Velundella trypanoides Transcriptome or Gene expression. Velundella trypanoides

We use culture-based and culture-independent approaches to discover diversity and ecology of anaerobic jakobids (Jakobida: Excavata). Our investigation provides further insight into inabilities of culture-based, or environmental molecular-based approaches to capture the full extent of species diversity of protists and show Stygiellidae as a group that ordinarily inhabits anoxic, sulfide-rich marine habitats worldwide. Our phylogenetic analyses based on SSU rDNA and six protein-coding genes showed that anaerobic jakobids constitute a clade of morphologically similar, but genetically and ecologically diverse protists.