Among the large cast of microbiome players, bacteria have long been hogging the spotlight. But the single-celled organisms known as protists are finally getting the starring role they deserve. A group ...

That’s what pops to mind when I look at Sebastian Hess’ photos of a kind of plump, violent, single-celled creature he collected from a pond rich in sphagnum moss in southern Germany. The ...

Protists, eukaryotic unicellular organisms, play a crucial role in aquatic microbial food webs. Phagotrophic protists or ...