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Phagocytosis-like cell engulfment by a planctomycete bacterium by Shiratori, Takashi, Suzuki, Shigekatsu, Kakizawa, Yukako, Ishida, Ken-ichiro

“…Phagocytosis is a key eukaryotic feature, conserved from unicellular protists to animals, that enabled eukaryotes to feed on other organisms. It could also be…”
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Novel alkenone-producing strains of genus Isochrysis (Haptophyta) isolated from Canadian saline lakes show temperature sensitivity of alkenones and alkenoates by Araie, Hiroya, Nakamura, Hideto, Toney, Jaime L., Haig, Heather A., Plancq, Julien, Shiratori, Takashi, Leavitt, Peter R., Seki, Osamu, Ishida, Ken-ichiro, Sawada, Ken, Suzuki, Iwane, Shiraiwa, Yoshihiro

“…[Display omitted] •Novel LCA-producing strains from Canadian lakes established as unialgal cultures.•Seven strains were categorized in the Isochrysis clade…”
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Trachyrhizium urniformis n. g., n. sp., a Novel Marine Filose Thecate Amoeba Related to a Cercozoan Environmental Clade (Novel Clade 4) by Shiratori, Takashi, Ishida, Ken-ichiro

“…A novel cercozoan filose thecate amoeba, Trachyrhizium urniformis n. g., n. sp., was isolated from a marine sediment sample collected at Agenashiku Island,…”
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A New Heterotrophic Cryptomonad: Hemiarma marina n. g., n. sp by Shiratori, Takashi, Ishida, Ken-ichiro

“…We report a new heterotrophic cryptomonad Hemiarma marina n. g., n. sp. that was collected from a seaweed sample from the Republic of Palau. In our molecular…”
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Phylogeny and Morphology of New Diplonemids from Japan by Tashyreva, Daria, Prokopchuk, Galina, Yabuki, Akinori, Kaur, Binnypreet, Faktorová, Drahomíra, Votýpka, Jan, Kusaka, Chiho, Fujikura, Katsunori, Shiratori, Takashi, Ishida, Ken-Ichiro, Horák, Aleš, Lukeš, Julius

“…Diplonemids were recently found to be the most species-rich group of marine planktonic protists. Based on phylogenetic analysis of 18S rRNA gene sequences and…”
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Entamoeba marina n. sp.; a New Species of Entamoeba Isolated from Tidal Flat Sediment of Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan by Shiratori, Takashi, Ishida, Ken-ichiro

“…The genus Entamoeba includes anaerobic lobose amoebae, most of which are parasites of various vertebrates and invertebrates. We report a new Entamoeba species,…”
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Morphology, Ultrastructure, and Phylogeny of Two Novel Species of Ventrifissura (V. oblonga n. sp. and V. velata n. sp., Thecofilosea, Cercozoa) by Shiratori, Takashi, Yabuki, Akinori, Ishida, Ken-ichiro

“…Ventrifissura is a group of poorly studied heterotrophic biflagellates in the phylum Cercozoa. Despite a phylogenetic placement with only weak support and a…”
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Composition of long chain alkenones and alkenoates as a function of growth temperature in marine haptophyte Tisochrysis lutea by Nakamura, Hideto, Sawada, Ken, Araie, Hiroya, Shiratori, Takashi, Ishida, Ken-ichiro, Suzuki, Iwane, Shiraiwa, Yoshihiro

“…•Haptophyte strain NIES-2590 was genetically identified as T. lutea.•T. lutea lacked C37:4 alkenones, and grew well between 15°C and 35°C.•U37K calibrations of…”
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Horizontally-acquired genetic elements in the mitochondrial genome of a centrohelid Marophrys sp. SRT127 by Nishimura, Yuki, Shiratori, Takashi, Ishida, Ken-ichiro, Hashimoto, Tetsuo, Ohkuma, Moriya, Inagaki, Yuji

“…Mitochondrial genomes exhibit diverse features among eukaryotes in the aspect of gene content, genome structure, and the mobile genetic elements such as…”
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Microheliella maris possesses the most gene-rich mitochondrial genome in Diaphoretickes by Yazaki, Euki, Yabuki, Akinori, Nishimura, Yuki, Shiratori, Takashi, Hashimoto, Tetsuo, Inagaki, Yuji

“…The mitochondrial genomes are very diverse, but their evolutionary history is unclear due to the lack of efforts to sequence those of protists (unicellular…”
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Hydrothermal vent chimney-base sediments as unique habitat for meiobenthos and nanobenthos: Observations on millimeter-scale distributions by Bernhard, Joan M., Nomaki, Hidetaka, Shiratori, Takashi, Elmendorf, Anastasia, Yabuki, Akinori, Kimoto, Katsunori, Tsuchiya, Masashi, Shimanaga, Motohiro

“…Hydrothermal vents are critical to marine geochemical cycling and ecosystem functioning. Although hydrothermal vent-associated megafauna and chemoautotrophic…”
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A novel alphaproteobacterial ectosymbiont promotes the growth of the hydrocarbon-rich green alga Botryococcus braunii by Tanabe, Yuuhiko, Okazaki, Yusuke, Yoshida, Masaki, Matsuura, Hiroshi, Kai, Atsushi, Shiratori, Takashi, Ishida, Ken-ichiro, Nakano, Shin-ichi, Watanabe, Makoto M.

