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Porfirio-Sousa AL, Tice AK, Morais L, Ribeiro GM, Blandenier Q, Dumack K, Eglit Y, Fry NW, Souza MBGE, Henderson TC, Kleitz-Singleton F, Singer D, Brown MW, Lahr DJG

Amoebozoan testate amoebae illuminate the diversity of heterotrophs and the complexity of ecosystems throughout geological time

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2024

2024

PNAS

Jung P , Brand R, Briegel‑Williams L, Werner L, Jost E, Lentendu G, Singer D, Athavale R, Nürnberg DJ, Alfaro FD, Büdel B, Lakatos

The symbiotic alga Trebouxia fuels a coherent soil ecosystem on the landscape scale in the Atacama Desert

044

2024

Environmental Microbiome

Verdon V, Malard L, Collart F, Adde A, Yashiro E, Lara E, Mod H, Singer D, Niculita-Hirzel H, Guex N, Guisan A

Can we accurately predict the distribution of soil microorganism presence and relative abundance?

043

2024

Ecography

Fouet MPA, Magali Schweizer M, Singer D, Julien Richirt J, Quinchard S, Jorissen JF

Unravelling the distribution of three Ammonia species (Foraminifera, Rhizaria) in French Atlantic Coast estuaries using morphological and metabarcoding approaches

042

2024

Marine Micropaleontology

Bruni EP, Rusconi O, Broennimann O, Adde A, Jauslin R, Krashevska V, Kosakyan A, Armynot du Châtelet E, Alcino JPB, Beyens L, Blandenier Q, Bobrov A, Burdman L, Duckert C, Fernández LD, Souza MBG, Heger TJ, Koenig I, Lahr DJG, McKeown M, Meisterfeld R, Singer D, Voelcker E, Wilmshurst J, Wohlhauser S, Wilkinson DM, Guisan A, Mitchell EAD

Global distribution modelling of a conspicuous Gondwanian soil protist reveals latitudinal dispersal limitation and range contraction in response to climate warming

041

2024

Diversity and Distributions

DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13779

Dumack K, Lara E, Duckert C, Ermolaeva E, Siemensma F, Singer D, Krashevska V, Lamentowicz M, Mitchell EAD

It’s time to consider the Arcellinida shell as a weapon

040

2024

European Journal of Protistology

Mota M, Fantasia S, Faggion A, Lamy F, Singer D, Rienth M, Heger T, Delabays N, Zufferey V, Sonnard R, Marchand D

Conception d’itinéraires innovants de couverture du sol sans herbicides en viticulture - présentation de la parcelle expérimentale on-station du projet CV-VigneSol

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2024

Vignes et Vergers

Technical articles

Marchand D, Sonnard R, Mota M, Fantasia S, Faggion A, Lamy F, Singer D, Rienth M, Heger T, Delabays N, Zufferey V

Conception d’itinéraires innovants de couverture du sol sans herbicide en viticulture-réseau on-farm du projet de recherche CV-VigneSol (article 2/2)

038

2024

Vignes et Vergers

Technical articles

Singer D, Fouet MPA, Schweizer M, Mouret A, Quinchard S, Jorissen FJ

Unlocking foraminiferal genetic diversity on estuarine mudflats with eDNA metabarcoding

037

2023

2023

Science of the Total Environment

González-Miguéns R, Cano E, Guillén-Oterino A, Quesada A, Lahr DJG, Tenorio-Rodríguez D, de Salvador-Velasco D, Velázquez D, Carrasco-Braganza MI, Patterson RT, Lara E, Singer D

A needle in a haystack: A new metabarcoding  approach to survey diversity at the species level of Arcellinida  (Amoebozoa: Tubulinea)

036

2023

Molecular Ecology Resources

Velasco-González I, Lara E, Singer D, de Cos-Gandoy A, García-Rodríguez M, Murciano A, Pérez-Uz B, Williams R, Sanchez-Jimenez A, Martín-Cereceda M

Diversity of DNA Sequences from Pathogenic and Potentially Pathogenic  Eukaryotic Microorganisms in Protected Granite Mountain Rocks

035

2023

Diversity

Brinkmann I, Schweizer M, Singer D, Quinchard S, Barras C, Bernhard JM, Filipsson HL

