High and specific diversity of protists in the deep-sea basins dominated by diplonemids, kinetoplastids, ciliates and foraminiferans

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Title:Main Title: High and specific diversity of protists in the deep-sea basins dominated by diplonemids, kinetoplastids, ciliates and foraminiferans
Description:Abstract: Heterotrophic protists (unicellular eukaryotes) form a major link from bacteria and algae to higher trophic levels in the sunlit ocean. Their role on the deep seafloor, however, is only fragmentarily understood, despite their potential key function for global carbon cycling. Using the approach of combined DNA metabarcoding and cultivation-based surveys of 11 deep-sea regions, we show that protist communities, mostly overlooked in current deep-sea foodweb models, are highly specific, locally diverse and have little overlap to pelagic communities. Besides traditionally considered foraminiferans, tiny protists including diplonemids, kineto- plastids and ciliates were genetically highly diverse considerably exceeding the diversity of metazoans. Deep-sea protists, including many parasitic species, represent thus one of the most diverse biodiversity compartments of the Earth system, forming an essential link to metazoans
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Creators:Frank Nitsche (Author), Alexandra Schönle (Author), Hartmut Arndt (Principal Investigator)
Publisher:Nature
Publication Year:2021
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CRC1211 Topic:Biology
Related Subproject:B2
Subjects:Keywords: Biodiversity, Molecular Biology
Geogr. Information Topic:Biota
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Filename:Schoenle_et_al_2021_Commun_Biol.pdf
Data Type:Data Paper - biodiversity
File Size:2.2 MB
Date:Accepted: 01.09.2021
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Language:English
Status:Completed
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Publication Status:In Print
Review Status:Peer reviewed
Publication Type:Article
Article Type:Journal
Source:Nature communications biology
Number of Pages:10 (1 - 10)
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Metadata Creator:Frank Nitsche
Metadata Created:08.09.2023
Metadata Last Updated:08.09.2023
Subproject:B2
Funding Phase:2
Metadata Language:English
Metadata Version:V50
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