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Ciliates and the Rare Biosphere: A Review
Author(s) -
Dunthorn Micah,
Stoeck Thorsten,
Clamp John,
Warren Alan,
Mahé Frédéric
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of eukaryotic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 1066-5234
DOI - 10.1111/jeu.12121
Subject(s) - biology , biosphere , evolutionary biology , ecology , sanger sequencing , diversity (politics) , biodiversity , computational biology , dna sequencing , genetics , sociology , dna , anthropology
Here we provide a brief review of the rare biosphere from the perspective of ciliates and other microbial eukaryotes. We trace research on rarity from its lack of much in‐depth focus in morphological and Sanger sequencing projects, to its central importance in analyses using high throughput sequencing strategies. The problem that the rare biosphere is potentially comprised of mostly errors is then discussed in the light of asking community‐comparative, novel‐diversity, and ecosystem‐functioning questions.