| Beyond the “Code”: a guide to the description and documentation of biodiversity in ciliated protists (Alveolata, Ciliophora) A Warren, DJ Patterson, M Dunthorn, JC Clamp, UEM Achilles‐Day, ... Journal of eukaryotic Microbiology 64 (4), 539-554, 2017 | 117 | 2017 |
| Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences LMP Ceríaco, EE Gutiérrez, A Dubois, M Carr Zootaxa 4196 (3), 435-445, 2016 | 111 | 2016 |
| EukRef: phylogenetic curation of ribosomal RNA to enhance understanding of eukaryotic diversity and distribution J Del Campo, M Kolisko, V Boscaro, LF Santoferrara, S Nenarokov, ... PLoS biology 16 (9), e2005849, 2018 | 101 | 2018 |
| Perspectives from ten years of protist studies by high‐throughput metabarcoding L Santoferrara, F Burki, S Filker, R Logares, M Dunthorn, GB McManus Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 67 (5), 612-622, 2020 | 82 | 2020 |
| Pyrosequencing for assessing diversity of eukaryotic microbes: analysis of data on marine planktonic ciliates and comparison with traditional methods LF Santoferrara, JD Grattepanche, LA Katz, GB McManus Environmental Microbiology 16 (9), 2752-2763, 2014 | 74 | 2014 |
| Utility of genetic markers and morphology for species discrimination within the order Tintinnida (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) LF Santoferrara, GB McManus, VA Alder Protist 164 (1), 24-36, 2013 | 74 | 2013 |
| Patterns and processes in microbial biogeography: do molecules and morphologies give the same answers? LF Santoferrara, JD Grattepanche, LA Katz, GB McManus The ISME journal 10 (7), 1779-1790, 2016 | 72 | 2016 |
| Phylogeny, classification and diversity of Choreotrichia and Oligotrichia (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) LF Santoferrara, VV Alder, GB McManus Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 112, 12-22, 2017 | 64 | 2017 |
| Current practice in plankton metabarcoding: optimization and error management LF Santoferrara Journal of Plankton Research 41 (5), 571-582, 2019 | 57 | 2019 |
| Discrimination of closely related species in tintinnid ciliates: new insights on crypticity and polymorphism in the genus Helicostomella LF Santoferrara, M Tian, VA Alder, GB McManus Protist 166 (1), 78-92, 2015 | 47 | 2015 |
| Abundance trends and ecology of planktonic ciliates of the south-western Atlantic (35–63 S): a comparison between neritic and oceanic environments L Santoferrara, V Alder Journal of Plankton Research 31 (8), 837-851, 2009 | 47 | 2009 |
| Updating biodiversity studies in loricate protists: the case of the tintinnids (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) LF Santoferrara, C Bachy, VA Alder, J Gong, YO Kim, A Saccà, ... Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 63 (5), 651-656, 2016 | 45 | 2016 |
| Diversity of diversity: conceptual and methodological differences in biodiversity estimates of eukaryotic microbes as compared to bacteria JD Grattepanche, LF Santoferrara, GB McManus, LA Katz Trends in microbiology 22 (8), 432-437, 2014 | 44 | 2014 |
| Unexpected biodiversity of ciliates in marine samples from below the photic zone JD Grattepanche, LF Santoferrara, GB McManus, LA Katz Molecular Ecology 25 (16), 3987-4000, 2016 | 41 | 2016 |
| Tintinnids in microzooplankton communities GB McManus, LF Santoferrara The biology and ecology of tintinnid ciliates: models for marine plankton …, 2012 | 39 | 2012 |
| Global and local DNA (meta) barcoding reveal new biogeography patterns in tintinnid ciliates LF Santoferrara, E Rubin, GB Mcmanus Journal of Plankton Research 40 (3), 209-221, 2018 | 37 | 2018 |
| EukRef‐Ciliophora: a manually curated, phylogeny‐based database of small subunit rRNA gene sequences of ciliates V Boscaro, LF Santoferrara, Q Zhang, E Gentekaki, MJ Syberg‐Olsen, ... Environmental microbiology 20 (6), 2218-2230, 2018 | 34 | 2018 |
| The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean A Mitra, DA Caron, E Faure, KJ Flynn, SG Leles, PJ Hansen, ... Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 70 (4), e12972, 2023 | 32 | 2023 |
| De novo transcriptomes of a mixotrophic and a heterotrophic ciliate from marine plankton LF Santoferrara, S Guida, H Zhang, GB McManus PLoS One 9 (7), e101418, 2014 | 32 | 2014 |
| Distribution and diversity of oligotrich and choreotrich ciliates assessed by morphology and DGGE in temperate coastal waters JD Grattepanche, LF Santoferrara, J Andrade, AM Oliverio, GB McManus, ... Aquatic Microbial Ecology 71 (3), 211-221, 2014 | 27 | 2014 |
George McManusProfessor of Marine Sciences, University of ConnecticutVerified email at uconn.edu
