J. del Campo

The paper identifies a new group of fish-infecting apicomplexan parasites, ichthyocolids, related to corallicolids, and shows they lack chlorophyll biosynthesis genes in their apicoplast.

The paper examines protist communities in freshwater and marine microbialites to compare their diversity and composition across ecosystems.

This study identifies consistent bacteria associated with stony coral tissue loss disease across different disease states and environments.

The study identifies corallicolids and other microeukaryotes as predictors of thermal stress mortality in the coral Paramuricea clavata.

The paper describes a new stramenopile species, Mediocremonas mediterraneus, and its phylogenetic relationship to existing species in the Developea class.

The paper identifies spirochete dominance in the capitulum of Nematostella vectensis, distinguishing it from other body regions and linking it to the genus Oceanispirochaeta.

The paper validates contrametazoan primers for 18S rRNA metabarcoding to specifically study animal-associated microeukaryotes, showing they reduce host contamination compared to universal primers.

The paper analyzes the phylogeny and plastid characteristics of Chytriodinium parasites and maps their global distribution in oceanic plankton.

EukRef improves eukaryotic diversity studies by curating ribosomal RNA references to enhance accuracy and keep pace with taxonomic changes and novel diversity.

The paper uses metabarcoding to analyze European coastal samples, revealing high molecular diversity and novel taxa in marine environments.