Frontiers in Protistology

Original Research

Published on 25 Jun 2025

New molecular markers for quantifying abundance and gene expression of widespread and often undetected marine N2 fixing symbionts of diatoms

in Symbiotic and Parasitic Protists

Linnéa M. V. Ström
Philip Ley
Eric A. Webb
David A. Hutchins
Mak Saito
Daniel Lundin
Rachel A. Foster

Frontiers in Protistology

doi 10.3389/frpro.2025.1587784

284 views

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 30 May 2025

Vertical distribution of harmful algae in the sediment of Uranouchi Inlet by metabarcoding

in Marine and Freshwater Harmful Algae and Protists

Hiroshi Funaki
Chetan Chandrakant Gaonkar
Tomohiro Nishimura
Kouki Tanaka
Kaito Kamimura
Tatsuya Kaji
Keizo Nagasaki
Masao Adachi

Frontiers in Protistology

doi 10.3389/frpro.2025.1612811

196 views

Original Research

Published on 20 Feb 2025

Novel ultrastructural features of the nucleus of the ancestral dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina as revealed by freeze substitution fixation and volume electron microscopy

in Evolution and Physiology of Protists

Yasuhiro Fukuda
Toshinobu Suzaki
Kazuyoshi Murata
Chihong Song

Frontiers in Protistology

doi 10.3389/frpro.2025.1512258

1,240 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Aug 2024

Variability of winter cooling affects intensity of phytoplankton spring blooms – how resilient is the ciliate assemblage composition to changes in food availability?

in Eukaryotic Microbial Ecology

Martina Schalch-Schuler
Alfred Wüest
Gianna Dirren-Pitsch
Rafael Niedermann
Barbara Bassin
Oliver Köster
Jakob Pernthaler
Thomas Posch

Frontiers in Protistology

doi 10.3389/frpro.2024.1428985

1,933 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 26 Jun 2024

Characterization and inter-strain variability in ichthyotoxicity of Heterocapsa ovata (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae) from temperate waters of South Australia

in Marine and Freshwater Harmful Algae and Protists

Arjun Verma
Greta Gaiani
Mona Hoppenrath
Juan Jose Dorantes-Aranda
Kirsty Smith
Gurjeet Singh Kohli
Clinton Wilkinson
Gustaaf Marinus Hallegraeff
Shauna Ann Murray

Frontiers in Protistology

doi 10.3389/frpro.2024.1422481

2,107 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 10 May 2024

Nuclear genomes of dinoflagellates reveal evolutionarily conserved pattern of RNA editing relative to stress response

in Symbiotic and Parasitic Protists

Yibi Chen
Katherine E. Dougan
Debashish Bhattacharya
Cheong Xin Chan

Frontiers in Protistology

doi 10.3389/frpro.2024.1320917

2,186 views

Mini Review

Published on 02 Apr 2024

Contaminant or goldmine? In silico assessment of Symbiodiniaceae community using coral hologenomes

in Symbiotic and Parasitic Protists

Hisatake Ishida
Cynthia Riginos
Cheong Xin Chan

Frontiers in Protistology

doi 10.3389/frpro.2024.1376877

2,037 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 27 Feb 2024

Diversity of lipid profiles of Symbiodiniaceae under temperature and nutrient stress

in Symbiotic and Parasitic Protists

Laura M. La Motta
Matthew P. Padula
Brigitte Sommer
Emma F. Camp
Jennifer L. Matthews

Frontiers in Protistology

doi 10.3389/frpro.2024.1320353

2,837 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 07 Feb 2024

Deleterious effects of free fatty acids and hydrogen peroxide towards the dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum

in Marine and Freshwater Harmful Algae and Protists

Martín Fernando Encinas-Yánez
Christine Johanna Band-Schmidt
Tania Zenteno-Savín
Ignacio Leyva-Valencia
Leyberth José Fernández Herrera
Elena Palacios-Mechetnov

Frontiers in Protistology

doi 10.3389/frpro.2024.1302560

1,686 views
1 citation

Mini Review

Published on 16 Jan 2024

Molecular approaches and challenges for monitoring marine harmful algal blooms in a changing world

in Marine and Freshwater Harmful Algae and Protists

Kirsty F. Smith
Jacqui Stuart
Lesley L. Rhodes

Frontiers in Protistology

doi 10.3389/frpro.2023.1305634

1,757 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 08 Jan 2024

Tracking down the rare ciliate biosphere

in Eukaryotic Microbial Ecology

James Weiss
Genoveva F. Esteban

Frontiers in Protistology

doi 10.3389/frpro.2023.1308546

3,771 views

Mini Review

Published on 08 Jan 2024

Dinophysis, a highly specialized mixoplanktonic protist

in Marine and Freshwater Harmful Algae and Protists

Beatriz Reguera
María García-Portela
Esther Velasco-Senovilla
Pilar Rial
Laura Escalera
Patricio A. Díaz
Francisco Rodríguez

Frontiers in Protistology

doi 10.3389/frpro.2023.1328026

4,138 views
9 citations

Original Research

Published on 07 Nov 2023

Method of preparing unfixed ciliates for scanning electron microscopy without noticeable artifacts

in Evolution and Physiology of Protists

Hideki Ishida
Kousei Yamamoto
Yuki Yano
Kenichi Ikeda
Liudmyla Gaponova
Rina Higuchi
Andrii Kolosiuk
Toshinobu Suzaki

Frontiers in Protistology

doi 10.3389/frpro.2023.1293531

2,055 views
2 citations