Protists are the most diverse eukaryotes. These microbes are keystone organisms of soil
ecosystems and regulate essential processes of soil fertility such as nutrient cycling and plant …

… Anna Maria Fiore-Donno, … Coleman AM (1977) Sexual and genetic isolation in the
cosmopolitan algal species Pandorina morum. American Journal of Botany 64: 361–368 …

The myxomycetes are a group of protists that form a monophyletic taxon in the phylum
Amoebozoa. Evidence of their evolutionary success is the fact that they account for more species (…

Land-use intensification can increase provisioning ecosystem services, such as food and
timber production, but it also drives changes in ecosystem functioning and biodiversity loss, …

Land-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss. However, understanding how
different components of land use drive biodiversity loss requires the investigation of multiple …

Mycetozoa, characterized by spore-bearing fruiting bodies, are the most diverse Amoebozoa.
They traditionally comprise three taxa: Myxogastria, Dictyostelia and Protostelia. …

… , the capillitium arises from the whole length (M. Poulain, personal communication). It is not
… We sincerely thank José Fahrni and Jackie Guiard for technical assistance; M. Poulain for …

The Myxogastria are common soil microorganisms with a life cycle comprised of a plasmodial
trophic stage and large fruiting bodies generally visible with the unaided eye. Until now, …

Amoebozoa is a key phylum for eukaryote phylogeny and evolutionary history, but its
phylogenetic validity has been questioned since included species are very diverse: amoebo-…

Animals and fungi independently evolved from the protozoan phylum Choanozoa, these
three groups constituting a major branch of the eukaryotic evolutionary tree known as …