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Handbook of the Protists

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Editors:
  1. John M. Archibald

    1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

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  2. Alastair G.B. Simpson

    1. Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

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  3. Claudio H. Slamovits

    1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University , Halifax, Canada

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

  • Covers protists’ morphology, molecular biology, biochemistry, ecology and fossil record

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

  • Enables discovery through organization by current protist systematics

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (44 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Protist Diversity and Eukaryote Phylogeny

    • Alastair G. B. Simpson, Claudio H. Slamovits, John M. Archibald
    Pages 1-21

  3. Glaucophyta

    • Dana C. Price, Jürgen M. Steiner, Hwan Su Yoon, Debashish Bhattacharya, Wolfgang Löffelhardt
    Pages 23-87

  4. Rhodophyta

    • Hwan Su Yoon, Wendy Nelson, Sandra C. Lindstrom, Sung Min Boo, Curt Pueschel, Huan Qiu et al.
    Pages 89-133

  5. Zygnematophyta

    • John D. Hall, Richard M. McCourt
    Pages 135-163

  6. Charophyceae (Charales)

    • Richard M. McCourt, Kenneth G. Karol, John D. Hall, Michelle T. Casanova, Michael C. Grant
    Pages 165-183

  7. Chlorokybophyceae, Klebsormidiophyceae, Coleochaetophyceae

    • Martha E. Cook, Linda E. Graham
    Pages 185-204

  8. Bacillariophyta

    • David G. Mann, Richard M. Crawford, Frank E. Round
    Pages 205-266

  9. Phaeophyta

    • Hiroshi Kawai, Eric C. Henry
    Pages 267-304

  10. Raphidophyceae (Raphidophyta)

    • Takeo Horiguchi
    Pages 305-330

  11. Chrysophyta

    • Jørgen Kristiansen, Pavel Škaloud
    Pages 331-366

  12. Eustigmatophyceae

    • Marek Eliáš, Raquel Amaral, Karen P. Fawley, Marvin W. Fawley, Yvonne Němcová, Jiří Neustupa et al.
    Pages 367-406

  13. Xanthophyceae

    • Silvia Maistro, Paul Broady, Carlo Andreoli, Enrico Negrisolo
    Pages 407-434

  14. Hyphochytriomycota and Oomycota

    • Gordon W. Beakes, Marco Thines
    Pages 435-505

  15. Labyrinthulomycota

    • Reuel M. Bennett, D. Honda, Gordon W. Beakes, Marco Thines
    Pages 507-542

  16. Opalinata

    • Martin Kostka
    Pages 543-565

  17. Apicomplexa

    • Jan Votýpka, David Modrý, Miroslav Oborník, Jan Šlapeta, Julius Lukeš
    Pages 567-624

  18. Dinoflagellata

    • Juan F. Saldarriaga, F. J. R. ‘Max’ Taylor
    Pages 625-678

  19. Ciliophora

    • Denis H. Lynn
    Pages 679-730

  20. Radiolaria and Phaeodaria

    • Demetrio Boltovskoy, O. Roger Anderson, Nancy M. Correa
    Pages 731-763
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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.

Reviews

“The Handbook covers many of these dreadful protistan parasites, but, unlike conventional parasitology texts, the parasitic species are discussed within the larger context of their encompassing phyla, allowing the reader to see how the general features of particular types of protists may have given them advantages in exploiting new hosts. … The Handbook is thus an essential resource for researchers studying protistan parasites.” (Wallace F. Marshall, Current Biology Magazine, Vol. 28 (3), February, 2018)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

    John M. Archibald

  • Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

    Alastair G.B. Simpson

  • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University , Halifax, Canada

    Claudio H. Slamovits

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.^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.

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