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Morphology, ultrastructure, genomics, and phylogeny of Euplotes vanleeuwenhoeki sp. nov. and its ultra-reduced endosymbiont “Candidatus Pinguicoccus supinus” sp. nov by Serra, Valentina, Gammuto, Leandro, Nitla, Venkatamahesh, Castelli, Michele, Lanzoni, Olivia, Sassera, Davide, Bandi, Claudio, Sandeep, Bhagavatula Venkata, Verni, Franco, Modeo, Letizia, Petroni, Giulio

“…Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics and, more recently, on evolutionary…”
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Diversity and environmental distribution of the cosmopolitan endosymbiont “Candidatus Megaira” by Lanzoni, Olivia, Sabaneyeva, Elena, Modeo, Letizia, Castelli, Michele, Lebedeva, Natalia, Verni, Franco, Schrallhammer, Martina, Potekhin, Alexey, Petroni, Giulio

“…Members of the order Rickettsiales are often found in association with ciliated protists. An interesting case is the bacterial endosymbiont “ Candidatus…”
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Betaproteobacterial symbionts of the ciliate Euplotes: origin and tangled evolutionary path of an obligate microbial association by Vannini, Claudia, Ferrantini, Filippo, Ristori, Alessandro, Verni, Franco, Petroni, Giulio

“…Summary The Polynucleobacter–Euplotes association is an obligatory symbiotic system between a monophyletic group of ciliate species belonging to the genus…”
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" Candidatus Gortzia shahrazadis", a Novel Endosymbiont of Paramecium multimicronucleatum and a Revision of the Biogeographical Distribution of Holospora -Like Bacteria by Serra, Valentina, Fokin, Sergei I, Castelli, Michele, Basuri, Charan K, Nitla, Venkatamahesh, Verni, Franco, Sandeep, Bhagavatula V, Kalavati, Chaganti, Petroni, Giulio

“…spp. and " Gortzia infectiva", known as -like bacteria (HLB), are commonly found as nuclear endosymbionts of ciliates, especially the genus. HLB are related by…”
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“Candidatus Anadelfobacter veles” and “Candidatus Cyrtobacter comes,” Two New Rickettsiales Species Hosted by the Protist Ciliate Euplotes harpa (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) by VANNINI, Claudia, FERRANTINI, Filippo, SCHLEIFER, Karl-Heinz, LUDWIG, Wolfgang, VERNI, Franco, PETRONI, Giulio

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"Candidatus Trichorickettsia mobilis", a Rickettsiales bacterium, can be transiently transferred from the unicellular eukaryote Paramecium to the planarian Dugesia japonica by Modeo, Letizia, Salvetti, Alessandra, Rossi, Leonardo, Castelli, Michele, Szokoli, Franziska, Krenek, Sascha, Serra, Valentina, Sabaneyeva, Elena, Di Giuseppe, Graziano, Fokin, Sergei I, Verni, Franco, Petroni, Giulio

“…Most of the microorganisms responsible for vector-borne diseases (VBD) have hematophagous arthropods as vector/reservoir. Recently, many new species of…”
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Bacterial Communities in Polluted Seabed Sediments: A Molecular Biology Assay in Leghorn Harbor by Petroni, Giulio, Verni, Franco, Iannelli, Renato, Chiellini, Carolina

“…Seabed sediments of commercial ports are often characterized by high pollution levels. Differences in number and distribution of bacteria in such areas can be…”
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Biological Sulfur-Oxidizing Potential of Primary and Biological Sludge in a Tannery Wastewater Treatment Plant by Giordano, Cesira, Spennati, Francesco, Melone, Anna, Petroni, Giulio, Verni, Franco, Munz, Giulio, Mori, Gualtiero, Vannini, Claudia

“…Hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) is one of the major tannery wastewater pollutants. Up today, chemical scrubbing is the most established technology for H 2 S removal…”
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Role of bacterivorous organisms on fungal-based systems for natural tannin degradation by Sigona, Cristiana, Bardi, Alessandra, Modeo, Letizia, Mori, Gualtiero, Potekhin, Alexey, Verni, Franco, Munz, Giulio, Petroni, Giulio

“…Tannery wastewater presents high concentrations of organic load and pollutant recalcitrant molecules (e.g. tannins), which reduce the efficiency of biological…”
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Morphological, Ultrastructural, and Molecular Characterization of Euplotidium rosati n. sp. (Ciliophora, Euplotida) from Guam by Modeo, Letizia, Petroni, Giulio, Lobban, Christopher S., Verni, Franco, Vannini, Claudia

