The enigmatic genus Malacophrys Kahl, 1926 (Ciliophora: Intramacronucleata) belongs to the class Oligohymenophorea

Authors: Bourland, William ^⁎, Čepička, Ivan

Source: In Protist March 2025 176

An expanded phylogenomic analysis of Heterolobosea reveals the deep relationships, non-canonical genetic codes, and cryptic flagellate stages in the group

Authors: Pánek, Tomáš ^{a, ⁎}, Tice, Alexander K. ^{b, c}, Corre, Pia ^a, Hrubá, Pavla ^a, Žihala, David ^{d, e}, Kamikawa, Ryoma ^f, Yazaki, Euki ^{g, h}, Shiratori, Takashi ^g, Kume, Keitaro ^g, Hashimoto, Tetsuo ^g, Ishida, Ken-ichiro ^g, Hradilová, Miluše ⁱ, Silberman, Jeffrey D. ^{j, k}, Roger, Andrew ^l, Inagaki, Yuji ^g, Eliáš, Marek ^d, Brown, Matthew W. ^{b, m}, Čepička, Ivan ^a

Source: In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution March 2025 204

Reductitherus cryptostomus n. gen., n. sp. (Ciliophora: Armophorea: Clevelandellida), a remarkable new nyctotherid from an Australian cockroach, Parapanesthia gigantea (Blaberidae: Panesthiinae)

Authors: Kotyk, Michael, Soviš, Matyáš, Rose, Harley, Lo, Nathan, Čepička, Ivan, Bourland, William A.

Source: In Protist August 2024 175(4)

Redescription and molecular phylogeny of the freshwater metopid, Castula strelkowi (Jankowski, 1964) from the Czech Republic and synonymization of Pileometopus with Castula

Authors: Bourland, William ^⁎, Pomahač, Ondřej, Čepička, Ivan

Source: In Protist June 2024 175(3)

Lighting lantern above Psalteriomonadidae: Unveiling novel diversity within the genus Psalteriomonas (Discoba: Heterolobosea)

Authors: Foučková, Martina, Uhrová, Kristýna, Kubánková, Aneta, Pánek, Tomáš, Čepička, Ivan

Source: In European Journal of Protistology April 2024 93

Single cell transcriptomics reveals UAR codon reassignment in Palmarella salina (Metopida, Armophorea) and confirms Armophorida belongs to APM clade

Authors: Rotterová, Johana ^{a, c, 1, ⁎}, Pánek, Tomáš ^{a, 1}, Salomaki, Eric D. ^{b, d, 1}, Kotyk, Michael ^a, Táborský, Petr ^a, Kolísko, Martin ^b, Čepička, Ivan ^{a, ⁎⁎}

Source: In Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution February 2024 191

The protist cultural renaissance

Authors: del Campo, Javier, Carlos-Oliveira, Maria, Čepička, Ivan, Hehenberger, Elisabeth, Horák, Aleš, Karnkowska, Anna, Kolisko, Martin, Lara, Enrique, Lukeš, Julius, Pánek, Tomáš, Piwosz, Kasia, Richter, Daniel J., Škaloud, Pavel, Sutak, Robert, Tachezy, Jan, Hampl, Vladimír

Source: In Trends in Microbiology February 2024 32(2):128-131

Phylogenetic and morphological diversity of free-living diplomonads

Authors: Mazancová, Eva, Zadrobílková, Eliška, Yubuki, Naoji, Čepička, Ivan

Source: In European Journal of Protistology October 2023 91

Anaerocyclidiidae fam. nov. (Oligohymenophorea, Scuticociliatia): A newly recognized major lineage of anaerobic ciliates hosting prokaryotic symbionts

Authors: Poláková, Kateřina, Bourland, William A., Čepička, Ivan

Source: In European Journal of Protistology August 2023 90

Host specificity of passerine Lankesterella (Apicomplexa: Coccidia)

Authors: Saravana Bhavan Venkatachalam, Ashwin Kumar, Čepička, Ivan, Hrazdilová, Kristýna, Svobodová, Milena

Source: In European Journal of Protistology August 2023 90

Free-living Trichomonads are Unexpectedly Diverse

Authors: Céza, Vít, Kotyk, Michael, Kubánková, Aneta, Yubuki, Naoji, Šťáhlavský, František, Silberman, Jeffrey D., Čepička, Ivan