Through the eDNA looking glass: Responses of fjord benthic foraminiferal communities to contrasting environmental conditions

034

2023

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Seppey CVW, Lara E, Broennimann O, Guisan A, Malard L, Singer D, Yashiro E, Fournier B

Landscape structure is a key driver of soil protist diversity in meadows in the Swiss Alps

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2023

Landscape Ecology

Lara E, Singer D, Geisen S

Discrepancies between prokaryotes and eukaryotes need to be considered in soil DNA-based studies

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2022

2022

Environmental Microbiology

DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16019

Jorissen FJ, Fouet MPA, Singer D, Howa H

The Marine  Influence Index (MII): A Tool to Assess Estuarine Intertidal Mudflat  Environments for the Purpose of Foraminiferal Biomonitoring

031

2022

Water

Fouet MPA, Singer D, Coynel A, Héliot S, Howa H, Lalande J, Mouret A, Schweizer M, Tcherkez G, Jorissen FJ

Foraminiferal Distribution in Two Estuarine Intertidal Mudflats of the French Atlantic Coast: Testing the Marine Influence IndexForaminiferal Distribution in Two Estuarine Intertidal Mudflats of the French Atlantic Coast: Testing the Marine Influence Index

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2022

Water

Singer D, Seppey CVW, Lentendu G, Dunthorn M, Bass D, Belbahri L, Blandenier Q, Debroas D, de Groot GA, de Varga C, Domaizon I, Duckert C, Izaguirre I, Koenig I, Mataloni G, Schiaffino MR, Mitchell EAD, Geisen S, Lara E

Protist taxonomic and functional diversity in soil, freshwater and marine ecosystems

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2021

2021

Environment International

DOI: 10.​1016/​j.​envint.​2020.​106262

Mazel F, Malard L, Niculita-Hirzel H, Yashiro E, Mod HK, Mitchell EAD, Singer D, Buri A, Pinto E, Guex N, Lara E, Guisan A

Soil protist function varies with elevation in the Swiss Alps

028

2021

Environmental Microbiology

DOI:10.1111/1462-2920.15686

Fernández LD, Seppey CVW, Singer D, Fournier B, Tatti D, Mitchell EAD, Lara E

Niche conservatism drives the elevational diversity gradient in major groups of free‑living soil unicellular eukaryotes

027

2021

Microbial Ecology

Nasser NA, Gregory BRB, Singer D, Patterson RT, Roe HM

Erugomicula, a new genus of Arcellinida (testate lobose amoebae)

026

2021

Palaeontologia Electronica

Izaguirre I, Unrein F, Schiaffino MR, Lara E, Singer D, Balagué V, Gasol JM, Massana R

Phylogenetic diversity and dominant ecological traits of freshwater Antarctic Chrysophyceae

025

2021

Polar Biology

Bengtsson F, Rydin H, Baltzer JL, Bragazza L, Bu Z J, Caporn SJM, Dorrepaal E, Flatberg KI, Galanina O, Gałka M, Ganeva A, Goia I, Goncharova N, Hájek M, Haraguch A, Harris LI, Humphreys E, Jiroušek M, Kajukało K, Karofeld E, Koronatova NG, Kosykh NP, Laine AM, Lamentowicz M, Lapshina E, Limpens J, Linkosalmi M, Ma J‐Z, Mauritz M, Mitchell EAD, Munir TM, Natali SM, Natcheva R, Payne RJ, Philippov DA, Rice SK, Robinson S, Robroek BJM, Rochefort L, Singer D, Stenøien HK, Tuittila E S, Vellak K, Waddington JM, Granath G

Environmental drivers of Sphagnum growth in peatlands across the Holarctic region

024

2021

Journal of Ecology

Singer D, Duckert C, Petr Heděenec P, Lara E, Hiltbrunner E, Mitchell EAD

High-throughput sequencing of litter and moss eDNA reveals a positive correlation between the diversity of Apicomplexa and their invertebrate hosts across alpine habitats

023

2020

2020

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Marcisz K, Jassey VEJ, Kosakyan A, Krashevska V, Lahr DJG, Lara E, Lamentowicz Ł, Lamentowicz M, Macumber A, Mazei Y, Mitchell EAD, Nasser NA, Patterson RT, Roe HM, Singer D, Tsyganov AN, Fournier B

