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In situ Occurrence, Prevalence and Dynamics of Parvilucifera Parasitoids during Recurrent Blooms of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum by Alacid, Elisabet, Reñé, Albert, Camp, Jordi, Garcés, Esther

“…Dinoflagellate blooms are natural phenomena that often occur in coastal areas, which in addition to their large number of nutrient-rich sites are characterized…”
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Evolutionary Trends of Perkinsozoa (Alveolata) Characters Based on Observations of Two New Genera of Parasitoids of dinoflagellates, Dinovorax gen. nov. and Snorkelia gen. nov by Reñé, Albert, Alacid, Elisabet, Ferrera, Isabel, Garcés, Esther

“…Parasites are one of the ecologically most relevant groups of marine food webs, but their taxonomic and biological complexity hampers the assessment of their…”
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Identification of a non-canonical ciliate nuclear genetic code where UAA and UAG code for different amino acids by McGowan, Jamie, Kilias, Estelle S, Alacid, Elisabet, Lipscombe, James, Jenkins, Benjamin H, Gharbi, Karim, Kaithakottil, Gemy G, Macaulay, Iain C, McTaggart, Seanna, Warring, Sally D, Richards, Thomas A, Hall, Neil, Swarbreck, David

“…The genetic code is one of the most highly conserved features across life. Only a few lineages have deviated from the "universal" genetic code. Amongst the few…”
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Parasitoid chytridiomycete Ericiomyces syringoforeus gen. et sp. nov. has unique cellular structures to infect the host by Karpov, Sergey A., Reñé, Albert, Vishnyakov, Andrey E., Seto, Kensuke, Alacid, Elisabet, Paloheimo, Aurora, Kagami, Maiko, Kremp, Anke, Garcés, Esther

“…Many fungi have been identified as pathogens of marine algae. Among them, Chytridiomycota have been revealed as relatively highly abundant, but much of the…”
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New Perkinsea Parasitoids of Dinoflagellates Distantly Related to Parviluciferaceae Members by Reñé, Albert, Alacid, Elisabet, Gallisai, Rachele, Chambouvet, Aurélie, Fernández-Valero, Alan D., Garcés, Esther

“…Perkinsea is a phylogenetic group of protists that includes parasites of distantly related hosts. However, its diversity is still mainly composed of…”
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Host-released dimethylsulphide activates the dinoflagellate parasitoid Parvilucifera sinerae by Garcés, Esther, Alacid, Elisabet, Reñé, Albert, Petrou, Katherina, Simó, Rafel

“…Parasitoids are a major top-down cause of mortality of coastal harmful algae, but the mechanisms and strategies they have evolved to efficiently infect…”
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A diversified and segregated mRNA spliced-leader system in the parasitic Perkinsozoa by Alacid, Elisabet, Irwin, Nicholas A. T., Smilansky, Vanessa, Milner, David S., Kilias, Estelle S., Leonard, Guy, Richards, Thomas A.

“…Spliced-leader trans -splicing (SLTS) has been described in distantly related eukaryotes and acts to mark mRNAs with a short 5′ exon, giving different mRNAs…”
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Life-cycle, ultrastructure, and phylogeny of Parvilucifera corolla sp. nov. (Alveolata, Perkinsozoa), a parasitoid of dinoflagellates by Reñé, Albert, Alacid, Elisabet, Figueroa, Rosa Isabel, Rodríguez, Francisco, Garcés, Esther

“…Recent studies of marine protists have revealed parasites to be key components of marine communities. Here we describe a new species of the parasitoid genus…”
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A Game of Russian Roulette for a Generalist Dinoflagellate Parasitoid: Host Susceptibility Is the Key to Success by Alacid, Elisabet, Park, Myung G, Turon, Marta, Petrou, Katherina, Garcés, Esther

“…Marine microbial interactions involving eukaryotes and their parasites play an important role in shaping the structure of phytoplankton communities. These…”
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The potential for arms race and Red Queen coevolution in a protist host–parasite system by Råberg, Lars, Alacid, Elisabet, Garces, Esther, Figueroa, Rosa

“…The dynamics and consequences of host–parasite coevolution depend on the nature of host genotype‐by‐parasite genotype interactions (G × G) for host and…”
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Cross-Shore Environmental Gradients in the Western Mediterranean Coast and Their Influence on Nearshore Phytoplankton Communities by Basterretxea, Gotzon, Torres-Serra, Francisco J., Alacid, Elisabet, Anglès, Sílvia, Camp, Jordi, Ferrera, Isabel, Flo, Eva, Font-Muñoz, Joan S., Jordi, Antoni, Reñé, Albert, Salgado-Hernanz, Paula M., Sampedro, Nagore, Garcés, Esther

