Papers
2019
2018
47. Adl SM, Bass D, Lane CE, Lukeš J, Schoch CL, Smirnov A, Agatha S, Berney C, Brown MW, Burki F, et al. 2018. Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.
46. Dumack K, Kahlich C, Lahr DJ, Bonkowski M. 2018. Reinvestigation of Phryganella paradoxa (Arcellinida, Amoebozoa) Penard 1902. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.
45. Hofstatter PG, Brown MW, Lahr DJ. 2018. Comparative genomics supports sex and meiosis in diverse Amoebozoa. Genome biology and evolution 10:3118–3128.
44. Machicao J, Humberto Filho A, Lahr DJ, Buckeridge M, Bruno OM. 2018. Topological assessment of metabolic networks reveals evolutionary information. Scientific reports 8:15918.
43. Schiesari L, Matias MG, Prado PI, Leibold MA, Albert CH, Howeth JG, Leroux SJ, Pardini R, Siqueira T, Brancalion PH, et al. 2018. Towards an applied metaecology. bioRxiv:422501.
2017
42. Blandenier Q, Lara E, Mitchell EA, Alcantara DM, Siemensma FJ, Todorov M, Lahr DJ. 2017. NAD9/NAD7 (mitochondrial nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase gene)—A new “Holy Grail” phylogenetic and DNA-barcoding marker for Arcellinida (Amoebozoa)? European journal of protistology 58:175–186.
41. Geisen S, Mitchell EA, Wilkinson DM, Adl S, Bonkowski M, Brown MW, Fiore-Donno AM, Heger TJ, Jassey VE, Krashevska V. 2017. Soil protistology rebooted: 30 fundamental questions to start with. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 111:94–103.
40. Gomaa F, Lahr DJ, Todorov M, Li J, Lara E. 2017. A contribution to the phylogeny of agglutinating Arcellinida (Amoebozoa) based on SSU rRNA gene sequences. European journal of protistology 59:99–107.
39. Kang S, Tice AK, Spiegel FW, Silberman JD, Pánek T, Čepička I, Kostka M, Kosakyan A, Alcântara DM, Roger AJ, et al. 2017. Between a pod and a hard test: the deep evolution of amoebae. Molecular biology and evolution 34:2258–2270.
38. Lahr DJ, Lara E, Hofstatter PG, Ribeiro GM, Porfírio‐Sousa AL, Junior SP. 2017. Meeting Report: 8th International Symposium on Testate Amoebae, Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil, 12–14 September 2016. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 64:555–557.
37. Moore K, Bosak T, Macdonald F, Lahr D, Newman S, Settens C, Pruss S. 2017. Biologically agglutinated eukaryotic microfossil from Cryogenian cap carbonates. Geobiology 15:499–515.
36. Moore KR, Bosak T, Macdonald F, Du K, Newman SA, Lahr DJ, Pruss SB. 2017. Pyritized Cryogenian cyanobacterial fossils from arctic Alaska. Palaios 32:769–778.
35. Morais L, Fairchild TR, Lahr DJ, Rudnitzki ID, Schopf JW, Garcia AK, Kudryavtsev AB, Romero GR. 2017. Carbonaceous and siliceous Neoproterozoic vase-shaped microfossils (Urucum Formation, Brazil) and the question of early protistan biomineralization. Journal of Paleontology 91:393–406.
34. Pérez-Juárez H, Serrano-Vázquez A, Kosakyan A, Mitchell EA, Aguilar VMR, Lahr DJ, Moreno MMH, Cuellar HM, Eguiarte LE, Lara E. 2017. Quadrulella texcalense sp. nov. from a Mexican desert: An unexpected new environment for hyalospheniid testate amoebae. European journal of protistology 61:253–264.
33. Porfírio-Sousa AL, Ribeiro GM, Lahr DJ. 2017. Morphometric and genetic analysis of Arcella intermedia and Arcella intermedia laevis (Amoebozoa, Arcellinida) illuminate phenotypic plasticity in microbial eukaryotes. European journal of protistology 58:187–194.
