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Two new species of the genus Stenamoeba (Discosea, Longamoebia): cytoplasmic MTOC is present in one more amoebae lineage.
European journal of protistology Apr, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24703616
New country records of reptiles from Laos.
Biodiversity data journal , 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24723754
Discrepancy between species borders at morphological and molecular levels in the genus Cochliopodium (Amoebozoa, Himatismenida), with the description of Cochliopodium plurinucleolum n. sp.
Protist May, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24859009
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, Laos.
Zootaxa Jan, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24870071
Acanthamoeba everywhere: high diversity of Acanthamoeba in soils.
Parasitology research Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24951165
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Laos.
Zootaxa Jul, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25081145
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the karst forest of northern Laos.
Zootaxa Jul, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25081436
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Vietnam.
Zootaxa Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 25112615
New data of three rare belondirid species (Nematoda, Dorylaimida, Belondiridae) from Vietnam, with the first record and description of the male of Oxybelondiraparaperplexa Ahmad & Jairajpuri, 1979.
Biodiversity data journal , 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25197235
Discontinuity in the responses of ecosystem processes and multifunctionality to altered soil community composition.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Oct, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25246582
A new species of Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from Vietnam .
Zootaxa Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 25277895
Reply to Byrnes et al.: Aggregation can obscure understanding of ecosystem multifunctionality.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25480550
A new species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos.
Zootaxa Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25543555
Metatranscriptomic census of active protists in soils.
The ISME journal Oct, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25822483
Expansion of the 'Reticulosphere': Diversity of Novel Branching and Network-forming Amoebae Helps to Define Variosea (Amoebozoa).
Protist May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25965302
Pack hunting by a common soil amoeba on nematodes.
Environmental microbiology Nov, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26079718
Heterogeneity in the genus Allovahlkampfia and the description of the new genus Parafumarolamoeba (Vahlkampfiidae; Heterolobosea).
European journal of protistology Aug, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26253648
Phylogeny of the Highly Divergent Echinosteliales (Amoebozoa).
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology Jul, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26663217
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the limestone forest of Khammouane Province, central Laos.
Zootaxa Dec, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26701534
Metacommunity analysis of amoeboid protists in grassland soils.
Scientific reports Jan, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26750872
Description of Lecythium terrestris sp. nov. (Chlamydophryidae, Cercozoa), a Soil Dwelling Protist Feeding on Fungi and Algae.
Protist Apr, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26874465
High Diversity Revealed in Leaf-Associated Protists (Rhizaria: Cercozoa) of Brassicaceae.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology Sep, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27005328
A new species of Odorrana (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from Vietnam.
Zootaxa Feb, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27394273
Re-description of Cephalobus topali Andrássy, 1970 (Rhabditida, Cephalobidae) from Vietnam, and transfer to Acrobeloides (Cobb, 1924) Thorne, 1937.
Zootaxa Mar, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27394477
Two new species of the genus Aporcelinus Andrássy, 2009 (Nematoda, Dorylaimida, Aporcelaimidae) from Vietnam.
Zootaxa Apr, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27394757
Evolution in karst massifs: Cryptic diversity among bent-toed geckos along the Truong Son Range with descriptions of three new species and one new country record from Laos.
Zootaxa May, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27394811
Cyrtodactylus rufford, a new cave-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos.
Zootaxa Jan, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27395870
A new species of karst-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos.
Zootaxa Feb, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27395993
Sectonema caobangense sp. n. from Vietnam (Nematoda, Dorylaimida, Aporcelaimidae).
Journal of nematology Jun, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27418702
A Third New Species of Aporcelinus (Dorylaimida, Aporcelaimidae) from Vietnam, with the First SEM Study of a Representative of the Genus.
Journal of nematology Jun, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27418703
Pesticide seed dressings can affect the activity of various soil organisms and reduce decomposition of plant material.
BMC ecology Aug, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27534619
Vocalizations in juvenile anurans: common spadefoot toads (Pelobates fuscus) regularly emit calls before sexual maturity.
Die Naturwissenschaften Oct, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27590626
Resource Partitioning between Bacteria, Fungi, and Protists in the Detritusphere of an Agricultural Soil.
Frontiers in microbiology , 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27725815
Expansion of the molecular and morphological diversity of Acanthamoebidae (Centramoebida, Amoebozoa) and identification of a novel life cycle type within the group.
