Until recently, DNA viruses in protist genomes had been overlooked, mainly due to a lack of scientific studies dedicated to ...

Protists, typically unicellular microscopic organisms that aren’t animals, fungi or plants, perform all functions within a cell. But animals are the ultimate delegators: some cells are assigned ...

You study protists in the ocean. What are they, and why are they important? Protists are unicellular organisms with a key position in the planktonic food web. Phytoplankton use the sun’s energy ...

Bacteria are in the majority in the gut microbiome; other significant inhabitants — archaea, viruses, protists and fungi — have been studied far less. Our project will focus on protists ...