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 ...

The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology has just published a very nice paper showing how the details of protist evolution "dispel the myths of intelligent design." Generally, protists are ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

It appears to be applicable to all planktonic foraminifera, even those with nonspherical chambers. Journal Information The Journal of Paleontology, published by the Paleontological Society, includes ...

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 ...