Biology direct Dec, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 28031045
Shedding Light on the Polyphyletic Thecate Amoeba Genus Plagiophrys: Transition of Some of its Species to Rhizaspis (Tectofilosida, Thecofilosea, Cercozoa) and the Establishment of Sacciforma gen. nov. and Rhogostomidae fam. nov. (Cryomonadida, Thecofilosea, Cercozoa).
Protist Feb, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28056380
Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses.
Nature communications Feb, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28176768
Single and Combined Effects of Pesticide Seed Dressings and Herbicides on Earthworms, Soil Microorganisms, and Litter Decomposition.
Frontiers in plant science , 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28270821
Inferring interactions in complex microbial communities from nucleotide sequence data and environmental parameters.
PloS one , 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28288199
Phylogeny and Systematics of Leptomyxid Amoebae (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida).
Protist Apr, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28343121
Polyphyly in the Thecate Amoeba Genus Lecythium (Chlamydophryidae, Tectofilosida, Cercozoa), Redescription of its Type Species L. hyalinum, Description of L. jennyae sp. nov. and the Establishment of Fisculla gen. nov. and Fiscullidae fam. nov.
Protist Jul, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28499131
Evolutionary Relationship of the Scale-Bearing Kraken (incertae sedis, Monadofilosa, Cercozoa, Rhizaria): Combining Ultrastructure Data and a Two-Gene Phylogeny.
Protist Jul, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28582680
A new karst dwelling species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos.
Zootaxa May, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28609888
Grazing of leaf-associated Cercomonads (Protists: Rhizaria: Cercozoa) structures bacterial community composition and function.
Environmental microbiology Aug, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28618206
Rhogostomidae (Cercozoa) from soils, roots and plant leaves (Arabidopsis thaliana): Description of Rhogostoma epiphylla sp. nov. and R. cylindrica sp. nov.
European journal of protistology Aug, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28662495
Protists are an integral part of the Arabidopsis thaliana microbiome.
Environmental microbiology Jan, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 28967236
Phylogeny and Redescription of the Testate Amoeba Diaphoropodon archeri (Chlamydophryidae, Thecofilosea, Cercozoa), De Saedeleer 1934, and Annotations on the Polyphyly of Testate Amoebae with Agglutinated Tests in the Cercozoa.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology May, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 28983998
New barcoded primers for efficient retrieval of cercozoan sequences in high-throughput environmental diversity surveys, with emphasis on worldwide biological soil crusts.
Molecular ecology resources Mar, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29058814
Genotypic variability enhances the reproducibility of an ecological study.
Nature ecology & evolution Feb, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29335575
Rediscovery of the Testate Amoeba Genus Penardeugenia (Thaumatomonadida, Imbricatea).
Protist Feb, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29367152
Diversity of Cercomonad Species in the Phyllosphere and Rhizosphere of Different Plant Species with a Description of Neocercomonas epiphylla (Cercozoa, Rhizaria) a Leaf-Associated Protist.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology Jul, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29377417
Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research.
FEMS microbiology reviews May, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29447350
Utilization of organic nitrogen by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-is there a specific role for protists and ammonia oxidizers?
Mycorrhiza Apr, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29455336
Reinvestigation of Phryganella paradoxa (Arcellinida, Amoebozoa) Penard 1902.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology Mar, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 29945298
Utilization of organic nitrogen by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-is there a specific role for protists and ammonia oxidizers?
Mycorrhiza Aug, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29951863
Food Choice Experiments Indicate Selective Fungivorous Predation in Fisculla terrestris (Thecofilosea, Cercozoa).
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology May, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30098099
Cascading effects from plants to soil microorganisms explain how plant species richness and simulated climate change affect soil multifunctionality.
Global change biology Dec, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30239067
Distinct communities of Cercozoa at different soil depths in a temperate agricultural field.
FEMS microbiology ecology Apr, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30915436
The inconspicuous gatekeeper: endophytic Serendipita vermifera acts as extended plant protection barrier in the rhizosphere.
The New phytologist Oct, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31074884
Functional Traits and Spatio-Temporal Structure of a Major Group of Soil Protists (Rhizaria: Cercozoa) in a Temperate Grassland.
Frontiers in microbiology , 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31244819
The Dancing Star: Reinvestigation of Artodiscus saltans (Variosea, Amoebozoa) Penard 1890.
Protist Aug, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31295666
Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale.
