springs6
Arcellinida testate amoebae as climate miner's canaries in Southern Spain6
Aggregata polibraxiona n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Aggregatidae) from Octopus bimaculatus Verrill, 1883 (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the Gulf of California, Mexico6
Thecal tabulation, body scale morphology and phylogeny of Heterocapsa philippinensis sp. nov. (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae) from the Philippines6
To the canopy and beyond: Air dispersal as a mechanism of ubiquitous protistan pathogen assembly in tree canopies6
Morphology, ontogeny and molecular phylogeny of a new urostylid ciliate, Bakuella (Pseudobakuella) guangdongica n. sp. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia) from southern China6
Temperature-dependent resistance to starvation of three contrasting freshwater ciliates6
The testate amoebae of New Zealand: A checklist, identification key and assessment of biogeographic patterns6
Vannella primoblina n. sp. – an unusual species of the genus Vannella (Amoebozoa, Discosea, Vannellida) with pronounced dorsal ridges and folds5
Distribution of soil testate amoeba assemblages along an elevation gradient on Mount Fuji (Japan)5
A light and electron microscopical study on the resting cyst of the tintinnid Schmidingerella (Alveolata, Ciliophora) including a phylogeny-aware comparison5
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of a new brackish pleurostomatid ciliate, Loxophyllum paludosum sp. n. (Ciliophora, Litostomatea, Haptoria), from a mangrove wetland in China5
Morphological and molecular reinvestigation of acanthoecid species I. – Enibas urnula (Thomsen, 1973) comb. nov. (=Stephanoeca urnula Thomsen, 1973)5
Specific detection and quantification of three microsporidia infecting bees, Nosema apis, Nosema ceranae, and Nosema bombi, using probe-based real-time PCR5
Phylogenetic position and morphology of Raphidiophrys elongata sp. nov. (Haptista: Centroplasthelida) with notes on cyst wall structure and evolution5
Heterotrophic flagellates and centrohelid heliozoans from marine waters of Curacao, the Netherlands Antilles5
Morphology, morphogenesis and molecular phylogeny of a novel saline soil ciliate, Urosoma quadrinucleatum n. sp. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)5
Colpodean ciliate phylogeny and reference alignments for phylogenetic placements5
First insights on the diversity of the genus Ostreopsis (Dinophyceae, Gonyaulacales) in Guadeloupe Island, with emphasis on the phylogenetic position of O. heptagona5
Description of a new oxytrichid ciliate, Oxytricha buxai n. sp. and redescription of O. quadricirrata Blatterer and Foissner, 1988 based on morphology and 18S rDNA analyses5
Morphogenesis and molecular phylogeny of a freshwater ciliate, Oxytricha multilineata n. sp. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)5
Spore ultrastructural features and significance of their diverse ornamental elements in the evolutionary history of the order Trichiales (Myxomycetes, Amoebozoa)5
Evolutionary insights and brief review of Loxodes Ehrenberg, 1830 (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea, Loxodidae) with description of a new species from Mexico5
Winogradsky columns as a strategy to study typically rare microbial eukaryotes5
Exploring the protist microbiome: The diversity of bacterial communities associated with Arcella spp. (Tubulina: Amoebozoa)4
Primary ciliary dyskinesia relative protein ZMYND10 is involved in regulating ciliary function and intraflagellar transport in Paramecium tetraurelia4
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
DNA content in Acanthamoeba during two stress defense reactions: Encystation, pseudocyst formation and cell cycle4
It's time to consider the Arcellinida shell as a weapon4
A reassessment of testate amoebae diversity in Tierra del Fuego peatlands: Implications for large scale inferences4
Two hypotrichs (Ciliophora, Hypotricha) from China: morphology and SSU rDNA sequence of Holosticha aestuarina nov. spec. and H. muuiensis Kim et al., 20174
Loricate choanoflagellates (Acanthoecida) from warm water seas. IX. Coronoeca gen. nov., Polyfibula Manton and spiny forms of Parvicorbicula Deflandre4
Characteristics analyses of Eimeria tenella 14-3-3 protein and verification of its interaction with calcium-dependent protein kinase 44
Novel cercozoan and heterolobosean protists from the rhizosphere and phyllosphere of two endemic cacti from the Atacama Desert3
SEM observation of non-fixed and water freeze-dried Spirostomum ambiguum3
Morphology, morphogenesis and phylogeny of a new soil ciliate, Bistichella sinensis n. sp., and morphology of two oxytrichids (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)3
Comparative analysis of single-cell genome sequencing techniques toward the characterization of germline and somatic genomes in ciliated protists3
Molecular phylogeny and morphology of Carinadinium gen. nov. (Dinophyceae, Gonyaulacales), including marine sand-dwelling dinoflagellate species formerly classified within Thecadinium3
Redescription and phylogenetic position of the terrestrial ciliates Gastrostylides dorsicirratus and Heterourosomoida lanceolata (Hypotricha, Dorsomarginalia)3
