
Protistology
Description
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 dispersal2. 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.Streptophyta5. Cryptista
6. Haptista
6.1.Haptophyta
6.2.Centroplasthelida7. 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.Diatomea8. 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.Ciliophora9. 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.Globothalamea10. Amorphea, Opisthokonta, CRUMS, and Obazoa
11. Amoebozoa
11.1. Tubulinea
11.2. Evosea
11.3. Discosea12. 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. Kinetoplastea13. Metamonada
13.1. Fornicata
13.2. Parabasalia
13.3. PreaxostylaSection II.
14. Codon usage15. 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 ecology31. Glossary and Abbreviations
32. Journals and Societies
33. Bibliography (selected papers and books)
Product details
- No. of pages: 370
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2022
- Published: November 1, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323952996