Protistology
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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