Testate Amoeba Functional Traits and Their Use in Paleoecology

022

2020

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Mod HK, Scherrer D, Di Cola V, Broennimann O, Blandenier Q, Breiner FT, Buri A, Goudet J, Guex, N, Lara E, Mitchell EAD, Niculita Hirzel H, Pagni M, Pellissier L, Pinto Figueroa E, Sanders IR, Schmidt BR, Seppey CVW, Singer D, Ursenbacher S, Yashiro E, van der Meer JR, Guisan A

Greater topoclimatic control of above‐ versus below‐ground communities

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2020

Global Change Biology

Seppey CVW, Broennimann O, Buri A, Yashiro E, Pinto‐Figueroa E, Singer D, Blandenier Q, Mitchell EAD, Niculita‐Hirzel H, Guisan A, Lara E

Soil protist diversity in the Swiss western Alps is better predicted by topo‐climatic than by edaphic variables

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2020

Journal of Biogeography

DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13755

Singer D, Mitchell EAD, Payne RJ, Blandenier Q, Duckert C, Fernández LD, Fournier B, Hernández CE, Granath G, Rydin H, Bragazza L, Koronatova NG, Goia I, Harris LI, Kajukało K, Kosakyan A, Lamentowicz M, Kosykh NP, Vellak K, Lara E

Dispersal limitations and historical factors determine the biogeography of specialized terrestrial protists

019

2019

2019

Molecular Ecology

DOI:10.1111/mec.15117

Singer D, Metz S, Unrein F, Shimano S, Mazei Y, Mitchell EAD, Lara E

Contrasted Micro-Eukaryotic Diversity Associated with Sphagnum Mosses in Tropical, Subtropical and Temperate Climatic Zones

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2019

Microbial Ecology

DOI: 10.1007/s00248-019-01325-7

Metz S, Singer D, Domaizon I, Unrein F, Lara E

Global distribution of Trebouxiophyceae diversity explored by high‐throughput sequencing and phylogenetic approaches

017

2019

Environmental microbiology

Velasco-González I, Sanchez-Jimenez A, Singer D, Murciano A, Díez-Hermano S, Lara E, Martín-Cereceda M

Rain-fed granite rock basins accumulate a high diversity of dormant microbial eukaryotes

016

2019

Microbial Ecology

Singer D, Kosakyan A, Seppey CVW, Pillonel A, Fernández LD, Fontaneto D, Mitchell EAD, Lara E

Environmental filtering and phylogenetic clustering correlate with the distribution patterns of cryptic protist

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2018

2018

Ecology

DOI: 10.1002/ecy.21

Duckert C, Blandenier Q, Kupferschmid FAL, Kosakyan A, Mitchell EAD, Lara E, Singer D

En garde! Redefinition of Nebela militaris (Arcellinida, Hyalospheniidae) and erection of Alabasta gen. nov.

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2018

European Journal of Protistology

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2018.08.005

Geisen S, Mitchell EAD, Adl S, Bonkowski M, Dunthorn M, Ekelund F, Fernández LD, Jousset A, Krashevska V, Singer D, Spiegel FW, Walochnik J, Lara E

Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology

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2018

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Heděnec P, Singer D, Li J, Yao M, Lin Q, Li H, Kukla J, Cajthaml T, Frouzc J, Rui J, Li X

Effect of dry-rewetting stress on response pattern of soil prokaryotic communities in alpine meadow soil

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2018

Applied Soil Ecology

Granath G, Rydin H, Baltzer JL, Bengtsson F, Boncek N, Bragazza L, Bu ZJ, Caporn SJM, Dorrepaal E, Galanina O, Gałka M, Ganeva A, Gillikin DP, Goia I, Goncharova N, Hájek M, Haraguchi A, Harris LI, Humphreys E, Jiroušek M, Kajukało K, Karofeld E, Koronatova NG, Kosykh NP, Lamentowicz M, Lapshina E, Limpens J, Linkosalmi M, Ma JZ, Mauritz M, Munir TM, Natali S, Natcheva R, Noskova M, Payne RJ, Pilkington K, Robinson S, Robroek BJM, Rochefort L, Singer, D, Stenøien HK, Tuittila ES, Vellak K, Verheyden A, Waddington JM, Rice SK

