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Mesomycetozoea

Known as: DRIP clade, Ichthyosporea, Mesomycetozoa 
A class of parasitic and saprophytic microorganisms whose origins can be traced near the animal-fungal divergence. Members of the class are typically… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Phylogenomics Reveals Convergent Evolution of Lifestyles in Close Relatives of Animals and Fungi
Review
2009
Review
2009
Massively parallel tag sequencing reveals the complexity of anaerobic marine protistan communities
BackgroundRecent advances in sequencing strategies make possible unprecedented depth and scale of sampling for molecular… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
A phylogenomic investigation into the origin of metazoa.
The evolution of multicellular animals (Metazoa) from their unicellular ancestors was a key transition that was accompanied by… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Diversity of microbial eukaryotes in sediment at a deep-sea methane cold seep: surveys of ribosomal DNA libraries from raw sediment samples and two enrichment cultures
Recent culture-independent surveys of eukaryotic small-subunit ribosomal DNA (SSU rDNA) from many environments have unveiled… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
The class mesomycetozoea: a heterogeneous group of microorganisms at the animal-fungal boundary.
When the enigmatic fish pathogen, the rosette agent, was first found to be closely related to the choanoflagellates, no one… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The Closest Unicellular Relatives of Animals
Review
2002
Review
2002
Recent advances in rhinosporidiosis and Rhinosporidium seeberi.
Rhinosporidiosis and its causative pathogen Rhinosporidium seeberi have been known for over a hundred years. Yet unresolved… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Amoebidium parasiticum is a protozoan, not a Trichomycete.
Classification of the Amoebidiales (Tricho- mycetes, Zygomycota) within the Fungi is problem- atical because their cell walls… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Hyaloraphidium curvatum is not a green alga, but a lower fungus; Amoebidium parasiticum is not a fungus, but a member of the DRIPs.
The unicellular heterotrophic protist Hyaloraphidium is classified with a family of green algae, the Ankistrodesmaceae. The only… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Phylogenetic Analysis of Rhinosporidium seeberi’s 18S Small-Subunit Ribosomal DNA Groups This Pathogen among Members of the Protoctistan Mesomycetozoa Clade
ABSTRACT For the past 100 years the phylogenetic affinities ofRhinosporidium seeberi have been controversial. Based on its… 
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