Principal Investigator: George B. McManus (University of Connecticut)
Co-Principal Investigator: Luciana Santoferrara
Ecology and Evolution~2022~12~Liang, Diwen and McManus, George B. and Wang, Qing and Sun, Xian and Liu, Zhiwei and Lin, Senjie and Yang, Yufeng~https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8912~~~~~Genetic differentiation and phylogeography of rotifer <i>Polyarthra dolichoptera</i> and <i>P. vulgaris</i> populations between Southeastern China and eastern North America: High intercontinental differences~~~10334460~10334460~OSTI~2022-06-22 13:03:20.263~
Aquatic Microbial Ecology~2022~88~Santoferrara, LF and McManus, GB and Greenfield, DI and Smith, SA~https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01982~~~~~Microbial communities (bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes) in a temperate estuary during seasonal hypoxia~~61 to 79~10334458~10334458~OSTI~2022-06-22 13:03:22.840~
Frontiers in Microbiology~2021~12~Liu, Weiwei and McManus, George B. and Lin, Xiaofeng and Huang, Honghui and Zhang, Wenjing and Tan, Yehui~https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.689688~~~~~Distribution Patterns of Ciliate Diversity in the South China Sea~~~10334456~10334456~OSTI~2022-06-22 13:03:28.750~
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology~2020~~Santoferrara, Luciana and Burki, Fabien and Filker, Sabine and Logares, Ramiro and Dunthorn, Micah and McManus, George B.~10.1111/jeu.12813~~~~~Perspectives from Ten Years of Protist Studies by High‐Throughput Metabarcoding~~~10174743~10174743~OSTI~2020-07-23 17:01:58.650~
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology~2021~68~Agatha, Sabine and Ganser, Maximilian H. and Santoferrara, Luciana F.~https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12865~~~~~The importance of type species and their correct identification: A key example from tintinnid ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotricha)~~~10334708~10334708~OSTI~2022-06-23 13:03:30.240~
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution~2022~170~Ganser, Maximilian H. and Santoferrara, Luciana F. and Agatha, Sabine~https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107433~~~~~Molecular signature characters complement taxonomic diagnoses: A bioinformatic approach exemplified by ciliated protists (Ciliophora, Oligotrichea)~~107433~10334707~10334707~OSTI~2022-06-23 13:03:23.600~
Genome Biology and Evolution~2020~12~Smith, Susan A and Maurer-Alcalá, Xyrus X and Yan, Ying and Katz, Laura A and Santoferrara, Luciana F and McManus, George B~https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa185~~~~~Combined Genome and Transcriptome Analyses of the Ciliate Schmidingerella arcuata (Spirotrichea) Reveal Patterns of DNA Elimination, Scrambling, and Inversion~~1616 to 1622~10206848~10206848~OSTI~2021-07-02 17:03:40.630~
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology~2023~70~Santoferrara, Luciana F. and Qureshi, Aleena and Sher, Amina and Blanco‐Bercial, Leocadio~https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12976~~~~~The photic‐aphotic divide is a strong ecological and evolutionary force determining the distribution of ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora) in the ocean~~~10407591~10452202~OSTI~2023-09-02 00:03:57.676~