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Salcher MM, Layoun P, Fernandes C, Chiriac M-C, Bulzu P-A, Ghai R, Shabarova T, Lanta V, Callieri C, Sonntag B, Posch T, Lepori F, Znachor P, Haber M (2025)
\nBringing the uncultivated microbial majority of freshwater ecosystems into culture. <\/strong>Nature Communications 16, 7971. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-025-63266-9<\/a><\/p>\n

Asghar U, Mukherjee I, Sonntag B, de Paula CP, Kasalick\u00fd V, Bulzu P-A, Singh A, Shabarova T, Piwosz K, \u0160imek K (2025)
\nMorphological and molecular analyses of season-specific responses of freshwater ciliate communities to top-down and bottom-up experimental manipulations.<\/strong> mSystems 0:e00304-25.<\/span> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/msystems.00304-25<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u0160imek K, Ashgar U, Sonntag B, Kasalick\u00fd V, Shabarova T, Mukherjee I (2025)<\/div>\n
New lineage of scuticociliates dominates the ciliate community and bacterivory in hypolimnetic waters of a freshwater reservoir.<\/strong> The ISME Journal, wraf148. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ismejo\/wraf148<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Boukheloua R, Mukherjee I, Park H, \u0160imek K, Kasalick\u00fd V, Ngochera M, Grossart H-P, Picazo-Mozo A, Camacho A, Cabello-Yeves PJ, Rodriguez-Valera F, Callieri C, Andrei A-S, Pernthaler J, Posch T, Alfreider A, Sommaruga R, Hahn MW, Sonntag B, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D, Jardillier L, Lep\u00e8re C, Biderre-Petit C, Bednarska A, \u015alusarczyk M, T\u00f3th V-R, Banciu HL, Kormas K, Orlic S, \u0160anti\u0107 D, Muyzer G, Herlemann DPR, Tammert H, Bertilsson S, Langenheder S, Zechmeister T, Salmaso N, Storelli N, Capelli C, Lepori F, Lanta V, Henriques Vieira H, Kostanj\u0161ek F, Kabel\u00e1\u010dov\u00e1 K, Chiriac M-C, Haber M, Shabarova T, Fernandes C, Rychteck\u00fd P, Znachor P, Sz\u0151ke-Nagy T, Layoun P, Wong HL, Silva Kavagutti V, Bulzu P-A, Salcher MM, Piwosz K, Ghai R (2024)
\nGlobal freshwater distribution of Telonemia<\/em> protists<\/strong>. The ISME Journal, wrae177. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ismejo\/wrae177<\/a><\/p>\n

Becz \u00c1, Buonanno F, Achille G, Ortenzi C, Wanzenb\u00f6ck S, Warren A, Sonntag B (2024)
\nProtists in science communication. <\/strong>European Journal of Protistology 95, 126094. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ejop.2024.126094<\/span> PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Weisse T, Pr\u00f6schold T, Kammerlander B, Sonntag B, Schicker L (2024)
\nNumerical and thermal response of the bacterivorous ciliate Colpidium kleini<\/i>, a species potentially at risk of extinction by rising water temperatures. <\/strong>Microbial Ecology 87, 89\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00248-024-02406-y. PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Pirritano M, Yakovleva Y, Potekhin A, Simon M\u00a0 (2022)
\nSpecies-specific duplication of surface antigen genes in Paramecium<\/em>. <\/strong>Microorganisms 10, 2378 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Spanner C, Darienko T, Filker S, Sonntag B, Pr\u00f6schold T\u00a0 (2022)
\nMorphological diversity and molecular phylogeny of five Paramecium bursaria<\/em> (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) syngens and the identification of their green algal endosymbionts. <\/strong>Scientific Reports 12, 18089<\/span> PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Sommer F, Sonntag B, Rastl N, Summerer M, Tartarotti B (2022)
\nCiliates in man-made mountain reservoirs<\/strong>. <\/strong>Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10.3389 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonntag B, Frantal D, Kammerlander B, Darienko T, Filker S, Stoeck T, Gruber M, Pr\u00f6schold T (2022)