2016
32. Feres JC, Porfírio-Sousa AL, Ribeiro GM, Rocha GM, Sterza JM, Souza MBG, Soares CEA, Daniel J. 2016. Morphological and morphometric description of a novel shelled amoeba Arcella gandalfi sp. nov.(Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) from Brazilian continental waters. Acta Protozoologica 2016:221–229.
31. Fučíková K, Lahr DJ. 2016. Uncovering cryptic diversity in two amoebozoan species using complete mitochondrial genome sequences. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 63:112–122.
30. Hofstatter PG, Tice AK, Kang S, Brown MW, Lahr DJ. 2016. Evolution of bacterial recombinase A (recA) in eukaryotes explained by addition of genomic data of key microbial lineages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283:20161453.
29. Knoll AH, Lahr DJ. 2016. Fossils, feeding, and the evolution of complex multicellularity. Multicellularity, Origins and Evolution, The Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology: Boston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology:1–16.
28. Kosakyan A, Gomaa F, Lara E, Lahr DJ. 2016. Current and future perspectives on the systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature of testate amoebae. European journal of protistology 55:105–117.
27. Kosakyan A, Lahr DJ, Mulot M, Meisterfeld R, Mitchell EA, Lara E. 2016. Phylogenetic reconstruction based on COI reshuffles the taxonomy of hyalosphenid shelled (testate) amoebae and reveals the convoluted evolution of shell plate shapes. Cladistics 32:606–623.
26. Tice AK, Shadwick LL, Fiore-Donno AM, Geisen S, Kang S, Schuler GA, Spiegel FW, Wilkinson KA, Bonkowski M, Dumack K. 2016. Expansion of the molecular and morphological diversity of Acanthamoebidae (Centramoebida, Amoebozoa) and identification of a novel life cycle type within the group. Biology direct 11:69.
2015
25. Lahr DJ, Bosak T, Lara E, Mitchell EA. 2015. The Phanerozoic diversification of silica-cycling testate amoebae and its possible links to changes in terrestrial ecosystems. PeerJ 3:e1234.
24. Lahr DJ, Grant J, Molestina R, Katz LA, Anderson OR. 2015. Sapocribrum chincoteaguense n. gen. n. sp.: A Small, Scale‐bearing Amoebozoan with Flabellinid Affinities. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 62:444–453.
23. Lahr DJ, Kubik GM, Grant J, Anderson OR. 2015. Morphological Description of Telaepolella tubasferens ng, n. sp., Isolate ATCC© 50593™, a Filose Amoeba in the Gracilipodida, Amoebozoa. Acta Protozoologica 51:305–318.
22. Oliverio AM, Lahr DJ, Grant J, Katz LA. 2015. Are microbes fundamentally different than macroorganisms? Convergence and a possible case for neutral phenotypic evolution in testate amoeba (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida). Royal Society open science 2:150414.
21. Silva RLF, Lahr DJ, Pinto da Rocha R. 2015. Filmes como elementos motivadores para repensar o ensino de biologia: contribuições de uma disciplina. Textos FCC. Fundação Carlos Chagas 47:85–94.
2014
20. Lahr DJ, Laughinghouse IV HD, Oliverio AM, Gao F, Katz LA. 2014. How discordant morphological and molecular evolution among microorganisms can revise our notions of biodiversity on Earth. Bioessays 36:950–959.
19. Oliverio AM, Lahr DJ, Nguyen T, Katz LA. 2014. Cryptic diversity within morphospecies of testate amoebae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) in New England bogs and fens. Protist 165:196–207.
2013
18. Dalton LA, Bosak T, Macdonald FA, Lahr DJ, Pruss SB. 2013. Preservational and morphological variability of assemblages of agglutinated eukaryotes in Cryogenian cap carbonates of northern Namibia. Palaios 28:67–79.
17. Lahr DJ, Grant JR, Katz LA. 2013. Multigene phylogenetic reconstruction of the Tubulinea (Amoebozoa) corroborates four of the six major lineages, while additionally revealing that shell composition does not predict phylogeny in the Arcellinida. Protist 164:323–339.
