The Viridiplantae comprise two main clades, the Chlorophyta (including a diverse array of
marine and freshwater green algae) and the Streptophyta (consisting of the freshwater …

The extreme environmental conditions of the diverse saline inland waters (soda lakes and
pans, hypersaline lakes and ponds) of the Carpathian Basin are an advantage for …

The ecology and distribution of green phytoplankton (Chlorophyta) in the ocean is poorly
known because most studies have focused on groups with large cell size such as diatoms or …

We compared the composition of eukaryotic communities using two genetic markers (18S
rRNA V4 and V9 regions) at 27 sites sampled during Ocean Sampling Day 2014, with a …

Recent observations of N2 fixation rates (NFR) and the presence of nitrogenase (nifH)
genes from heterotrophic N2‐fixing (diazotrophic) prokaryotes in unusual habitats challenge …

Nitrogen (N) is a limiting nutrient in vast regions of the world's oceans, yet the sources of N
available to various phytoplankton groups remain poorly understood. In this study, we …

While algal phago-mixotrophs play a major role in aquatic microbial food webs, their
diversity remains poorly understood. Recent studies have indicated several species of …

Prasinophytes clade VII is a group of pico/nano-planktonic green algae (division
Chlorophyta) for which numerous ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequences have been retrieved …

Abstract Middle-to-late Ediacaran (575–541 Ma) marine sedimentary rocks record the first
appearance of macroscopic, multicellular body fossils, yet little is known about the …

Protists are extremely diverse morphologically and physiologically, and they play important
ecological roles at multiple trophic levels as primary producers and consumers in nearly all …