Novel potential functions of amoeboid cells in thraustochytrids revealed by Aurantiochytrium limacinum BL103
On Edouard Claparède and Johannes Lachmann (Clap & Lach) and their “Etudes sur les Infusoires et les Rhizopodes”3
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Keronopsis koreana n. sp. (Ciliophora, Hypotricha), a new soil species from South Korea3
A first account of the heterotrophic eukaryote Rabdiophrys Rainer from the fossil record and description of a new species from an ancient Eocene Arctic freshwater lake3
Morphological and molecular reinvestigation of acanthoecid species II. – Pseudostephanoeca paucicostata (Tong et al., 1998) gen. et comb. nov. (= Stephanoeca diplocostata var. paucicostata Throndsen, 3
Morphological and molecular diversity of monothalamids (Rhizaria, Foraminifera), including two new species and a new genus, from SW Greenland3
Morphology, morphogenesis and molecular phylogeny of Lamtostyla granulifera sinensis subsp. nov. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia) from a wetland in China3
The in vivo Tetrahymena thermophila extracellular glucose drop assay for characterization of mammalian insulin activity3
High diversity and isolated distribution of aquatic heterotrophic protists in salars of the Atacama Desert at different salinities3
Morphology and spicules elemental composition of Marophrys nikolaevi spec. nov. (Haptista: Centroplasthelida)3
Ultrastructure and phylogeny of Parvodinium cunningtonii comb. nov. (syn. Peridiniopsis cunningtonii) and description of P. cunningtonii var. inerme var. nov. (Peridiniopsidaceae, Dinophyceae)3
Morphology, cell division, and phylogeny of Notohymena antarctica Foissner, 1996 and Engelmanniella mobilis (Engelmann, 1862) Foissner, 1982 (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)3
Identification of glutathione-S-transferase m19 and m34 among responsive GST genes against 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene treatment of Tetrahymena thermophila2
Anaerocyclidiidae fam. nov. (Oligohymenophorea, Scuticociliatia): A newly recognized major lineage of anaerobic ciliates hosting prokaryotic symbionts2
Molecular characterization of methionine aminopeptidase1 from Eimeria tenella2
Single-cell transcriptome reveals cell division-regulated hub genes in the unicellular eukaryote Paramecium2
High molecular diversity in the functional group of small bacterivorous non-scaled chrysomonad flagellates2
Phylogenetic and morphological diversity of free-living diplomonads2
Thecamoeba astrologa n. sp. – A new species of the genus Thecamoeba (Amoebozoa, Discosea, Thecamoebida) with an unusually polymorphic nuclear structure2
Analysis of autapomorphic point mutations provides a key for the tangled taxonomic distinction of the closely related species, Euplotes crassus, E. minuta and E. vannus (Ciliophora, Euplotida)2
Ecology of testate amoebae in waterbodies of the Central Highlands and South-Central Coast provinces of Vietnam with the description of new species Difflugia quangtrani sp. nov.2
Jacob Whitman Bailey (1811–1857): Ehrenberg's ambassador to America2
Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of two new Blepharisma species (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea) from northeastern China2
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of the benthic dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae, Peridiniales) Amphidiniopsis crumena n. sp. and Amphidiniopsis nileribanjensis n. sp.2
Loricate choanoflagellates (Acanthoecida) from warm water seas. VIII. Crinolina Thomsen and Diaphanoeca Ellis2
Testate amoebae response and vegetation composition after plantation removal on a former raised bog2
The saga of the false fossil foram Eozoon2
Molecular phylogeny of Chonotrichia (Ciliophora, Phyllopharyngea) inferred from SSU rDNA sequences2
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of three freshwater scuticociliates, with establishments of one new genus and three new species (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea)2
Toxicity of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in the model ciliate Paramecium multimicronucleatum: Molecular mechanisms of activation are dose- and particle size-dependent2
Acanthamoeba castellanii trophozoites escape killing by neutrophil extracellular traps using their 3′-nucleotidase/nuclease activity2
Morphology, morphogenesis and phylogeny of Anteglaucoma orientalis n. sp. (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea), a freshwater hymenostomatid from northeastern China2
First record of Grammatodinium (Dinophyceae) for the American Eastern Pacific coast: Morphological, molecular and ecological confirmation2
Morphology and morphogenesis of the hypotrich ciliate Parentocirrus hortualis Voβ, 1997, with notes on the phylogeny of Parentocirrus (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)2
A comparative ultrastructural study on the nanoscale extrusomes of tintinnids (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotricha) and their phylogenetic significance2
Novel contributions to the molecular and morphological diversity of freshwater monothalamid foraminifera: Description of six new species2