Environmental and taxonomic controls of carbon and oxygen stable isotope composition in Sphagnum across broad climatic and geographic ranges

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2018

Biogeosciences

Szelecz I, Lösch S, Seppey CVW, Lara E, Singer D, Sorge F, Tschui J, Perotti MA, Mitchell EAD

Comparative analysis of bones, mites, soil chemistry, nematodes and soil micro eukaryotic communities of a suspected homicide to estimate a long post mortem interval

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2018

Scientific Reports

DOI: 10.1038/s41598 017 18179 z

Geisen S, Mitchell EAD, Wilkinson DM, Adl S, Bonkowski M, Brown MW, Fiore Donno AM, Heger TJ, Jassey VEJ, Krashevska V, Lahr DJG, Marcisz K, Mulot M, Payne R, Singer D, Anderson OR, Charman DJ, Ekelund F, Griffiths BS, Rønn R, Smirnov A, Bass D, Belbahri L, Berney C, Blandenier Q, Chatzinotas A, Clarholm M, Dunthorn M, Feest A, Fernandez Parra LD, Foissner W, Fournier B, Gentekaki E, Hajek M, Helder J, Jousset A, Koller R, Kumar S, La Terza A, Lamentowicz M, Mazei Y, Santos SS, Seppey CVW, Spiegel FW, Walochnik J, Winding A, Lara E

Soil protistology rebooted: 30 fundamental questions to start with

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2017

2017

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.04.001

Seppey C, Singer D, Dumack K, Belbahri L, Mitchell EAD, Lara E

Distribution patterns of soil microbial eukaryotes suggests widespread algivory by phagotrophic protists as an alternative pathway for nutrient cycling

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2017

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.05.002

Mahé F, de Vargas C, Bass D, Czech L, Stamatakis A, Lara E, Singer D, Mayor J, Bunge J, Sernaker S, Siemensmeyer T, Trautmann I, Romac S, Berney C, Kozlov A, Mitchell EAD, Seppey CVW, Egge E, Lentendu G, Wirth R, Trueba G, Dunthorn M

Parasites dominate hyperdiverse soil protist communities in Neotropical rainforests

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2017

Nature Ecology & Evolution

DOI: 10.1038/s41559 017 0091

Singer D, Lara E, Steciow MM, Seppey CVW, Paredes N, Pillonel A, Oszako T, Belbahri L

High-throughput sequencing reveals diverse oomycete communities in oligotrophic peat bog micro habitat

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2016

2016

Fungal Ecology

DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2016.05.009

Schiaffino MR, Lara E, Fernández LD, Balagué V, Singer D, Seppey CVW, Massana R, Izaguirre I

Microbial eukaryote communities from Patagonian Antarctic gradient of lakes evidence of a biogeographical pattern

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2016

Environmental microbiology

DOI: 10.1111/1462 2920.13566

Blandenier Q, Seppey CVW, Singer D, Vlimant M, Simon A, Duckert C, Lara E

Mycamoeba gemmipara nov. gen., nov. sp., the First Cultured Member of the Environmental Dermamoebidae Clade LKM74 and its Unusual Life Cycle

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2016

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12357

Singer D, Kosakyan A, Pillonel A, Mitchell EAD, Lara E

Eight species in the Nebela collaris complex: Nebela gimlii Arcellinida,Hyalospheniidae), a new species described from a Swiss raised bog

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2015

2015

European Journal of Protistology

DOI:10.1016/j.ejop.2014.11.004

Lara E, Seppey CVW, Garraza GG, Singer D, Quiroga MV, Mataloni G

Planktonic eukaryote molecular diversity: discrimination of minerotrophic and ombrotrophic peatland pools in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina)

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2015

Journal of Plankton Research

DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbv016

Seppey CVW, Fournier B, Szelecz I, Singer D, Mitchell EAD, Lara E

Response of forest soil euglyphid testate amoebae (Rhizaria: Cercozoa) to pig cadavers assessed by high-throughput sequencing

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2015

International Journal of Legal Medicine

DOI: 10.1007/s00414 015 1149 7

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