Source: In Protist August 2022 173(4)

Diversity and Phylogenetic Position of Bothrostoma Stokes, 1887 (Ciliophora: Metopida), with Description of Four New Species

Authors: Méndez-Sánchez, Daniel, Pomahač, Ondřej, Rotterová, Johana, Bourland, William, Čepička, Ivan

Source: In Protist August 2022 173(4)

Marinomyxa Gen. Nov. Accommodates Gall-Forming Parasites of the Tropical to Subtropical Seagrass Genus Halophila and Constitutes a Novel Deep-Branching Lineage Within Phytomyxea (Rhizaria: Endomyxa)

Authors: Kolátková, Viktorie, Čepička, Ivan, Hoffman, Razy, Vohník, Martin

Source: Microbial Ecology, 2021 Apr 01. 81(3), 673-686.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27291134

Enigmatic Phytomyxid Parasite of the Alien Seagrass Halophila stipulacea : New Insights into Its Ecology, Phylogeny, and Distribution in the Mediterranean Sea

Authors: Kolátková, Viktorie, Čepička, Ivan, Gargiulo, Gaetano Maurizio, Vohník, Martin

Source: Microbial Ecology, 2020 Apr 01. 79(3), 631-643.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/48739965

Phylogenetic Position of Three Well-known Ciliates from the Controversial Order Loxocephalida Jankowski, 1980 (Scuticociliatia, Oligohymenophorea) and Urozona buetschlii (Schewiakoff, 1889) with Improved Morphological Descriptions

Authors: Poláková, Kateřina, Čepička, Ivan, Bourland, William A.

Source: In Protist August 2021 172(4)

Retortamonads from vertebrate hosts share features of anaerobic metabolism and pre-adaptations to parasitism with diplomonads

Authors: Füssy, Zoltán, Vinopalová, Martina, Treitli, Sebastian Cristian, Pánek, Tomáš, Smejkalová, Pavla, Čepička, Ivan, Doležal, Pavel, Hampl, Vladimír

Source: In Parasitology International June 2021 82

Transcriptome and Evolutionary Analysis of Pseudotrichomonas keilini, a Free-Living Anaerobic Eukaryote.

Authors: Abu-Elmakarem, Hend¹, Taerum, Stephen J², Petitjean, Celine³, Kotyk, Michael^4,5, Kay, Christopher³, Čepička, Ivan⁴, Bass, David⁶, Gile, Gillian H², Williams, Tom A³

Source: Genome Biology & Evolution; Dec2024, Vol. 16 Issue 12, p1-8, 8p

A unique symbiosome in an anaerobic single-celled eukaryote.

Authors: Jerlström-Hultqvist, Jon, Gallot-Lavallée, Lucie, Salas-Leiva, Dayana E., Curtis, Bruce A., Záhonová, Kristína, Čepička, Ivan, Stairs, Courtney W., Pipaliya, Shweta, Dacks, Joel B., Archibald, John M., Roger, Andrew J.

Source: Nature Communications; 11/9/2024, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p1-15, 15p

Subject Terms: FLUORESCENCE in situ hybridization, WHOLE genome sequencing, SULFATE-reducing bacteria, GENE families, PLANT-fungus relationships

The association of bacterial agents and flagellated protozoans in the etiopathogenesis of subspectacular abscesses in snakes.

Authors: Hellebuyck, Tom, Kotyk, Michael, Solanes Vilanova, Ferran, Čepička, Ivan

Source: Veterinary Ophthalmology; Nov2024, Vol. 27 Issue 6, p540-548, 9p

Subject Terms: ZOOFLAGELLATES, PROTOZOAN diseases, RIBOSOMAL RNA, OPPORTUNISTIC infections, BACTERIAL diseases

Description of Three New Genera of Metopidae (Metopida, Ciliophora): Pileometopus gen. nov., Castula gen. nov., and Longitaenia gen. nov., with Notes on the Phylogeny and Cryptic Diversity of Metopid Ciliates

Authors: Bourland, William, Rotterová, Johana, Čepička, Ivan

Source: In Protist July 2020 171(3)