\nWidespread occurrence of two planktonic ciliate species (<\/strong>Urotricha<\/em>, Prostomatida) originating from high mountain lakes. <\/strong>Diversity 14, 362 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Frantal D, Agatha S, Beisser D, Boenigk J, Darienko T, Dirren-Pitsch G, Filker S, Gruber M, Kammerlander B, Nachbaur L, Scheffel U, Stoeck T, Qian K, Wei\u00dfenbacher B, Pr\u00f6schold T, Sonntag B (2022)
\nMolecular data reveal a cryptic diversity in the genus <\/strong>Urotricha<\/em> (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Prostomatida), a key player in freshwater lakes, with remarks on morphology, food preferences, and distribution. <\/strong>Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 787290 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Pr\u00f6schold T, Rieser D, Darienko T, Nachbaur L, Kammerlander B, Qian K, Pitsch G, Bruni EP, Qu Z, Forster D, Rad-Menendez C, Posch T, Stoeck T, Sonntag B (2021)
\nAn integrative approach sheds new light onto the systematics and ecology of the widespread ciliate genus Coleps<\/em> (Ciliophora, Prostomatea). <\/strong>Scientific Reports 11, 5916 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Forster D, Qu Z, Pitsch G, Bruni EP, Kammerlander B, Pr\u00f6schold T, Sonntag B, Posch T, Stoeck T (2021)
\nLake ecosystem robustness and resilience inferred from a climate-stressed protistan plankton network.<\/strong>\u00a0 Microorganisms 2021, 9, 549 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Qu Z, Forster D, Bruni EP, Frantal D, Kammerlander B, Nachbaur L, Pitsch G, Posch T, Pr\u00f6schold T, Teubner K,\u00a0 Sonntag B, Stoeck T (2021)
\nAquatic food webs in deep temperate lakes: key species establish through their autecological versatility. <\/strong>Molecular Ecology. 2021;30:1053\u20131071 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonntag B, Sommaruga R\u00a0 (2020)
\nEffectiveness of photoprotective strategies in three mixotrophic planktonic ciliate species.<\/strong> Diversity 12:252 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Spanner C, Darienko T, Biehler T, Sonntag B, Pr\u00f6schold T\u00a0 (2020)
\nEndosymbiotic green algae in Paramecium bursaria<\/em>: a new isolation method and a simple diagnostic PCR approach for the identification. <\/strong>Diversity 12:240 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Flemming FE, Potekhin A, Pr\u00f6schold T, Schrallhammer M\u00a0 (2020)
\nAlgal diversity in Paramecium bursaria<\/em>: species identification, detection of Choricystis parasitica,<\/em> and assessment of the interaction specificity. <\/strong>Diversity 12:287 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Pr\u00f6schold T, Pitsch G, Darienko T (2020)
\nMicractinium tetrahymenae<\/em> (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), a new endosymbiont isolated from ciliates. <\/strong>Diversity 12:200 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Darienko T, Rad-Menendez L, Campbell C, Pr\u00f6schold T (2019)
\nAre there any true marine Chlorella<\/em> species? Molecular phylogenetic assessment and ecology of marine Chlorella<\/em>-like organisms, including a description of Droopiella<\/em> gen. nov. <\/strong>Systematics and Biodiversity 17:811-829 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Pitsch G, Bruni EP, Forster D, Qu Z, Sonntag B, Stoeck T, Posch T\u00a0 (2019)
\nSeasonality of planktonic freshwater ciliates: are analyses based on V9 regions of the 18S rRNA gene correlated with morphospecies counts?<\/strong> Frontiers in Microbiology: Aquatic Microbiology 10:248 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Kammerlander B, Tartarotti B, Sonntag B (2018)
\nThe impact of UV radiation on Paramecium<\/em> populations from alpine lakes. <\/strong>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 65:250-254 PDF<\/a>
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Sonntag B, Kammerlander B, Summerer M (2017)