Thecamoeba vumurta n. sp. (Amoebozoa, Discosea, Thecamoebida) from freshwater pond sediment – a sibling species of T. striata (Penard, 1890) Schaeffer, 19262
An elevation transect study of testate amoeba communities up to 4000 m a.s.l. on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo2
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of three Parasonderia species including a new species (Ciliophora, Plagiopylea)2
Morphologic and molecular characterization of Apertospathula pilata n. sp., a novel freshwater spathidiid (Ciliophora, Litostomatea) from Idaho, USA1
Intestinal ciliates (Ciliophora) from the wild plains zebra (Equus quagga) in South Africa, with notes on the microtubule cytoskeleton organisation1
Holospora-like bacteria “Candidatus Gortzia yakutica” and Preeria caryophila: Ultrastructure, promiscuity, and biogeography of the symbionts1
Parallel functional reduction in the mitochondria of apicomplexan parasites1
Enchelyothrix muria n. gen, n. sp., (Ciliophora, Litostomatea, Spathidiida), an extreme halotroph spathidiid from Maharloo Lake, Iran1
Signaling in temperature-induced resting cyst formation in the ciliated protozoan Colpoda cucullus1
Re-isolation and revaluation of boundaries of Thecamoeba terricola Greeff, 1886 (Amoebozoa, Discosea, Thecamoebida), with description of Thecamoeba vicaria n. sp.1
Morphological and molecular analysis of Aggregata aspera n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Aggregatidae) in Amphioctopus ovulum and Amphioctopus marginatus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the Western Pacific Ocean1
Morphological, ontogenetic, and phylogenetic research of a poorly known non-dorsomarginalian ciliate: Erniella filiformis Foissner, 1987 (Protista, Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)1
Identification and characterization of an ectophosphatase activity involved in Acanthamoeba castellanii adhesion to host cells1
On Charles Atwood Kofoid (1865–1947): The good, the bad, and the ugly1
Jirovecia branchilis n. sp. (Microsporidia) from glands of Branchiura sowerbyi (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) in China1
Diophrys pauciciliata n. sp. (Ciliophora, Euplotida), a new marine spirotrich ciliate with highly static morphometrics1
After 15 years, it is time for a change1
Gregarines from darkling beetles of the Atacama Desert, Atacamagregarina paposa gen. et sp. nov. from Scotobius and Xiphocephalus ovatus sp. nov. from Psectrascelis (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)1
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of two hypotrichous ciliates (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) from South Korea, including Hemiurosomoida koreana n. sp.1
Host specificity of passerine Lankesterella (Apicomplexa: Coccidia)1
Polychaos centronucleolus n. sp. – a new terrestrial species of the genus Polychaos (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea) with nontypical nuclear structure1
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of two new species of Psammophaga (Rhizaria, Foraminifera) from the west coast of India1
Euglena gracilis: Biochemical properties of a membrane bound ecto-phosphatase activity modulated by fluoroaluminate complexes and different trophic conditions1
Minimal zoonotic risk of cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis from frogs and reptiles1
Phylogenetic position of the pelobiont Mastigamoeba aspera and revision of the family Mastigamoebidae (Archamoebae, Pelobiontida)1
Development of a novel, high resolution melting analysis based genotyping method for Cryptosporidium parvum1
Siliceous scales in the centrohelid heliozoan Raphidocystis contractilis facilitate settlement to the substratum1
Genome-wide identification and in-silico analysis of papain-family cysteine protease encoding genes in Tetrahymena thermophila1
Bacterial communities and toxin profiles of Ostreopsis (Dinophyceae) from the Pacific island of Okinawa, Japan1
Identification of the heterotrophic nanoflagellate Bilabrum latius in the southern Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea)1
Morphology, morphogenesis, and molecular phylogeny of Aspidisca koreana n. sp. (Ciliophora, Euplotida) from South Korea1
Ciliates from the intestine of zoo-kept black rhinoceros, with immunofluorescence microscopic and molecular phylogenetic investigation of Rhinozeta rhinozeta (Litostomatea)1
Contractile vacuoles: a rapidly expanding (and occasionally diminishing?) understanding1
Taxonomy and phylogeny of three species in Perichaena sensu lato (Myxomycetes = Myxogastria) from China1
Life history of Apocarchesium arndti Norf &  Foissner, 2010 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) including recognition of a novel type of zooid1
Coleps shanghaiensis n. sp. challenges the validity of the genus Levicoleps (Ciliophora, Prostomatida)1
Pacific marine gregarines (Apicomplexa) shed light on biogeographic speciation patterns and novel diversity among early apicomplexans1
Description of eight Triplumaria species (Ciliophora, Entodiniomorphida) found in Asian elephants1
Stenamoeba aeronauta n. sp., a new case of sibling species in the order Thecamoebida (Amoebozoa, Discosea)1
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