Nature Aug, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31341281
Metatranscriptomics reveals unsuspected protistan diversity in leaf litter across temperate beech forests, with Amoebozoa the dominating lineage.
FEMS microbiology ecology Oct, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31557276
Earthworms Coordinate Soil Biota to Improve Multiple Ecosystem Functions.
Current biology : CB Oct, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31587999
Site-specific distribution of oak rhizosphere-associated oomycetes revealed by cytochrome c oxidase subunit II metabarcoding.
Ecology and evolution Sep, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31624568
Making sense of environmental sequencing data: Ecologically important functional traits of the protistan groups Cercozoa and Endomyxa (Rhizaria).
Molecular ecology resources Mar, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31677344
Transfer of the Thecate Amoeba Lecythium mutabilis to a Novel Genus Omnivora (Fiscullidae, Thecofilosea, Cercozoa).
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology Mar, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31808200
Phylogeny of Physarida (Amoebozoa, Myxogastria) Based on the Small-Subunit Ribosomal RNA Gene, Redefinition of Physarum pusillum s. str. and Reinstatement of P. gravidum Morgan.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology May, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31904883
Root ethylene mediates rhizosphere microbial community reconstruction when chemically detecting cyanide produced by neighbouring plants.
Microbiome Jan, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31954405
Multitrophic interactions in the rhizosphere microbiome of wheat: from bacteria and fungi to protists.
FEMS microbiology ecology Apr, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32124916
A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition.
Scientific data Mar, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32218461
Checklist of beetles in the subgenus Copris (Paracopris) Balthasar from Asia with description of a new species, and redescription of Copris (Paracopris) punctulatus Wiedemann (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae).
Zootaxa Dec, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 32230695
Repositories for Taxonomic Data: Where We Are and What is Missing.
Systematic biology Nov, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32298457
Integrative taxonomy reveals three new taxa within the complex (Caudata, Salamandridae) from Vietnam.
ZooKeys , 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32508505
Molecular investigation of Phryganella acropodia Hertwig et Lesser, 1874 (Arcellinida, Amoebozoa).
European journal of protistology Aug, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32569993
What Drives the Diversity of the Most Abundant Terrestrial Cercozoan Family (Rhogostomidae, Cercozoa, Rhizaria)?
Microorganisms Jul, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32722603
Contrasting Responses of Protistan Plant Parasites and Phagotrophs to Ecosystems, Land Management and Soil Properties.
Frontiers in microbiology , 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32849427
Trophic interactions as determinants of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community with cascading plant-promoting consequences.
Microbiome Oct, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 33008469
Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Nov, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 33093203
Protists in the Plant Microbiome: An Untapped Field of Research.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) , 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33161541
Description of Phaeobola aeris gen. nov., sp. nov (Rhizaria, Cercozoa, Euglyphida) Sheds Light on Euglyphida's Dark Matter.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology Mar, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33222324
From Forest Soil to the Canopy: Increased Habitat Diversity Does Not Increase Species Richness of Cercozoa and Oomycota in Tree Canopies.
Frontiers in microbiology , 2020 | Pubmed ID: 33414768
Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Heterotrophic Protists (Cercozoa and Endomyxa) from Biological Soil Crusts.
Microorganisms Jan, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33498223
Assembly Patterns of the Rhizosphere Microbiome Along the Longitudinal Root Axis of Maize ( L.).
Frontiers in microbiology , 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33643242
Novel Endosymbionts in Rhizarian Amoebae Imply Universal Infection of Unrelated Free-Living Amoebae by Legionellales.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology , 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33763389
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Maize ( L.) Root Growth and Its Potential Consequences for the Assembly of the Rhizosphere Microbiota.
Frontiers in microbiology , 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33815308
To the canopy and beyond: Air dispersal as a mechanism of ubiquitous protistan pathogen assembly in tree canopies.
European journal of protistology Aug, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34090087
On the phenology of protists: recurrent patterns reveal seasonal variation of protistan (Rhizaria: Cercozoa and Endomyxa) communities in tree canopies.
FEMS microbiology ecology Jun, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34117748
Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity.
Nature communications Jun, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34168127
Editorial: Rhizosphere Spatiotemporal Organisation.
Frontiers in plant science , 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34868189
Ecological clusters of soil taxa within bipartite networks are highly sensitive to climatic conditions in global drylands.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences Aug, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35757878
Hierarchical phylogenetic community assembly of soil protists in a temperate agricultural field.
