New Zealand (NZ) is a well-known hotspot of biodiversity and endemism for macroscopic
organisms, but its microbial diversity is comparatively poorly documented. We assembled all …

We investigate for the first time the species composition and community structure of lobose
thecamoebians (Arcellinida) inhabiting an unpopulated and pristine island from the …

Five amoeba strains isolated from organs of fish were selected by morphology as possible
members of the genus Vexillifera Schaeffer, 1926. Phylogenetic analyses of SSU rDNA …

Protists, the micro-eukaryotes that are neither plants, animals nor fungi build up the greatest
part of eukaryotic diversity on Earth. Yet, their evolutionary histories and patterns are still …

Testate amoebae are common single-celled eukaryotic organisms in aquatic ecosystems.
Despite their important role in these ecosystems, and their potential as bioindicators and …

Background Acanthamoebidae is a “family” level amoebozoan group composed of the
genera Acanthamoeba, Protacanthamoeba, and very recently Luapeleamoeba. This clade …

Eight species of small filose free-living amoebae (Acanthamoeba) which typically produce
refractile cysts were studied after growth on bacterized agar media. Species of four other …

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the size structure of testate
amoebae in distinct habitats, ie plankton, aquatic macrophytes and aquatic sediment. The …

Four new species, and one variety are described. Schoenbornia smithi sp. n. from SW-
Spitsbergen is an aquatic taxon living in small pools with an extensive moss vegetation …

In 1961, the testate amoeba Nebela kivuense Gauthier-Lièvre et Thomas, 1961 was
described for the first and only time from an area near Lake Edward in the Democratic …