European Journal of Protistology

Papers
(The TQCC of European Journal of Protistology is 5. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Composition of cercozoan diversity: Unravelling leaf, root, and soil specificity in crop plants26
Characteristics analyses of Eimeria tenella 14-3-3 protein and verification of its interaction with calcium-dependent protein kinase 423
Two new freshwater foraminiferal species (SAR, Rhizaria) from Dinaric karst caves (southeastern Europe)19
A light and electron microscopical study on the resting cyst of the tintinnid Schmidingerella (Alveolata, Ciliophora) including a phylogeny-aware comparison18
Leptomyxa mirabilis n. sp. – A new species of the genus Leptomyxa (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea) with a remarkable floating form and unusual cyst structure18
Morphology, morphogenesis and molecular phylogeny of a novel saline soil ciliate, Urosoma quadrinucleatum n. sp. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)17
Taxonomy and phylogeny of three species in Perichaena sensu lato (Myxomycetes = Myxogastria) from China15
It's time to consider the Arcellinida shell as a weapon15
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Euplotes baugilensis n. sp. (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea), with an illustrated key to Euplotes species with reduced cirri15
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of two new species of Psammophaga (Rhizaria, Foraminifera) from the west coast of India14
An investigation into the morphological variation and ecological-environmental range of Cyphoderia compressa: A case study of Scottish material14
Protist diversity and co-occurrence patterns obtained by metabarcoding of terricolous lichens, coastal cliffs and a microbial mat in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile13
Morphology, morphogenesis, and molecular phylogeny of a new brackish water ciliate, Heterodeviata longa nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)13
Molecular phylogeny of Chonotrichia (Ciliophora, Phyllopharyngea) inferred from SSU rDNA sequences13
Algal organic matter alters protistan community structure and assembly processes in coastal sediments12
SEM observation of non-fixed and water freeze-dried Spirostomum ambiguum12
The devil is in the details: Cylindrifflugia luciferina spec. nov. reveals the phylogenetic backbone of the infraorder Cylindrothecina (Amoebozoa, Arcellinida)12
Nuclear genome of dinoflagellates: Size variation and insights into evolutionary mechanisms12
Morphology and phylogeny of four trachelocercid ciliates (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea, Trachelocercidae) from North China Sea, with description of a new species11
An approach to evaluating seasonal responses to acute toxicity of antibiotic nitrofurazone on periphytic ciliated protist communities in marine environments11
Architecture of the flagellar apparatus and related structures in Kolkwitziella acuta: Towards a fine-structural characterization of pallium-feeding dinoflagellates (Protoperidiniaceae)11
Description of Holostichides (Extraholostichides) eastensis tianjinensis subgen. nov. subspec. nov. (Ciliophora, Hypotricha) from northern China11
Revision of the Acanthocystis turfacea species complex, description of Acanthocystis pohjolensis n. sp. and notes on the phylogeny of Acanthocystis11
Editorial Board10
Morphogenesis of the anaerobic ciliate Tropidoatractus levanderi (Ciliophora, Armophorea, Metopida), with notes on conjugation and molecular phylogeny10
Newly identified diversity of Dinomycetaceae (Rhizophydiales, Chytridiomycota), a family of fungal parasites of marine dinoflagellates10
Protistology-UK22 Autumn Meeting Report10
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
Ultrastructure and phylogeny of Parvodinium cunningtonii comb. nov. (syn. Peridiniopsis cunningtonii) and description of P. cunningtonii var. inerme var. nov. (Peridiniopsidaceae, Dinophyceae)9
Morphological and molecular reinvestigation of acanthoecid species II. – Pseudostephanoeca paucicostata (Tong et al., 1998) gen. et comb. nov. (= Stephanoeca diplocostata var. paucicostata Throndsen, 9
Epiphytic and fimicolous myxomycetes on the island Hiddensee (Germany): rare species, new genotypes and unexpected ecological preferences9
Morphology and SSU rRNA gene-based phylogeny of three peniculid ciliates (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) from China, including a new Frontonia species9
Jirovecia branchilis n. sp. (Microsporidia) from glands of Branchiura sowerbyi (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) in China9
