Ecological and evolutionary significance of novel protist lineages

Abstract

Environmental molecular surveys targeting protist diversity have unveiled novel and uncultured lineages at all phylogenetic levels and in all environments. These surveys have provided the first general view on protist ecological distributions, revealing that most lineages have wide geographic distributions and that habitat type is the main driver of community composition. Here we review recent progress and discuss outstanding challenges in the study of protist diversity and ecology.

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.