\nBioaccumulation of ultraviolet sunscreen compounds (mycosporine-like amino acids) by the heterotrophic freshwater ciliate Bursaridium<\/em> living in alpine lakes.<\/strong> Inland Waters 7:55-64 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Schabetsberger R, Sichrowsky U, Scheck A, Schagerl M, M\u00e4hnert B,\u00a0 Sonntag B, Pall K (2017)
\nFirst limnological characterization of the crater-lake Billy Mitchell (Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea).<\/strong> Pacific Science 71:29 \u2013 45 PDF<\/a>
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Kammerlander B, Koinig KA, Rott E, Sommaruga R, Tartarotti B, Trattner F, Sonntag B (2016)
\nCiliate community structure and interactions within the planktonic food web in two alpine lakes of contrasting transparency.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b>Freshwater Biology 61:1950-1965 PDF<\/a>
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Slaveykova V, Sonntag B, Guti\u00e9rrez JC (2016)
\nStress and protists: no life without stress.<\/strong> European Journal of Protistology 55:39-49 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Weisse T, Sonntag B (2016)
\nCiliates in planktonic food webs: communication and adaptive response.<\/strong> In: Witzany G. & Nowacki M (eds), Biocommunication of ciliates.<\/em> Springer, Berlin, pp. 351-372 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Dunthorn M, Lipps JH, Dolan JR, Abboud-Abi Saab M, Aescht E, Bachy C, Barr\u00eda de Cao MS, Berger H, Bourland WA, Choi JK, Clamp J, Doherty M, Gao F, Gentekaki E, Gong J, Hu X, Huang J, Kamiyama T, Johnson MD, Kammerlander B, Kim SY, Kim Y-O, la Terza A, Laval-Peuto M, Lipscomb D, Lobban CS, Long H, Luporini P, Lynn DH, Macek M, Mansergh RI, Mart\u00edn-Cereceda M, McManus GG, Montagnes DJS, Ong’ondo GO, Patterson DJ, P\u00e9rez-Uz B, Quintela-Alonso P, Safi LSL, Santoferrara LF, Sonntag B, Song W, Stoeck T, Stoecker DK, Str\u00fcder-Kypke MC, Trautmann I, Utz LRP, Vallesi A, Vd’a\u010dn\u00fd P, Warren A, Weisse T, Wickham SA, Yi Z, Zhang W, Zhan Z, Zufall R, Agatha S (2015)
\nCiliates\u00a0 – protists with complex morphologies and ambiguous early fossil record. <\/strong>Marine Micropaleontology 119:1-6 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Kammerlander B, Breiner H-W, Filker S, Sommaruga R, Sonntag B, Stoeck T (2015)
\nHigh diversity of protistan plankton communities in remote high mountain lakes in the European Alps and the Himalaya mountains. <\/strong>FEMS Microbiology Ecology 91:fiv010 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Sichrowsky U, Schabetsberger R, Pall K, Sonntag B, Stoyneva M, Kalfatak D, \u00d8kland F, Scheck A, Tambets M (2015)
\nLimnological characterization of the largest freshwater lake in remote Oceania (Lake Letas, Gaua Island, Vanuatu)<\/strong>. Pacific Science \u00a0<\/em>69:165-180 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Sichrowsky U, Schabetsberger R, Sonntag B, Stoyneva M, Maloney AE, Nelson DB, Richey JN, Sachs JP (2014)
\nLimnological characterization of volcanic crater lakes on Uvea Island (Wallis and Futuna, South Pacific)<\/strong>. Pacific Science 68:333-343 PDF<\/a>
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Stoeck T, Breiner H-W, Filker S, Ostermaier V, Kammerlander B, Sonntag B (2014)
\nA morpho-genetic survey on ciliate plankton from a mountain lake pinpoints the necessity of lineage-specific barcode markers in microbial ecology.\u00a0<\/strong>Environmental Microbiology 16:430-444 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Ong’ondo GO, Yasindi AW, Oduor SO, Jost S, Schagerl M, Sonntag B, Boenigk J (2013)
\nEcology and community structure of ciliated protists in two alkaline-saline Rift Valley lakes in Kenya with special emphasis on Frontonia<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong>Journal of Plankton Research 35: 759-771 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonntag B, Summerer M, Sommaruga R (2011)
