Protist

Papers
(The median citation count of Protist 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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Basic biology, ecology, and biotechnology of euglenids30
Protist Diversity Responses to Experimental N Deposition in Biological Crusts of a Semiarid Mediterranean Ecosystem26
Five Groups in the Genus Allovahlkampfia and the Description of the New Species Vahlkampfia bulbosis n.sp.22
Sterol Composition of the Peridinin-Containing Dinoflagellate Gertia stigmatica, a Member of the Kareniaceae without a Canonical Haptophyte-Derived Plastid19
Unravelling the Phylogeny of a Common Intestinal Protist: Intrageneric Diversity of Endolimax16
Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of pleurostomatid ciliates from China with a description of two new species16
Improved Methods for Bulk Cultivation and Fixation of Loxodes Ciliates for Fluorescence Microscopy15
Introduction to the Special Issue: Bland J. Finlay: Uncovering the Unseen World of Microbes14
Nuclear localization signal in Leishmania spp.: Implications for parasite physiology and host nucleus hijacking14
The end of a winding path: The anaerobic ciliate Spirorhynchus is a member of the class Muranotrichea13
A novel free-living endomyxan flagellate Viscidocauda repens gen. Nov., sp. nov13
Rimoportula Distribution, Heterovalvy and Heteropolarity in Hyalosira (Bacillariophyta: Rhabdonematales), with Revision of H. hesperia and Two New Species13
Nannostelium ampullaceum gen. et sp. nov., a tiny new member of the protosteloid amoeba of the Cavosteliida (Variosea, Amoebozoa)12
Illustrating the Invisible: The Role of Drawing in the Career of Bland J. Finlay10
Morphogenesis of an anaerobic ciliate Heterometopus palaeformis (Kahl, 1927) Foissner, 2016 (Ciliophora, Armophorea) with notes on its morphological and molecular characterization9
The draft genome of the calcareous foraminifera Ammonia Veneta (rotaliida, globothalamea, foraminifera)9
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Morphology and phylogeny of Prorocentrum venetum Tolomio & Cavolo (Dinophyceae)8
Notable morphologies, molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of the dinophyte Borghiella tenuissima (Borghiellaceae, Phytodiniales)8
A Model of F-actin Organization in Granuloreticulopodia in Foraminifera: Morphogenetic and Evolutionary Implications from Novel Fluorescent and Polarised Light Observations8
Ceratium rhomvoides Hickel (Dinophyceae): Morphology, taxonomic implications, and expanded distribution8
The Effect of pH and Salinity on the Toxicity and Growth of the Golden Alga, Prymnesium parvum7
Diversity of Kryptoperidinium (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae): Morphological description and molecular phylogenetics of Kryptoperidinium secundum sp. nov.7
The apparently misunderstood Didinium Gargantua of Alphonse Meunier7
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Piercing the veil: A novel amoebozoan (Janelia veilia n. gen. n. sp.) reveals deep clades within Discosea through phylogenomics6
In vitro Evaluation the Efficacy of Some New Plant Extracts and Biocides on the Viability of Acanthamoeba castellanii6
NGS-based detection and differentiation of Entamoeba in Algerian wildlife and domestic animals6
Corrigendum to “Morphology and ultrastructure of marine bacterivorous bicosoecid Hirugamonas aperieos gen. et sp. nov.” [Protist 178 (2025) 126104]6
Reductitherus cryptostomus n. gen., n. sp. (Ciliophora: Armophorea: Clevelandellida), a remarkable new nyctotherid from an Australian cockroach, Parapanesthia gigantea (Blaberidae: Panesthiinae)6
The biomolecules of Euglena gracilis: Harnessing biology for natural solutions to future problems6
Significance of the Nudiform and Tectiform Modes of Silica Deposition, Lorica Assembly and Cell Division in Choanoflagellates as Exemplified by Stephanoeca diplocostata and Enibas spp.5
Conserved immunophilins: A unifying link across three phytomyxid pathogens5
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Biodiversity of autotrophic euglenids based on the group specific DNA metabarcoding approach5
Morphology and taxonomy of a new species of a rare genus Paracolpidium (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea), P. harbinense sp. nov. from Northeast China5
Effects of Glacial Flour on Marine Micro-plankton: Evidences from Natural Communities of Greenlandic Fjords and Experimental Studies5
Expanding the phylogeny and genetic diversity of the freshwater genus Ceratium highlights contrasting geographic patterns5
Re-evaluating Loricate Choanoflagellate Phylogenetics: Molecular Evidence Points to the Paraphyly of Tectiform Species5
New draft genomes assemblies of Blastocystis isolates from subtypes 1 and 8 confirm conserved synteny, transposable element diversity, and provide insights into pathogenic potential5