Scottish nearshore monothalamid Foraminifera (Rhizaria): Description of five new species and one new genus9
Morphology and molecular phylogeny of a new hypotrichous ciliate, Sterkiella zhangi n. sp. (Ciliophora, Oxytrichidae)8
Characterization of the macronuclear and micronuclear pheromone genes of Euplotes raikovi reveals the origin of the mating type genetic diversity8
Editorial Board8
Quantitative analysis of trichocysts in Paramecium bursaria following artificial removal and infection with the symbiotic Chlorella variabilis7
Morphology and phylogeny of Pararaabena dentata Wolska, 1968 and further insights into the molecular evolution of trichostome ciliates (Ciliophora, Litostomatea)7
Coleps shanghaiensis n. sp. challenges the validity of the genus Levicoleps (Ciliophora, Prostomatida)7
Ultrastructural characterization of Amyloodinium ocellatum (Dinoflagellata): Insights into trophont morphology and parasitic mode7
Systematic reassessment of Ambiphrya and Apiosoma (Ciliophora, Peritrichia), with morpho-molecular characterization of two epibiotic ciliates from rainbow trout in Korea6
Editorial Board6
Morphology, morphogenesis, and molecular phylogeny of Aspidisca koreana n. sp. (Ciliophora, Euplotida) from South Korea6
Morphology and multi-gene phylogeny of Rubrioxytricha hasllaensis n. sp. (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) from South Korea6
Diversity of protists in dryland habitats of Qatar revealed by environmental metabarcoding6
Ciliates from the intestine of zoo-kept black rhinoceros, with immunofluorescence microscopic and molecular phylogenetic investigation of Rhinozeta rhinozeta (Litostomatea)6
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) 1259906
Testate amoebae (Arcellinida, Amoebozoa) community diversity in New England bogs and fens assessed through lineage-specific amplicon sequencing6
Ecotoxicity of ultraviolet radiation on ciliates: Population growth, DNA damage and photooxidative stress6
The athecate dinoflagellate genus Karlodinium (Kareniaceae: Dinophyceae) from Mexican coastal waters, with three new records for the eastern Pacific Ocean6
Enchelyothrix muria n. gen, n. sp., (Ciliophora, Litostomatea, Spathidiida), an extreme halotroph spathidiid from Maharloo Lake, Iran6
First contours of autecology of freshwater heterotrophic euglenoids – results of two-year research on 18 freshwater bodies6
Checklist, diversity and biogeography of ciliates (Ciliophora) from Chile5
High molecular diversity in the functional group of small bacterivorous non-scaled chrysomonad flagellates5
Redescription and molecular phylogeny of Trochilia sigmoides Dujardin, 1841 (Ciliophora, Cyrtophoria) collected from South Korea5
A new microsporidian pathogen, Vairimorpha gastrophysae sp. nov., isolated from Gastrophysa viridula (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)5
Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of three anaerobic ciliates including Bothrostoma aporobustum nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Metopida)5
Armaparvus browni sp. nov. (Amoebozoa, Cutosea) isolated from an inland brackish water biotope5
Molecular characterization of methionine aminopeptidase1 from Eimeria tenella5
Azadinium fusiforme, a new species of Amphidomataceae from Korean and Japanese coastal waters that lacks azaspiracid production5
Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of two new Blepharisma species (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea) from northeastern China5
Acanthamoeba castellanii trophozoites escape killing by neutrophil extracellular traps using their 3′-nucleotidase/nuclease activity5
O short-branch Microsporidia, where art thou? Identifying diversity hotspots for future sampling5
Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of two poorly known ciliate genera, Balantidion and Acropisthium (Protista: Ciliophora: Litostomatea), including a new species of Balantidion5
Copterus tyloloricatus (Ciliophora, Suctorea), a new suctorian genus and species5
18S and ITS2 rRNA gene sequence-structure phylogeny of the Phaeophyceae (SAR, Stramenopiles) with special reference to Laminariales5
Molecular phylogenetic analyses support the validity of Ceratiomyxa porioides (Amoebozoa, Eumycetozoa) at species level5
Molecular characterization and analysis of enoyl-CoA hydratase/isomerase family protein of Eimeria tenella5
Parallel functional reduction in the mitochondria of apicomplexan parasites5
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