\nAre freshwater mixotrophic ciliates less sensitive to solar UV radiation than heterotrophic ones?\u00a0<\/strong>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 58: 196-202 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonntag B, Summerer M, Sommaruga R (2011)
\nFactors involved in the distribution pattern of ciliates in the water column of a transparent alpine lake.<\/strong>\u00a0Journal of Plankton Research 33: 541-546 PDF<\/a>\u00a0Cover<\/a><\/p>\n

Sommaruga R, Sonntag B (2009)
\nPhotobiological aspects of the mutualistic association between Paramecium bursaria<\/em> and Chlorella<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0In: Endosymbionts of <\/em>Paramecium (M Fujishima, Ed.), Microbiology Monographs 12, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 111-130 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Summerer M, Sonntag B, H\u00f6rtnagl P, Sommaruga R (2009)
\nSymbiotic ciliates receive protection against UV damage from their algae: A test with Paramecium bursaria<\/em> and Chlorella<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0Protist 160: 233-243 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonntag B, Str\u00fcder-Kypke MC, Summerer M (2008)
\nUroleptus willii<\/em> nov. sp., a euplanktonic freshwater ciliate (Dorsomarginalia, Spirotrichea, Ciliophora) with algal symbionts: morphological description including phylogenetic data of the small subunit rRNA gene sequence and ecological notes.<\/strong>\u00a0Denisia 23: 279-288 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Summerer M, Sonntag B, Sommaruga R (2008)
\nCiliate-symbiont specificity of freshwater endosymbiotic Chlorella<\/em> (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta).<\/strong>\u00a0Journal of Phycology 44: 77-87 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonntag B, Summerer M, Sommaruga R (2007)
\nSources of mycosporine-like amino acids in planktonic Chlorella<\/em>-bearing ciliates (Ciliophora).<\/strong>\u00a0Freshwater Biology 52: 1476-1485 PDF + Cover<\/a><\/p>\n

Summerer M, Sonntag B, Sommaruga R (2007)
\nAn experimental test of the symbiosis specificity between the ciliate Paramecium bursaria and strains of the unicellular green alga Chlorella<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0Environmental Microbiology 9: 2117-2122 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Posch T, Mindl B, Hor\u0148\u00e1k K, Jezbera J, Salcher MM, Sattler B, Sonntag B, Vrba J, \u0160imek K (2007)
\nBiomass reallocation within freshwater bacterioplankton induced by manipulating phosphorous availability and grazing.<\/strong>\u00a0Aquatic Microbial Ecology 49: 223-232 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Salcher MM, Hofer J, Hor\u0148\u00e1k K, Jezbera J, Sonntag B, Vrba J, \u0160imek K, Posch T (2007)
\nModulation of microbial predator-prey dynamics by phosphorous availability. Part II: Growth patterns and survival strategies of bacterial phylogenetic clades.<\/strong>\u00a0FEMS Microbiology Ecology 60: 40-50 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonntag B, Posch T, Klammer S, Teubner K, Psenner R (2006)
\nPhagotrophic ciliates and flagellates in an oligotrophic deep alpine lake: contrasting variability with seasons and depths.<\/strong>\u00a0Aquatic Microbial Ecology 43: 193-207 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

P\u00e9rez P, Libkind D, Di\u00e9guez MdC, Summerer M, Sonntag B, Sommaruga R, van Broock M, Zagarese HE (2006)
\nMycosporines from freshwater yeasts: a trophic cul-de-sac?<\/strong>\u00a0Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 5: 25-30 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Rott E, F\u00fcreder L, Sch\u00fctz C, Sonntag B, Wille A (2006)
\nSpecies coexistence in contrast to competition \u2013 first evidence from biota within an extreme stream microhabitat.<\/strong>\u00a0Proceedings of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL) 29: 2321-2323 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Mindl B, Sonntag B, Pernthaler J, Vrba J, Psenner R, Posch T (2005)