“…During summer, when oligotrophic conditions prevail offshore in the Mediterranean Sea, enhanced phytoplankton stripes are often observed in nearshore waters…”
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A cell–cell atlas approach for understanding symbiotic interactions between microbes by Alacid, Elisabet, Richards, Thomas A

“…•Microbial symbiotic interactions shape natural environments.•The functional nature of most microbial symbiotic associations is unknown.•Single-cell methods…”
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Description of two new coexisting parasitoids of blooming dinoflagellates in the Baltic sea: Parvilucifera catillosa sp. nov. and Parvilucifera sp. (Perkinsea, Alveolata) by Alacid, Elisabet, Reñé, Albert, Gallisai, Rachele, Paloheimo, Aurora, Garcés, Esther, Kremp, Anke

“…•Infections of Parvilucifera species are reported for first time in the Inner Baltic Sea.•Parasitoids were isolated from a bloom that included toxic…”
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Integrating chytrid fungal parasites into plankton ecology: research gaps and needs by Frenken, Thijs, Alacid, Elisabet, Berger, Stella A., Bourne, Elizabeth C., Gerphagnon, Mélanie, Grossart, Hans‐Peter, Gsell, Alena S., Ibelings, Bas W., Kagami, Maiko, Küpper, Frithjof C., Letcher, Peter M., Loyau, Adeline, Miki, Takeshi, Nejstgaard, Jens C., Rasconi, Serena, Reñé, Albert, Rohrlack, Thomas, Rojas‐Jimenez, Keilor, Schmeller, Dirk S., Scholz, Bettina, Seto, Kensuke, Sime‐Ngando, Télesphore, Sukenik, Assaf, Van de Waal, Dedmer B., Van den Wyngaert, Silke, Van Donk, Ellen, Wolinska, Justyna, Wurzbacher, Christian, Agha, Ramsy

“…Summary Chytridiomycota, often referred to as chytrids, can be virulent parasites with the potential to inflict mass mortalities on hosts, causing e.g. changes…”
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Identification of a non-canonical ciliate nuclear genetic code where UAA and UAG code for different amino acids by Jamie McGowan, Estelle S. Kilias, Elisabet Alacid, James Lipscombe, Benjamin H. Jenkins, Karim Gharbi, Gemy G. Kaithakottil, Iain C. Macaulay, Seanna McTaggart, Sally D. Warring, Thomas A. Richards, Neil Hall, David Swarbreck

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New Insights into the Parasitoid Parvilucifera sinerae Life Cycle: The Development and Kinetics of Infection of a Bloom-forming Dinoflagellate Host by Alacid, Elisabet, Reñé, Albert, Garcés, Esther

“…Parvilucifera sinerae is a parasitoid of dinoflagellates, the major phytoplankton group responsible for harmful algal bloom events. Here we provide a detailed…”
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Host preferences of coexisting Perkinsea parasitoids during coastal dinoflagellate blooms by Reñé, Albert, Timoneda, Natàlia, Sampedro, Nagore, Alacid, Elisabet, Gallisai, Rachele, Gordi, Jordina, Fernández‐Valero, Alan D., Pernice, Massimo C., Flo, Eva, Garcés, Esther

“…Parasites in aquatic systems are highly diverse and ubiquitous. In marine environments, parasite‐host interactions contribute substantially to shaping…”
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The new chytridiomycete Paradinomyces triforaminorum gen. et sp. nov. co-occurs with other parasitoids during a Kryptoperidinium foliaceum (Dinophyceae) bloom in the Baltic Sea by Reñé, Albert, Alacid, Elisabet, Vishnyakov, Andrey E., Seto, Kensuke, Tcvetkova, Victoria S., Gordi, Jordina, Kagami, Maiko, Kremp, Anke, Garcés, Esther, Karpov, Sergey A.

“…•Diverse zoosporic parasites are detected during a Kryptoperidinium foliaceum bloom in the Baltic Sea.•The new chytrid genus and species Paradinomyces…”
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Intraspecific variability in Karlodinium veneficum: Growth rates, mixotrophy, and lipid composition by Calbet, Albert, Bertos, Mireia, Fuentes-Grünewald, Claudio, Alacid, Elisabet, Figueroa, Rosa, Renom, Berta, Garcés, Esther

“…► 11 strains of Karlodinium veneficum from the same bloom showed different growth rates. ► The strains also had different ingestion rates on Rhodomonas salina…”
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Parvilucifera sinerae (Alveolata, Myzozoa) is a Generalist Parasitoid of Dinoflagellates by Garcés, Esther, Alacid, Elisabet, Bravo, Isabel, Fraga, Santiago, Figueroa, Rosa I.

“…This study begins with a description of the infective process in the dinoflagellate type host Alexandrium minutum by a strain of the parasitoid, Parvilucifera…”
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