Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes
By S. Adl, David Bass, C. Lane, J. Lukeš, C. Schoch, A. Smirnov, S. Agatha, Cédric Berney, Matthew W. Brown, Fabien Burki and 37 more. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 2018
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This revision of the classification of eukaryotes follows that of Adl et al., 2012 [J. Euk. Microbiol. 59(5)] and retains an emphasis on protists. Changes since have improved the resolution of many nodes in phylogenetic analyses. For some clades even families are being clearly resolved. As we had predicted, environmental sampling in the intervening years has massively increased the genetic information at hand. Consequently, we have discovered novel clades, exciting new genera and uncovered a massive species level diversity beyond the morphological species descriptions. Several clades known from environmental samples only have now found their home. Sampling soils, deeper marine waters and the deep sea will continue to fill us with surprises. The main changes in this revision are the confirmation that eukaryotes form at least two domains, the loss of monophyly in the Excavata, robust support for the Haptista and Cryptista. We provide suggested primer sets for DNA sequences from environmental samples that are effective for each clade. We have provided a guide to trophic functional guilds in an appendix, to facilitate the interpretation of environmental samples, and a standardized taxonomic guide for East Asian users.
Subfields: Ecology, Molecular Biology
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- Mixotrophic protists and a new paradigm for marine ecology: where does plankton research go now? (2019, background): “The genetic diversity of protists is vast, equalling that of all other eukaryotes combined (Burki 2014; Adl et al., 2019).”
- NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools (2020, background): “NCBI’s classification includes phyla that have disputed classifications outside of the fungi, such as the Cryptomycota (also known as Rozellomycota or Rozellida) and Microsporidia but follows the majority opinion of the mycological community (59).”