An important opportunity for #parasitologists and other scientists who study #protists to provide feedback to VEuPathDB - an invaluable tool in neglected fields of #microbiology:

evolutionary tree of a group of microbes

New #ISEPpapers! Single‐Cell Transcriptomes and Phylogenomic Analysis of Uncultivated #Oxymonads: Morelia Trznadel et al. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #Protists #Microbes #Evolution #TreeOfLife #Phylogeny

Happy to open a new BlueSky account to discuss the #diversity and #evolution of #protists. 🧬🔬
Stay tuned!

Aerobic sister lineage of breviates has gene-rich mitochondrial genomes Cho et al. describe a novel, aerobic sister lineage of Breviatea using flow cytometric single-cell sorting and genome amplification. The new lineage harbors gene-rich mitochondrial genomes, unlike Bre...

Aerobic sister lineage of breviates has gene-rich mitochondrial genomes
#microbiology #eukaryotes #mitochondria #protists #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky
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Protozoan predation selects for key symbiotic traits in an environmentally transmitted beneficial symbiosis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #symbiosis #protists

Widespread symbiosis of ciliate epibionts colonizing gills of shrimps inhabiting vents and seeps across the Pacific Ocean biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.27.708428v1.full #symbiosis #protists

Despite everything, Kricket continues to advance knowledge of this amazing single-celled organism. She has already discovered 3 new species, remarkable because only 13 are described. I would just love to help her get to the Marine Biological Laboratory this summer. #protists #Crowdfunding

How single-cell genomics is unmasking the hidden diversity of protists From giant kelp forests to the microscopic parasites in a single drop of water, protists represent the vast bulk of eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity.

Speaking today at #CMINorwich26 with @norwichmicro.bsky.social Dr Sally Warring will be sharing the weird and wonderful world of #protists!

Sally's current research focuses on developing high-throughput #singlecell methods for sequencing protists directly from environmental samples.

Microscopy image of wheat root harbouring soil fungi, captured by Year in Industry student Poppy.

Microscopy image of Euglena, taken by Protistologist Sally Warring

A wheat root damaged by the take-all fungus Gaeumannomyces tritici.

#Microbial research at Earlham Institute is applying data-driven biology to reveal the hidden diversity of microbial life—from #protists, soil, and #fungi, to communities in our gut—we're working to deepen our understanding of how these complex dynamics shape our health, food, and environment.

Phylogenomic tree of Cercozoa based on single-cell transcriptomes from 100 uncultured cells
#evolution #protists #ProtistsOnSky #MicroSky
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Huge news 🌍🧬
The Protist 10,000 Genomes Project is joining the Earth BioGenome Project.
Protists may represent the majority of eukaryotic diversity — yet only a tiny fraction have reference genomes.
Time to change that. 🚀✨
Learn more 👉 ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/p10k/
#EBP #Protists #Genomics #TreeOfLife

Discovery and genomics of H2-oxidizing/O2-reducing Deferribacterota ectosymbiotic with #protists in the guts of #termites and a Cryptocercus cockroach
#microbiology #endosymbionts #microbiota #microbiome
@isme-microbes.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/isme...

Soil tillage promotes predatory and phototrophic protists over parasitic protists The widespread practice of tillage, which disturbs soil structure and alters its physical and biological properties, may affect protist diversity and …

New paper out!
Tillage was the main driver of soil protist communities — stronger than fertilizer, with no detectable effect of nitrification inhibitors. #Protists #Agroecology #soilmicrobiome
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How single-cell genomics is unmasking the hidden diversity of protists From giant kelp forests to the microscopic parasites in a single drop of water, protists represent the vast bulk of eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity.

Discover how scientists at Earlham Institute are adapting #singlecell methods to decode the complex and fascinating diversity of protists directly from from environmental samples.

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#microbialgenomics #protists

How single-cell genomics is unmasking the hidden diversity of protists From giant kelp forests to the microscopic parasites in a single drop of water, protists represent the vast bulk of eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity.

From working on the Darwin #TreeofLife project to improving isolation and #sequencing methods, Dr Sally Warring is studying the diversity of #protists from natural environments to generate large-scale data for lineages underrepresented in the tree of life.

#protistsonsky

Read more! ⬇️

Exploring the microbial "dark matter" just got easier🦠🔬
Most #protists are uncultivated and tiny making electron microscopy a nightmare. A new, low-cost protocol allows single-cell tracking and field prep.
#microbiology #eukaryotes #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky
doi.org/10.1111/jeu....

Following up on my last post, here is a glimpse into the culture room, where our protists are now growing and awaiting exploration. Excited to see everything fully operational! As you see, there is still a lot of shelf space to fill - one step at a time. Now back to proposal writing 🫡 #protists

Extrusomes like mucocysts, trichocysts have a bacteria-viral origin, from a bacteria phage gone wrong. Find out how Protistology chapter 21.2 doi.org/10.1016/B978... -461. #protists #protistsonsky #eukaryogenesis

Article out about our work on #protists at the Earlham Institute🦠🧬

#protistsonsky
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The molecular lab, culture and microscopy rooms, and bioinformatic server, are now fully set up! I’m very grateful for my new position 🎉 We’re already generating results and insights in Koblenz, and I’m looking forward to the years ahead! Now, I "just" need to get the proposals funded 🫡 #protists

The Microbiome Within a Microbe: Rethinking Blastocystis Biology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #protists #microbiome

Left: schematic evolutionary tree of eukaryotes highlighting the position of apusomonads close to opisthokonts. Right: Simple schematic representation of the cell of apusomonads.

Discovery of a photophobic response in #Apusomonads reveals insights into Opisthokont origins phys.org/news/2026-02...

New #ISEPpapers! Photophobic response in Podomonas kaiyoae is mediated by coordination of cilia, actin filaments: Aika Shibata et al. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

#Protists

The Romantic Discovery of Radiolaria in the Ocean
#microbiology #Radiolaria #protists #MicroSky
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Happy to have contributed to the #protists section of this @ergabiodiv.bsky.social whitepaper 👉 From Permits to Samples: Addressing Key Challenges for High-Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Genetic modification in dinoflagellate algae: Some successes, many failures www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #protists

I've taken quite some sediment samples and it's as if I've been either blind all this time or #foraminifera have suddenly flourished. #sediment #citizenscience #protists #amoeba

Charting the landscape of cytoskeletal diversity in microbial eukaryotes www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... #protists

Single-cell phylogenomics identifies major groups of marine eugregarine endosymbionts (Apicomplexa) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #protists #symbionts

How did the Asgard archaea and proteobacteria form a symbiosis that led to the first eukaryote? The important role of syntrophy. #protists #protistsonsky #archaea #eukaryogenesis
Protistology chapter 16.

Single-cell genomics reveals complex microbial and viral associations in ciliates and testate amoebae - Nature Communications Protist microbiomes are poorly understood. Here, the authors analysed single protist cells to profile their microbiomes and viromes showing that these tiny eukaryotes serve as environmental hubs for hidden bacterial symbionts and diverse giant viruses.

Single-cell genomics reveals complex microbial and viral associations in ciliates and testate amoebae

#Symbiosis #Protists #GiantViruses