Foraminifera is Latin for "hole bearers.” It is a member of phylum or class of amoeboid protists characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm for catching food and other uses; and commonly an ...

"Foraminifera are extremely abundant on Earth ... More information: Fatma Gomaa et al, Array of metabolic pathways in a kleptoplastidic foraminiferan protist supports chemoautotrophy in dark, euxinic ...

Generally, protists are "unicellular eukaryotes that either exist as independent cells, or if they occur in colonies, do not show differentiation into tissues." Think amoebae or foraminifera.

Benthic Foraminifera: Unicellular marine protists that inhabit the seafloor and contribute significantly to biogeochemical cycles. Kleptoplastidy: ...

Benthic Foraminifera: Single-celled protists inhabiting marine sediments, widely used as indicators of environmental quality. Eutrophication: The enrichment of aquatic ecosystems with nutrients, ...

Single-celled bioturbators: benthic foraminifera mediate oxygen penetration and prokaryotic diversity in intertidal sediment. Biogeosciences, 2023; 20 (23): 4875 DOI: 10.5194/bg-20-4875-2023; ...

Foraminifera have lived almost everywhere in the ocean for millions of years. Based on their chemical composition, scientists have reconstructed a continuous record of seawater temperature during ...

Experiments with tiny, shelled organisms in the ocean suggest big changes to the global carbon cycle are underway, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. For the study, ...

The Museum has a strong tradition of foraminifera research dating back to the late 1800s. As a result, the foraminifera collection - with approximately 250,000 slides - is the most extensive of our ...

If the protists now are held back by cold waters north of Georgia, for example, they eventually might be able to move closer to North and South Carolina as the century progresses, she said.

Benthic foraminifera are widely used as paleoenvironmental proxies because of their high sensitivity to environmental changes and excellent preservation potential in sediment. Affected by global ...