OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

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Pathogenicity and phylogeny of Labyrinthula spp. isolated in Washington and Oregon, USA	36
Eimeria falciformis extracellular vesicles differentially express host cell lncRNAs	35
Phylogenetic and structural characterization of Kentomonas inusitatus n. sp.: Unique insect trypanosomatid of the Strigomonadinae subfamily naturally lacking bacterial endosymbiont	35
Sterols of morphologically distinct, okadaic acid‐producing Prorocentrum texanum var. texanum and var. cuspidatum isolated from the Gulf of Mexico	34
Newly designed foraminifera primers identify habitat‐specific lineages through metabarcoding analyses	30
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The nuclear DNA and RNA distribution in Pelomyxa spp. (Amoebozoa, Archamoebae, Pelobiontida) revealed by a simple‐to‐use DAPI/pyronin staining method	20
Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny of Endosymbiotic Ciliates (Peritrichia, Mobilida) of Marine Invertebrates with Descriptions of Two Novel Species Urceolaria clepsydra n. sp. and Urceolaria	17
Retention of blue‐green cryptophyte organelles by Mesodinium rubrum and their effects on photophysiology and growth	16
Studies on the cyst stage of Naegleria fowleri in vivo and in vitro	15
First Record of Aplanochytrium on the Chilean Coast and its Biotechnological Potential: Expanding the Geographic Distribution of Labyrinthulomycetes	15
Miliolidium n. gen, a New Symbiodiniacean Genus Whose Members Associate with Soritid Foraminifera or Are Free‐Living	15
Identification of a new gregarine parasite associated with mass mortality events of freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) in Sweden	14
A New Paramoeba Isolate From Florida Exhibits a Microtubule‐Bound Endosymbiont Closely Associated With the Host Nucleus	14
Novel insights into molecular mechanisms of vegetative cell cycle and resting cyst formation in Apodileptus cf. visscheri (Alveolata, Ciliophora)	14
Is the Composition of Communities in Bromeliad Water and Adjacent Soil Similar?	14
Algal Symbiont Diversity and Host Fitness Variation in Amoebozoan Photosymbiosis	13
The identity of Centrodinium elongatum, type species of the dinoflagellate genus Centrodinium (Dinophyceae), and a review on the synonymy of allied species	12
The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean	12
Isolation of Naegleria lustrarea n. sp. (Excavata, Discoba, Heterolobosea) from the feces of Ambystoma annulatum (Ringed Salamander) in Northwest Arkansas	11
Nosema bombycis: A remarkable unicellular parasite infecting insects	11

Bacterial symbiosis in ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora): Roads traveled and those still to be taken	11
Production of amphisterol and other Δ⁸⁽¹⁴⁾ sterols by Togula jolla (formerly Amphidinium sensu lato) overlaps chemotaxonomically with Amphidinium cart	11
Identification and validation of novel Blastocystis subtype ST41 in a Colombian patient undergoing colorectal cancer screening	11
Construction a novel detection method for Trichomonas vaginalis based on recombinant enzyme polymerase amplification targeting the Actin gene	11
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Superficially described and ignored for 92 years, rediscovered and emended: Apodera angatakere (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida: Hyalospheniformes) is a new flagship testate amoeba taxon from Aotearoa (	10
Redescription and molecular characterization of Loxocephalus luridus Eberhard, 1862 based on Czech populations: Implications for order Loxocephalida Jankowski, 1980	10
Unexpected ubiquity of heart‐shaped scale morphotype in Centroplasthelida (Haptista): Ancestral trait or multiple acquisitions?	10
Phylogenetic analysis confirms the taxonomic placement of the marine flagellate Hermesinum adriaticum (Thecofilosea, Cercozoa, Rhizaria)	9
The long‐time orphan protist Meringosphaeramediterranea Lohmann, 1902 [1903] is a centrohelid heliozoan	9
Morphology and phylogeny of two anaerobic freshwater ciliates: Brachonella comma sp. nov. and the widely distributed but little‐known caenomorphid, Ludio parvulus Penard, 1922	9
Morphology, morphogenesis, and molecular characterization of Castula specialis sp. nov. (Ciliophora, Armophorea, Metopida)	8
Mitochondrial adaptations throughout the Trypanosoma brucei life cycle	8
The importance of type species and their correct identification: A key example from tintinnid ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotricha)	8
Parasite powerhouse: A review of the Toxoplasma gondii mitochondrion	8
The Toxoplasma plant‐like vacuolar compartment (PLVAC)	8
Phylogenetic placement of the protosteloid amoeba Microglomus paxillus identifies another case of sporocarpic fruiting in Discosea (Amoebozoa)	8
The mitosome of the anaerobic parasitic protist Entamoeba histolytica: A peculiar and minimalist mitochondrion‐related organelle	8
First examination of sterols in the marine dinoflagellate genus Vulcanodinium	8
Refurbishing the marine parasitoid order Pirsoniales with newly (re)described marine and freshwater free‐living predators	8
Molecular phylogeny of Spirotrichonymphea (Parabasalia) with emphasis on Spironympha, Spirotrichonympha, and three new genera Pseudospironympha, Nanospironympha, and Bru	8
The evolution of pre‐mRNA splicing and its machinery revealed by reduced extremophilic red algae	8
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Description of the marine predator Sericomyxa perlucida gen. et sp. nov., a cultivated representative of the deepest branching lineage of vampyrellid amoebae (Vampyrellida, Rhizaria)	7
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Host cell manipulation by microsporidia secreted effectors: Insights into intracellular pathogenesis	6
Interpreting phylogenetic placements for taxonomic assignment of environmental DNA	6
Broad‐range necrophytophagy in the flagellate Orciraptor agilis (Viridiraptoridae, Cercozoa) and the underappreciated role of scavenging among protists	6
Vegetative cell fusion and a new stage in the life cycle of the Aphelida (Opisthosporidia)	6
High Grazing Rates of Marine Askenasia cf. stellaris on Mesodinium rubrum and Insights Into Its Taxonomic Status	6
Microsporidia: Pervasive natural pathogens of Caenorhabditis elegans and related nematodes	6
Further insight into the genetic diversity of Entamoeba coli and Entamoeba hartmanni	6
Morphology and phylogenetic position of three anaerobic ciliates from the classes Odontostomatea and Muranotrichea (Ciliophora)	6
Biogenesis and metabolic homeostasis of trypanosomatid glycosomes: New insights and new questions	5
Characterization of Skoliomonas gen. nov., a haloalkaliphilic anaerobe related to barthelonids (Metamonada)	5
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Investigating the interactive effects of temperature, pH, and salinity on Naegleria fowleri persistence	5
Kapelodiniopsis flava n. g., n. sp. (Dinophyceae), a new katodinioid with haptophyte‐derived plastids of multiple origins: Implications for the plastid integration process	5
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Correction to the article “On the phylogenetic position of Raphidocystis pallida with some notes on its life cycle”	5
Morphological and molecular characterization of a new member of the phylum Rhodelphidia	5
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Molecular identification of Tetrahymena species	5
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Investigation of the genome sizes and ploidy within the genus Monocercomonoides	5