16. Parfrey LW, Lahr DJ. 2013. Multicellularity arose several times in the evolution of eukaryotes (Response to. Bioessays 35:339–347.
2012
15. Bosak T, Lahr DJ, Pruss SB, Macdonald FA, Gooday AJ, Dalton L, Matys ED. 2012. Possible early foraminiferans in post-Sturtian (716− 635 Ma) cap carbonates. Geology 40:67–70.
14. Grant JR, Lahr DJ, Rey FE, Burleigh JG, Gordon JI, Knight R, Molestina RE, Katz LA. 2012. Gene discovery from a pilot study of the transcriptomes from three diverse microbial eukaryotes: Corallomyxa tenera, Chilodonella uncinata, and Subulatomonas tetraspora. Protist Genomics 1.
13. Lahr DJ, Lara E, Mitchell EA. 2012. Time to regulate microbial eukaryote nomenclature. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 107:469–476.
2011
12. Bosak T, Lahr D, Pruss S, Macdonald FA, Dalton L, Matys E. 2011. Agglutinated tests in post-Sturtian cap carbonates of Namibia and Mongolia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 308:29–40.
11. Bosak T, Macdonald F, Lahr D, Matys E. 2011. Putative cryogenian ciliates from Mongolia. Geology 39:1123–1126.
10. Lahr DJ, Grant J, Nguyen T, Lin JH, Katz LA. 2011. Comprehensive phylogenetic reconstruction of amoebozoa based on concatenated analyses of SSU-rDNA and actin genes. PLoS One 6:e22780.
9. Lahr DJ, Parfrey LW, Mitchell EA, Katz LA, Lara E. 2011. The chastity of amoebae: re-evaluating evidence for sex in amoeboid organisms. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278:2081–2090.
8. Lahr DJ, e Souza MBG. 2011. Occurrence of the lobose testate amoeba Pseudonebela africana (Amoebozoa, Arcellinida) in the Brazilian “cerrado.” European journal of protistology 47:231–234.
7. Parfrey LW, Lahr DJ, Knoll AH, Katz LA. 2011. Estimating the timing of early eukaryotic diversification with multigene molecular clocks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108:13624–13629.
2010
6. Lahr DJ, Nguyen TB, Barbero E, Katz LA. 2010. Evolution of the actin gene family in testate lobose amoebae (Arcellinida) is characterized by two distinct clades of paralogs and recent independent expansions. Molecular biology and evolution 28:223–236.
2009
5. Lahr DJ, Katz LA. 2009. Reducing the impact of PCR-mediated recombination in molecular evolution and environmental studies using a new-generation high-fidelity DNA polymerase. Biotechniques 47:857–866.
2008
4. Lahr DJ, Bergmann PJ, Lopes SG. 2008. Taxonomic identity in microbial eukaryotes: A practical approach using the testate amoeba Centropyxis to resolve conflicts between old and new taxonomic descriptions. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 55:409–416.
3. Parfrey LW, Lahr DJ, Katz LA. 2008. The dynamic nature of eukaryotic genomes. Molecular biology and evolution 25:787–794.
2007
2. Lahr DJ, Lopes SG. 2007. Ultra-structure and biometry of three lobose testate amoebae of the family Lesquereusiidae (Tubulinea: Arcellinida) based on specimens from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Acta Protozoologica 46:339–348.
2006
1. Daniel J, Lopes SG. 2006. Morphology, biometry, ecology and biogeography of five species of Difflugia Leclerc, 1815 (Arcellinida: Difflugiidae), from Tiete River, Brazil. Acta Protozool 45:77–90.
Thesis
Lahr, D. J. G. 2011. Phylogenetics and patterns of molecular evolution in the Amoebozoa. Doctoral thesis submitted to the Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology of the University of Massachusetts.
Lahr, D. J. G. 2006. Taxonomia dos Arcellinida Kent, 1880 (Protista: Ramicristates) do parque ecológico do rio Tietê. Master's thesis submitted to the Graduate Program in Zoology of the University of Sao Paulo.