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Protistology

  • Book

  • December 2024
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 5527452

Protistology provides a comprehensive overview on recent developments in understanding the diversity of cell biology, genomic processes, parasite-host interactions, and the evolution of eukaryotes. The book is the first modern treatise on these organisms, walking readers through protistology's diversity and classification. This book is an ideal supplemental text for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in microbial ecology, freshwater and marine biology, soil ecology, environmental sciences, or those looking to initiate a course in protistology.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. A brief history3. Diversity, classification, and nomenclatureSection I.4. Archaeplastida5. Cryptista6. Haptista7. Stramenopiles8. Alveolata9. Rhizaria10. Amorphea, Opisthokonta, CRUMS, and Obazoa11. Amoebozoa12. Discoba13. MetamonadaSection II.14. Codon usage15. Endosymbionts16. Transfer of organelle and symbiont genes to the nucleus17. Lateral gene transfers18. Ectosymbionts19. Extrusomes20. Endomembrane system, vesicle transport21. Surface antigen variance22. Ciliophora genetics and inheritance, (epigenetics)23. Gene editing24. Mating type systems25. Cell-cell communication and recognition26. Cell shape and polarity27. Cytoskeletal elements (fine filaments, intermediate filaments, microtubular structures)28. Morphogenesis and cell cycle regulation29. Evolution and diversity of parasitism30. Ecology (functional groups, community structure, food webs and nutrient cycling)31. Glossary and Abbreviations32. Journals and Societies33. Bibliography (selected papers and books)

Authors

Sina M. Adl Professor, Department of Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dr. Sina Adl, has been a university Professor since 2002. He graduated with a PhD from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, in 1998. His research has been in 1) protist diversity and classification; 2) soil ecology and sustainable agriculture; 3) soil food webs and community structure; 4) global soil biodiversity and biogeography. He is a past-President of the International Society of Protistologists (an umbrella society for various national and related disciplinary societies). He has taught Microbial Diversity, Microbial Ecology, Comparative Protistology, Soil Ecology, and Global Food Security (from a sustainable agriculture perspective). He is the founding editor, and Editor-in-Chief of Rhizosphere (Elsevier), a soil ecology journal.