Diversity and distribution of unicellular opisthokonts along the European coast analyzed using high-throughput sequencing

Abstract

The opisthokonts are one of the major super groups of eukaryotes. It comprises two major clades: (i) Holozoa, which includes Metazoa and its unicellular relatives (choanoflagellates, ichthyosporeans, and filastereans), and (ii) Holomycota, which includes Fungi and their unicellular relatives (nucleariids and rozellids). Here we investigated opisthokont diversity in freshwater and marine sediments using 18S rDNA sequencing.

Javier del Campo

Group Leader

My research aims at understanding the global diversity and distribution of eukaryotic and prokaryotic microbes employing curated phylogenetic frameworks focusing on novel environmental taxa.