“…We combined morphological (i.e. live, stained, scanning, and transmission electron microscopy) with morphometric and molecular analysis to describe a ciliate…”
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Free-living ciliates as potential reservoirs for eukaryotic parasites: occurrence of a trypanosomatid in the macronucleus of Euplotes encysticus by Fokin, Sergei I, Schrallhammer, Martina, Chiellini, Carolina, Verni, Franco, Petroni, Giulio

“…BACKGROUND: Flagellates of the family Trypanosomatidae are obligate endoparasites, which can be found in various hosts. Several genera infect insects and occur…”
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'Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila' gen. nov., sp. nov.: considerations on evolutionary history, host range and shift of early divergent rickettsiae by Schrallhammer, Martina, Ferrantini, Filippo, Vannini, Claudia, Galati, Stefano, Schweikert, Michael, Görtz, Hans-Dieter, Verni, Franco, Petroni, Giulio

“…"Neglected Rickettsiaceae" (i.e. those harboured by non-hematophagous eukaryotic hosts) display greater phylogenetic variability and more widespread dispersal…”
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A Molecular Approach to the Tangled Intrageneric Relationships Underlying Phylogeny in Euplotes (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) by Petroni, Giulio, Dini, Fernando, Verni, Franco, Rosati, Giovanna

“…The cosmopolitan genus Euplotes is remarkable among ciliates for its species richness. To understand the still tangled taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships…”
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Keronopsamides, a New Class of Pigments from Marine Ciliates by Guella, Graziano, Frassanito, Rita, Mancini, Ines, Sandron, Tommaso, Modeo, Letizia, Verni, Franco, Dini, Fernando, Petroni, Giulio

“…New pigments with an unprecedented skeleton, named keronopsamides A–C, were isolated from the marine ciliate Pseudokeronopsis riccii. The structure of the most…”
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"Candidatus Cryptoprodotis polytropus," A Novel Rickettsia-Like Organism in the Ciliated Protist Pseudomicrothorax dubius (Ciliophora, Nassophorea) by FERRANTINI, FILIPPO, FOKIN, SERGEI I., MODEO, LETIZIA, ANDREOLI, ILARIA, DINI, FERNANDO, GÖRTZ, HANS-DIETER, VERNI, FRANCO, PETRONI, GIULIO

“…Rickettsia‐like organisms (RLO) are obligate, often highly fastidious, intracellular bacterial parasites associated with a variety of vertebrate and…”
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Polynucleobacter Bacteria in the Brackish-Water Species Euplotes harpa (Ciliata Hypotrichia) by VANNINI, CLAUDIA, PETRONI, GIULIO, VERNI, FRANCO, ROSATI, GIOVANNA

“… We have found a Polynucleobacter bacterium in the cytoplasm of Euplotes harpa, a species living in a brackish‐water habitat, with a cirral pattern not…”
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Defensive Extrusive Ectosymbionts of Euplotidium (Ciliophora) That Contain Microtubule-Like Structures Are Bacteria Related to Verrucomicrobia by Petroni, Giulio, Spring, Stefan, Schleifer, Karl-Heinz, Verni, Franco, Rosati, Giovanna

“…Epixenosomes, ectosymbionts on hypotrich ciliates (genus Euplotidium) defend their host against the ciliate predator Litonotus lamella. Although here only…”
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Apofrontonia dohrni sp. n. and the phylogenetic relationships within Peniculia (Protista, Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) by Fokin, Sergei, Andreoli, Ilaria, Verni, Franco, Petroni, Giulio

“…Apofrontonia dohrni, a new peniculine ciliate, was discovered in a slightly brackish water sample from Mediterranean coastline puddle in Naples, Italy. Its…”
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Molecular systematics and ultrastructural characterization of a forgotten species: Chattonidium setense (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea) by MODEO, Letizia, ROSATI, Giovanna, ANDREOLI, Ilaria, GABRIELLI, Simone, VERNI, Franco, PETRONI, Giulio

“…In the present paper we redescribe the ciliate Chattonidium setense Villeneuve 1937 combining morphological observations (live, stained, scanning, and…”
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Describe Protists: a Morphological, Ultrastructural, and Molecular Study on Peritromus kahliVilleneuve‐Brachon, 1940 (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea) by ROSATI, GIOVANNA, MODEO, LETIZIA, MELAI, MICHELE, PETRONI, GIULIO, VERNI, FRANCO

“…This study represents the first extended report on a species of the ciliathd genus Peritromus, widespread in marine biotopes, characterized by a dorso‐ventral…”
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