Environmental microbiology Nov, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35837871
What Drives the Assembly of Plant-associated Protist Microbiomes? Investigating the Effects of Crop Species, Soil Type and Bacterial Microbiomes.
Protist Dec, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 36257252
Straw amendment and nitrification inhibitor controlling N losses and immobilization in a soil cooling-warming experiment.
The Science of the total environment Apr, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 36739009
Stabilization of mineral-associated organic carbon in Pleistocene permafrost.
Nature communications Apr, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37055417
Resource-dependent biodiversity and potential multi-trophic interactions determine belowground functional trait stability.
Microbiome May, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37127665
Root cap is an important determinant of rhizosphere microbiome assembly.
The New phytologist Aug, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37301991
Rewetting the hyper-arid Atacama Desert soil reactivates a carbon-starved microbial decomposer community and also triggers archaeal metabolism.
The Science of the total environment Sep, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37302588
Protistan predation selects for antibiotic resistance in soil bacterial communities.
The ISME journal Dec, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37794244
Invasive earthworms shift soil microbial community structure in northern North American forest ecosystems.
iScience Feb, 2024 | Pubmed ID: 38322986
A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification.
Nature communications Feb, 2024 | Pubmed ID: 38341437
Biotic interactions explain seasonal dynamics of the alpine soil microbiome.
ISME communications Jan, 2024 | Pubmed ID: 38500704
Two-way NxP fertilisation experiment on barley () reveals shift from additive to synergistic N-P interactions at critical phosphorus fertilisation level.
Frontiers in plant science , 2024 | Pubmed ID: 38504892
Legume rhizodeposition promotes nitrogen fixation by soil microbiota under crop diversification.
Nature communications Apr, 2024 | Pubmed ID: 38575565
Publisher Correction: Legume rhizodeposition promotes nitrogen fixation by soil microbiota under crop diversification.
Nature communications Apr, 2024 | Pubmed ID: 38671042
The impact of fungi on soil protist communities in European cereal croplands.
Environmental microbiology Jul, 2024 | Pubmed ID: 39001572
Plant diversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via multitrophic diversity.
Nature ecology & evolution Nov, 2024 | Pubmed ID: 39209981
Algae-fungi symbioses and bacteria-fungi co-exclusion drive tree species-specific differences in canopy bark microbiomes.
The ISME journal Jan, 2024 | Pubmed ID: 39418324
Katarium polorum n. sp., n. g., a novel thecofilosean amoeba (Cercozoa, Rhizaria) from the polar oceans.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology , 2025 | Pubmed ID: 39613721
Anna-Maria Madaj1,2,
Yuanyuan Huang1,2,
Anne Ebeling3,
Lisa Ertel1,2,
Alban Gebler1,2,
Gerd Gleixner1,4,5,
Jes Hines1,2,
Christiane Roscher1,6,
Alexandra Weigelt1,2,
Cynthia Albracht7,8,9,
Angelos Amyntas1,10,
Leonardo Bassi1,2,
Ana Elizabeth Bonato Asato1,2,
Michael Bonkowski11,12,
Maximilian Bröcher3,
François Buscot1,8,
Francesca De Giorgi1,6,
Yuri Pinheiro Alves de Souza13,14,
Van Cong Doan1,10,
Walter Durka1,15,
Anna Heintz-Buschart7,
Justus Hennecke1,2,
Markus Lange4,
Pamela Medina-van Berkum16,
Sebastian Tobias Meyer14,
Sören Krawczyk1,2,
Akanksha Rai4,
Thomas Reitz1,8,
Christian Ristok1,2,
Stefan Scheu17,18,
Michael Schloter13,14,
Stefanie Schulz13,
Marcel Dominik Solbach11,
Sybille Barbara Unsicker16,19,
Nico Eisenhauer1,2
1, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig,
2Institute of Biology, Leipzig University,
3Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena,
4, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry,
5Institute for Geosciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena,
6Department Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ),
7Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam,
8Department Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ),
9Institute Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn-Institute,
10Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena,
11Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne,
12Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Cologne,
13Research Unit Comparative Microbiome Analysis, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich,
14School of Life Science, Technical University Munich - TUM,
15Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ),
16Department of Biochemistry, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology,
17JFB Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen,
18Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use, University of Göttingen,
19Botanical Institute, Plant-Environment-Interactions Group, Kiel University
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