DNA barcoding is a powerful taxonomic tool to identify and discover species. DNA
barcoding utilizes one or more standardized short DNA regions for taxon identification. With …

Major insights into the phylogenetic distribution, biochemistry, and evolutionary significance
of organelles involved in ATP synthesis (energy metabolism) in eukaryotes that thrive in …

Metagenomics revolutionized the understanding of the relations among the human
microbiome, health and diseases, but generated a countless number of sequences that …

Protists dominate eukaryotic diversity and play key functional roles in all ecosystems,
particularly by catalyzing carbon and nutrient cycling. To date, however, a comparative …

High animal and plant richness in tropical rainforest communities has long intrigued
naturalists. It is unknown if similar hyperdiversity patterns are reflected at the microbial scale …

Background Biological communities are normally composed of a few abundant and many
rare species. This pattern is particularly prominent in microbial communities, in which most …

The susceptibility of Anopheles mosquitoes to Plasmodium infections relies on complex
interactions between the insect vector and the malaria parasite. A number of studies have …

Microscopic eukaryotes are abundant, diverse and fill critical ecological roles across every
ecosystem on Earth, yet there is a well-recognized gap in understanding of their global …

Diatoms are frequently used for water quality assessments; however, identification to
species level is difficult, time‐consuming and needs in‐depth knowledge of the organisms …

Metabarcoding of microbial eukaryotes (collectively known as protists) has developed
tremendously in the last decade, almost solely relying on the 18S rRNA gene. As microbial …