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Handbook of the Protists

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Editors:
  1. John M. Archibald

    1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

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  2. Alastair G.B. Simpson

    1. Department of Biology Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

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  3. Claudio H. Slamovits

    1. Department of Biochemistry and Mole, Dalhousie University Department of Biochemistry and Mole, HALIFAX, Canada

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  4. Lynn Margulis

    1. Ashland, USA

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  5. Michael Melkonian

    1. Biozentrum Köln, Universität zu Köln Biozentrum Köln, Köln, Germany

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  6. David J. Chapman

    1. Dept. Ecology, Evolution, Marine Biology, University of California Dept. Ecology, Evolution, Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, USA

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  7. John O. Corliss

    1. Libertyville, USA

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  • Explores the ecological, medical and economic importance of major groups of protists

  • Covers protist morphology, molecular biology, biochemistry, ecology and fossil record

  • Collates work on an unparalleled breadth of eukaryotic micro-organisms

  • Organized by current protist systematics as informed by molecular phylogenetics and genomics

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Table of contents (44 entries)

  1. Amoebozoan Lobose Amoebae (Tubulinea, Flabellinea, and Others)

    • O. Roger Anderson

  2. Apicomplexa

    • Jan Votýpka, David Modrý, Miroslav Oborník, Jan Šlapeta, Julius Lukeš

  3. Apusomonadida

    • Aaron A. Heiss, Matthew W. Brown, Alastair G. B. Simpson

  4. Archamoebae

    • Giselle Walker, Eliška Zadrobílková, Ivan Čepička

  5. Bacillariophyta

    • David G. Mann, Richard M. Crawford, Frank E. Round

  6. Blastocladiomycota

    • Martha J. Powell

  7. Centrohelida and Other Heliozoan-Like Protists

    • Rebecca J. Gast

  8. Charophyceae (Charales)

    • Richard M. McCourt, Kenneth G. Karol, John D. Hall, Michelle T. Casanova, Michael C. Grant

  9. Chlorarachniophytes

    • Patrick J. Keeling

  10. Chlorokybophyceae, Klebsormidiophyceae, Coleochaetophyceae

    • Martha E. Cook, Linda E. Graham

  11. Choanoflagellatea

    • Daniel J. Richter, Frank Nitsche

  12. Chrysophyta

    • Jørgen Kristiansen, Pavel Škaloud

  13. Chytridiomycota

    • Martha J. Powell

  14. Ciliophora

    • Denis H. Lynn

  15. Cryptophyta (Cryptomonads)

    • Kerstin Hoef-Emden, John M. Archibald

  16. Dictyostelia

    • Sandra L. Baldauf, Joan E. Strassmann

  17. Dinoflagellata

    • J. F. Saldarriaga, F. J. R. Taylor

  18. Diplomonadida

    • Rodney D. Adam

  19. Euglenida

    • Brian S. Leander, Gordon Lax, Anna Karnkowska, Alastair G. B. Simpson

  20. Eustigmatophyceae

    • Marek Eliáš, Raquel Amaral, Karen P. Fawley, Marvin W. Fawley, Yvonne Němcová, Jiří Neustupa et al.
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About this book

Published in a modern, user-friendly format this fully revised and updated edition of The Handbook of Protoctista (1990) is the resource for those interested in the biology, diversity and evolution of eukaryotic microorganisms and their descendants, exclusive of animals, plants and fungi. With chapters written by leading researchers in the field, the content reflects the present state of knowledge of the cell and genome biology, evolutionary relationships and ecological/medical/economic importance each major group of protists, organized according to current protist systematics as informed by molecular phylogenetics and genomics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

    John M. Archibald

  • Department of Biology Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

    Alastair G.B. Simpson

  • Department of Biochemistry and Mole, Dalhousie University Department of Biochemistry and Mole, HALIFAX, Canada

    Claudio H. Slamovits

  • Ashland, USA

    Lynn Margulis

  • Biozentrum Köln, Universität zu Köln Biozentrum Köln, Köln, Germany

    Michael Melkonian

  • Dept. Ecology, Evolution, Marine Biology, University of California Dept. Ecology, Evolution, Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, USA

    David J. Chapman

  • Libertyville, USA

    John O. Corliss

About the editors

Dr. John Archibald is Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, and Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research. His scientific contributions include serving as Treasurer of the Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution (2009-11) and Associate Editor for various journals, including Genome Biology & Evolution and Journal of Phycology. He is currently an Editorial Board Member for Current Biology, Eukaryotic Cell, BMC Biology, Environmental Microbiology, and Protist Genomics. Dr. Archibald’s research is focused on the diversity of protists and their organelles. He is the author of more than 100 scientific publications, and author of One Plus One Equals One: Symbiosis and the Evolution of Complex Life (Oxford University Press, 2014).
Alastair Simpson is a Professor in the Department of Biology at Dalhousie University, Canada, and a Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. He is the chair of the Systematics and Program Committees of the International Society of Protistologists (ISoP), and a previous winner of ISoP’s Hutner Prize for research excellence. He has served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology for 10 years. Dr Simpson has authored >100 scientific publications on the biodiversity, evolutionary history, cell structure and molecular evolution of eukaryotic microbes, with a particular emphasis on free-living protozoa.
Dr. Claudio Slamovits is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada. He is also a Fellow of the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research, Program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity. He is an executive member of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology and also sits in the Awards committee of the International Society of Protistologists. Dr. Slamovits has received his Ph.D. degree in Buenos Aires, Argentina and conducted postdoctoral training in the University of British Columbia. Since 2009 he leads research in genomics, cell and molecular biology and evolution on a diverse array of protistan lineages.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of the Protists

  • Editors: John M. Archibald, Alastair G.B. Simpson, Claudio H. Slamovits, Lynn Margulis, Michael Melkonian, David J. Chapman, John O. Corliss

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32669-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Biomedicine and Life Sciences, Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32669-6Due: 26 February 2018

  • Additional Information: Second edition of The Handbook of Protoctista (Lynn Margulis, John O. Corliss, Michael Melkonian, David J. Chapman (eds.)), Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Boston, 1990; Fully Revised and Updated

  • Topics: Eukaryotic Microbiology, Parasitology, Microbial Ecology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Animal Physiology

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