The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes

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  • Sina M. Adl
    Department of Soil Science University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK S7N 5A8 Canada
  • Alastair G. B. Simpson
    Department of Biology Dalhousie University Halifax NS B3H 4R2 Canada
  • Christopher E. Lane
    Department of Biological Sciences University of Rhode Island Kingston Rhode Island 02881 USA
  • Julius Lukeš
    Biology Center and Faculty of Sciences Institute of Parasitology University of South Bohemia České Budějovice Czech Republic
  • David Bass
    Zoology Department Natural History Museum London SW7 5BD United Kingdom
  • Samuel S. Bowser
    Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Health Albany New York 12201 USA
  • Matthew W. Brown
    Department of Biochemistry Dalhousie University Halifax NS B3H 4R2 Canada
  • Fabien Burki
    Department of Botany University of British Columbia Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
  • Micah Dunthorn
    Department of Ecology University of Kaiserslautern 67663 Kaiserslautern Germany
  • Vladimir Hampl
    Department of Parasitology Charles University Prague 128 43 Praha 2 Czech Republic
  • Aaron Heiss
    Department of Biology Dalhousie University Halifax NS B3H 4R2 Canada
  • Mona Hoppenrath
    Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg DZMB – Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung D‐26382 Wilhelmshaven Germany
  • Enrique Lara
    Institute of Biology University of Neuchâtel Neuchâtel CH‐2009 Switzerland
  • Line le Gall
    Muséum National d'Histoire Naturellem, UMR 7138 Systématique, Adaptation et Evolution Paris 75231 Cedex Paris 05 France
  • Denis H. Lynn
    Department of Integrative Biology University of Guelph Guelph ON N1G 2W1 Canada
  • Hilary McManus
    Department of Biological Sciences LeMoyne College Syracuse New York 13214 USA
  • Edward A. D. Mitchell
    Institute of Biology University of Neuchâtel Neuchâtel CH‐2009 Switzerland
  • Sharon E. Mozley‐Stanridge
    Department of Biology Middle Georgia College Cochran Georgia 31014 USA
  • Laura W. Parfrey
    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Colorado Boulder Colorado 80309 USA
  • Jan Pawlowski
    Department of Genetics and Evolution University of Geneva 1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland
  • Sonja Rueckert
    School of Life, Sport and Social Sciences Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh EH11 4BN United Kingdom
  • Laura Shadwick
    Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville Arkansas 72701 USA
  • Conrad L. Schoch
    GenBank taxonomy NIH/NLM/NCBI Bethesda Maryland 20892‐6510 USA
  • Alexey Smirnov
    Department of Invertebrate Zoology St.Petersburg State University St. Petersburg 199034 Russia
  • Frederick W. Spiegel
    Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville Arkansas 72701 USA

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This revision of the classification of eukaryotes, which updates that of Adl et al. [<jats:italic>J. Eukaryot. Microbiol</jats:italic>. <jats:bold>52</jats:bold> (2005) 399], retains an emphasis on the protists and incorporates changes since 2005 that have resolved nodes and branches in phylogenetic trees. Whereas the previous revision was successful in re‐introducing name stability to the classification, this revision provides a classification for lineages that were then still unresolved. The supergroups have withstood phylogenetic hypothesis testing with some modifications, but despite some progress, problematic nodes at the base of the eukaryotic tree still remain to be statistically resolved. Looking forward, subsequent transformations to our understanding of the diversity of life will be from the discovery of novel lineages in previously under‐sampled areas and from environmental genomic information.</jats:p>

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