Environmental DNA‐based diversity studies have increased in popularity with the
development of high throughput sequencing technologies. This permits the potential …

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Elevation gradients have been useful to study distributional patterns of soil organisms since
the time of Humboldt but only recently these patterns have been studied for soil …

Morphological and molecular characterizations of three newly isolated tubulinean strains
and re-examination of five strains formerly considered representatives of Saccamoeba and …

Amber‐preserved shells of testate amoebae often provide as many diagnostic features as
the tests of modern taxa. Most of these well‐preserved microfossils are morphologically …

Karst freshwater caves are subterranean habitats characterized by the constant absence of
light and relatively small variations of temperature and air humidity. They are mostly food …

Rigid and persistent shells of microeukaryotes are widely used as bioindicators in ecological
and paleontological studies. Drawing conclusions on ecological or evolutionary patterns …

The systematics of lobose testate amoebae (Arcellinida), a diverse group of shelled free-
living unicellular eukaryotes, is still mostly based on morphological criteria such as shell …

Testate amoebae are unicellular eukaryotic organisms covered with an external skeleton
called a shell. They are an important component of many terrestrial ecosystems, especially …

We describe here a new species of sphagnicolous testate amoeba found abundantly in the
forested part of the Le Cachot peatland (Jura Mountains, Neuchâtel, Switzerland) based on …