
@article {30155,
	title = {Neobodonids are dominant kinetoplastids in the global ocean.},
	journal = {Environ Microbiol},
	volume = {20},
	year = {2018},
	month = {2018 Feb},
	pages = {878-889},
	abstract = {<p>Kinetoplastid flagellates comprise basal mostly free-living bodonids and derived obligatory parasitic trypanosomatids, which belong to the best-studied protists. Due to their omnipresence in aquatic environments and soil, the bodonids are of ecological significance. Here, we present the first global survey of marine kinetoplastids and compare it with the strikingly different patterns of abundance and diversity in their sister clade, the diplonemids. Based on analysis of 18S rDNA V9 ribotypes obtained from 124 sites sampled during the Tara Oceans expedition, our results show generally low to moderate abundance and diversity of planktonic kinetoplastids. Although we have identified all major kinetoplastid lineages, 98\% of kinetoplastid reads are represented by neobodonids, namely specimens of the Neobodo and Rhynchomonas genera, which make up 59\% and 18\% of all reads, respectively. Most kinetoplastids have small cell size (0.8-5 {\textmu}m) and tend to be more abundant in the mesopelagic as compared to the euphotic zone. Some of the most abundant operational taxonomic units have distinct geographical distributions, and three novel putatively parasitic neobodonids were identified, along with their potential hosts.</p>
},
	issn = {1462-2920},
	doi = {10.1111/1462-2920.14034},
	author = {Flegontova, Olga and Flegontov, Pavel and Malviya, Shruti and Poulain, Julie and de Vargas, Colomban and Bowler, Chris and Luke{\v s}, Julius and Hor{\'a}k, Ale{\v s}}
}
