Protistology

Protistology

1st Edition - October 1, 2023

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  • Author: Sina Adl
  • Paperback ISBN: 9780323952996

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Description

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.

Key Features

  • Covers the entire breadth of protists, including numerous illustrations, photographs and figures
  • Provides an accessible, modern classification of protists
  • Presents comparative cell biology and evolutionary trends in the diversity of protists

Readership

Students and educators of microbial ecology, biodiversity and natural history, molecular phylogenies and bioinformatics, evolution, parasitology, and environmental sciences, Professionals in these sectors: pharmaceutical discovery, environmental remediation, pollution control, government environment and parks agencies, sustainable agriculture, plant pathology, animal and zoonotic diseases, algal biofuels, algal nutraceuticals and food supplements or additives, veterinary pathology, crop diseases, and medical microbiology and pathology clinicians

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction
    1.1.Origin of eukaryotes
    1.2.What is a protist species?
    1.3.Biogeography and dispersal
    2. A brief history
    3. Diversity, classification, and nomenclature

    Section I.
    4. Archaeplastida
    4.1.Glaucophyta
    4.2.Rhodophyceae
    4.3.Chloroplastida
    4.3.1.Chlorophyta
    4.3.2.Streptophyta
    5. Cryptista
    6. Haptista
    6.1.Haptophyta
    6.2.Centroplasthelida
    7. Stramenopiles
    7.1.Opalozoa
    7.2.Sagenista
    7.3.Gyrista
    7.4.Chrysista
    7.4.1.Eustigmatales
    7.4.2.Synchromophyceae
    7.4.3.Synurales
    7.4.4.Chrysophyceae
    7.4.5.Raphidophyceae
    7.4.6.Phaeothamniophyceae
    7.4.7.Xanthophyceae
    7.4.8.Schizocladia
    7.4.9.Phaeophyceae
    7.5.Diatomista
    7.5.1.Pelagophyceae
    7.5.2.Dictyochophyceae
    7.5.3.Bolidophyceae
    7.5.4.Diatomea
    8. Alveolata
    8.1.Protoalveolates
    8.1.1.Colpodellida
    8.1.2.Perkinsidae
    8.1.3.Colponemidia
    8.2.Dinoflagellata
    8.2.1.Syndiniales
    8.2.2.Dinophyceae
    8.3.Apicomplexa
    8.3.1.Aconoidasida
    8.3.2.Conoidasida
    8.4.Ciliophora
    9. Rhizaria
    9.1.Gymnosphaeridae
    9.2.Cercozoa
    9.2.1.Cercomonadida
    9.2.2.Paracercomonadida
    9.2.3.Glissomonadida
    9.2.4.Viridiraptoridae
    9.2.5.Pansomonadidae
    9.2.6.Sainourodea
    9.2.7.Thecofilosea
    9.2.7.1. Cryomonadida
    9.2.7.2. Tectofilosida
    9.2.7.3. Ebriacea
    9.2.7.4. Phaeodarea
    9.3.Imbricatea
    9.3.1.Granofilosea
    9.3.2.Chlorarachnea
    9.3.3.Silicofilosea
    9.4.Endomyxa
    9.4.1.Vampyrellida
    9.4.2.Phytomyxea
    9.4.3.Ascetosporea
    9.5.Radiolaria
    9.5.1.Taxopodida
    9.5.2.Acantharea
    9.5.3.Polycystinea
    9.6.Foraminifera
    9.6.1.Monothalamea
    9.6.2.Tubothalamea
    9.6.3.Globothalamea
    10. Amorphea, Opisthokonta, CRUMS, and Obazoa
    11. Amoebozoa
    11.1. Tubulinea
    11.2. Evosea
    11.3. Discosea
    12. Discoba
    12.1. Jakobida
    12.2. Heterolobosea
    12.3. Euglenozoa
    12.3.1. Euglenida
    12.3.2. Symbiontida
    12.3.3. Diplonemea
    12.3.4. Kinetoplastea
    13. Metamonada
    13.1. Fornicata
    13.2. Parabasalia
    13.3. Preaxostyla

    Section II.
    14. Codon usage
    15. Endosymbionts
    16. Transfer of organelle and symbiont genes to the nucleus
    17. Lateral gene transfers
    18. Ectosymbionts
    19. Extrusomes
    20. Endomembrane system, vesicle transport
    21. Surface antigen variance
    22. Ciliophora genetics and inheritance, (epigenetics)
    23. Gene editing
    24. Mating type systems
    25. Cell-cell communication and recognition
    26. Cell shape and polarity
    27. Cytoskeletal elements (fine filaments, intermediate filaments, microtubular structures)
    28. Morphogenesis and cell cycle regulation
    29. Evolution and diversity of parasitism
    30. Ecology (functional groups, community structure, food webs and nutrient cycling)
    30.1. Protists in soil ecology
    30.2. Protists in freshwater ecology
    30.3. Protists in marine coastal systems
    30.4. Protists in marine ecology
    31. Glossary and Abbreviations
    32. Journals and Societies
    33. Bibliography (selected papers and books)

Product details

  • No. of pages: 370
  • Language: English
  • Copyright: © Elsevier 2023
  • Published: October 1, 2023
  • Imprint: Elsevier
  • Paperback ISBN: 9780323952996

About the Author

Sina Adl

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.

Affiliations and Expertise

Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

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