“…Botryococcus braunii is a colony-forming green alga that accumulates large amounts of liquid hydrocarbons within the colony. The utilization of B. braunii for…”
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Ubiquity and quantitative significance of detoxification catabolism of chlorophyll associated with protistan herbivory by Kashiyama, Yuichiro, Yokoyama, Akiko, Kinoshita, Yusuke, Shoji, Sunao, Miyashiya, Hideaki, Shiratori, Takashi, Suga, Hisami, Ishikawa, Kanako, Ishikawa, Akira, Inouye, Isao, Ishida, Ken-ichiro, Fujinuma, Daiki, Aoki, Keisuke, Kobayashi, Masami, Nomoto, Shinya, Mizoguchi, Tadashi, Tamiaki, Hitoshi

“…Chlorophylls are essential components of the photosynthetic apparati that sustain all of the life forms that ultimately depend on solar energy. However, a…”
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Taming chlorophylls by early eukaryotes underpinned algal interactions and the diversification of the eukaryotes on the oxygenated Earth by Kashiyama, Yuichiro, Yokoyama, Akiko, Shiratori, Takashi, Hess, Sebastian, Not, Fabrice, Bachy, Charles, Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Andres, Kawahara, Jun, Suzaki, Toshinobu, Nakazawa, Masami, Ishikawa, Takahiro, Maruyama, Moe, Wang, Mengyun, Chen, Man, Gong, Yingchun, Seto, Kensuke, Kagami, Maiko, Hamamoto, Yoko, Honda, Daiske, Umetani, Takahiro, Shihongi, Akira, Kayama, Motoki, Matsuda, Toshiki, Taira, Junya, Yabuki, Akinori, Tsuchiya, Masashi, Hirakawa, Yoshihisa, Kawaguchi, Akane, Nomura, Mami, Nakamura, Atsushi, Namba, Noriaki, Matsumoto, Mitsufumi, Tanaka, Tsuyoshi, Yoshino, Tomoko, Higuchi, Rina, Yamamoto, Akihiro, Maruyama, Tadanobu, Yamaguchi, Aika, Uzuka, Akihiro, Miyagishima, Shinya, Tanifuji, Goro, Kawachi, Masanobu, Kinoshita, Yusuke, Tamiaki, Hitoshi

“…Extant eukaryote ecology is primarily sustained by oxygenic photosynthesis, in which chlorophylls play essential roles. The exceptional photosensitivity of…”
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One high quality genome and two transcriptome datasets for new species of Mantamonas, a deep-branching eukaryote clade by Blaz, Jazmin, Galindo, Luis Javier, Heiss, Aaron A., Kaur, Harpreet, Torruella, Guifré, Yang, Ashley, Alexa Thompson, L., Filbert, Alexander, Warring, Sally, Narechania, Apurva, Shiratori, Takashi, Ishida, Ken-ichiro, Dacks, Joel B., López-García, Purificación, Moreira, David, Kim, Eunsoo, Eme, Laura

“…Mantamonads were long considered to represent an “orphan” lineage in the tree of eukaryotes, likely branching near the most frequently assumed position for the…”
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Phylogeny, Ultrastructure, and Flagellar Apparatus of a New Marimonad Flagellate Abollifer globosa sp. nov. (Imbricatea, Cercozoa) by Shiratori, Takashi, Yokoyama, Akiko, Ishida, Ken-Ichiro

“…Abollifer is a little-known genus of marine heterotrophic flagellates with no ultrastructural and molecular information, and its taxonomic position remains…”
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Taxonomic study of a new eustigmatophycean alga, Vacuoliviride crystalliferum gen. et sp. nov by Nakayama, Takeshi, Nakamura, Atsushi, Yokoyama, Akiko, Shiratori, Takashi, Inouye, Isao, Ishida, Ken-ichiro

“…This study investigated the taxonomic affiliation of the algal strain nak-9, which has been reported to absorb radioactive cesium with high efficiency, using…”
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132,173-Cyclopheophorbide b enol as a catabolite of chlorophyll b in phycophagy by protists by Kashiyama, Yuichiro, Yokoyama, Akiko, Shiratori, Takashi, Inouye, Isao, Kinoshita, Yusuke, Mizoguchi, Tadashi, Tamiaki, Hitoshi

“…•A novel chlorophyll b (Chl-b) derivative was found from phycophagic protists.•The derivative was identified as 132,173-cyclopheophorbide b enol…”
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Mitochondrial Genomes of Hemiarma marina and Leucocryptos marina Revised the Evolution of Cytochrome c Maturation in Cryptista by Nishimura, Yuki, Kume, Keitaro, Sonehara, Keito, Tanifuji, Goro, Shiratori, Takashi, Ishida, Ken-ichiro, Hashimoto, Tetsuo, Inagaki, Yuji, Ohkuma, Moriya

“…Two evolutionarily distinct systems for cytochrome c maturation in mitochondria—Systems I and III—have been found among diverse aerobic eukaryotes. System I…”
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Viridiuvalis adhaerens gen. et sp. nov., a novel colony-forming chlorarachniophyte by Shiratori, Takashi, Fujita, Sakuya, Shimizu, Tenma, Nakayama, Takeshi, Ishida, Ken-ichiro

“…A new chlorarachniophyte, Viridiuvalis adhaerens gen. et sp. nov. was isolated from the mucus on a coral reef from Zanpa Beach, Okinawa, Japan. The main…”
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