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Genetic modification in dinoflagellate algae: Some successes, many failures4
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Dinoflagellate chloroplasts as a model for extreme genome reduction and fragmentation in organelles – The COCOA principle for gene retention4
The Extraordinarily Rare Ciliate Legendrea loyezae Fauré-Fremiet, 1908 (Haptoria, Ciliophora)4
Single-cell genomics revealed Candidatus Grellia alia sp. nov. as an endosymbiont of Eutreptiella sp. (Euglenophyceae)3
Genetic engineering of dinoflagellate algae and the lethality of an introduced plastid terminal oxidase3
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Nivicolous myxomycetes in the French Pyrenees – A biodiversity study aided by two molecular markers3
DNA metabarcoding reveals the impact of Cu2+ on soil cercozoan diversity3
Free-living amoeba diversity in river waters of western Brazil and their in vitro and in vivo pathogenic potential3
The protist symbionts of Reticulitermes tibialis: Unexpected diversity enables a new taxonomic framework3
Bland James Finlay (March 16, 1952–December 24, 2021)3
Flagellar proteomic analysis of the brown alga Mutimo cylindricus revealed a novel calcium-binding protein abundantly localized in the anterior flagellum3
Ras superfamily GTPases and signal transduction in Euglena gracilis3
First record of Colpodidium caudatum (Ciliophora, Colpodidiidae) in Europe3
Protozoa in the remarkable wall charts of Leuckart and Nitsche's Zoologische Wandtaflen3
Inducing chirality in slime mold - spontaneous alternation behavior may reveal spatial memory in Physarum polycephalum3
Impact of environmental factors on the distribution characteristics of phytoplankton functional groups in Beijing3
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Ciliates from the faeces of the free-ranging dromedary from Oman: Morphology and molecular phylogeny2
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Corrigendum to “Notable morphologies, molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of the dinophyte Borghiella tenuissima (Borghiellaceae, Phytodiniales)” [Protist 179 (2025) 126132]2
DNA barcodes reliably differentiate between nivicolous species of Diderma (Myxomycetes, Amoebozoa) and reveal regional differences within Eurasia2
Protists and Society: A report on the 2024 autumn meeting of Protistology-UK, at the natural history museum, London2
Dead reckoning of protist viability with propidium monoazide (PMA)-quantitative PCR; a case study using Neoparamoeba perurans2
A three-genome ultraconserved element phylogeny of cryptophytes2
Taxonomy of a New Parasitic Euglenid, Euglenaformis parasitica sp. nov. (Euglenales, Euglenaceae) in Ostracods and Rhabdocoels2
A New Mayorella Species Isolated from the Mariana Trench Area (Pacific Ocean)2
Experimental evidence of ciliate dispersal and successional patterns via endozoochory in temporary aquatic systems2
What Drives the Assembly of Plant-associated Protist Microbiomes? Investigating the Effects of Crop Species, Soil Type and Bacterial Microbiomes1
Phylogenetic affiliation of Pedinomonas noctilucae and green Noctiluca scintillans nutritional dynamics in the Gulf of Mannar, Southeastern Arabian Sea1
New and noteworthy chrysophycean stomatocysts from the Steppe zone of South Urals (Russia) with comments on the morphological variability1
First Molecular Characterization of the Elusive Marine Protist Meteora sporadica1
Meeting Report: Euglenids in the Age of Symbiogenesis: Origins, Innovations, and Prospects, November 8–11, 20211
Characterisation and Cultivation of New Lineages of Colponemids, a Critical Assemblage for Inferring Alveolate Evolution1
Taxonomy and phylogeny of Phialina shanghaiensis sp. nov. and Lacrymaria filiformis (Maskell, 1886) Foissner, 1983 (Ciliophora, Litostomatea, Haptoria) from Changjiang Estuary, China1
The protists of Ernst Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur1
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Some Personal Memories of Bland J. Finlay and Work on Protists in “Priest Pot“1
Cytoplasmic streaming of symbiotic algae in the ciliate Stentor pyriformis1
The first record of a gregarine from the family Urosporidae (Apicomplexa: Lecudinoidea) in a bivalve mollusc, Axinopsida orbiculata1
On Saville-Kent's “a Manual of the infusoria”1
Integrative taxonomic description of Stylocephalus epistupaformis n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinorida) parasitising the darkling beetle Gonocephalum depressum Fabricius, 1801, in West Bengal, India1
Discovery of a new photosynthetic euglenoid in Poland: Euglena mazurica sp. nov. (Euglenales, Euglenaceae)1
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