\nEffects of phosphorus loading on interactions of algae and bacteria: reinvestigation of the \u201ephytoplankton-bacteria paradox\u201c in a continuous cultivation system.<\/strong>\u00a0Aquatic Microbial Ecology 38: 203-213 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonntag B, Foissner W (2004)
\nUrotricha psenneri<\/em> n. sp. and Amphileptus piger<\/em> (Vuxanovici, 1962) n. comb., two planktonic ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from an oligotrophic lake in Austria.<\/strong>\u00a0Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 51: 670-677 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonntag B, Posch T, Klammer S, Griebler C, Psenner R (2002)
\nProtozooplankton in the deep oligotrophic Traunsee (Austria) influenced by discharges of soda and salt industries.\u00a0<\/strong>Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus 2: 211-226 PDF<\/a>
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Griebler C, Sonntag B, Mindl B, Posch T, Klammer S, Psenner R (2002)
\nAssessment of the ecological integrity of Traunsee (Austria) via analysis of sediments and benthic microbial communities.<\/strong>\u00a0Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus 2: 33-62 PDF<\/a>
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Klammer S, Posch T, Sonntag B, Griebler C, Mindl B, Psenner R (2002)
\nDynamics of bacterial abundance, biomass, activity, and community composition in the oligotrophic Traunsee and the Traun River (Austria).<\/strong>\u00a0Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus 2: 137-163 PDF<\/a>
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Posch T, Jezbera J, Vrba J, \u0160imek K, Pernthaler J Andreatta S, Sonntag B (2001)
\nSize selective feeding in Cyclidium glaucoma<\/em> (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatida) and its effects on bacterial community structure: a study from a continuous cultivation system.<\/strong>\u00a0Microbial Ecology 42: 217-227 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonntag B, Posch T, Psenner R (2000)
\nComparison of three methods for determining flagellate abundance, cell size, and biovolume in cultures and natural freshwater samples.<\/strong>\u00a0Archiv f\u00fcr Hydrobiologie 149: 337-351 PDF<\/a>
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Wille A, Sonntag B, Sattler B, Psenner R (1999)
\nAbundance, biomass and size structure of the microbial assemblage in the high mountain lake Gossenk\u00f6llesee (Tyrol, Austria) during the ice-free period.<\/strong>\u00a0Journal of Limnology 58: 117-126 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Posch T, \u0160imek K, Vrba J, Pernthaler J, Nedoma J, Sattler B, Sonntag B, Psenner R (1999)
\nPredator-induced changes of bacterial size-structure and productivity studied on an experimental microbial community.<\/strong>\u00a0Aquatic Microbial Ecology 18: 235-246 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Pfister G, Sonntag B, Posch T (1999)
\nComparison of a direct live count and an improved quantitative protargol stain (QPS) in determining abundance and cell volumes of pelagic freshwater protozoa.<\/strong>\u00a0Aquatic Microbial Ecology 18: 95-103 PDF<\/a>
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Popular scientific contributions<\/h2>\n

Unseen worlds: microscopic lake plankton fuel food chains and befriend algae<\/strong>, Scientia, PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Hochalpiner Sonnenschutz<\/strong>, Zukunft Forschung 01\/10: 14-15 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Scientia_Titelseite_klein\"<\/h3>\n

Unseen worlds: microscopic lake plankton fuel food chains and befriend algae<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

www.scientiapublications.com<\/p>\n

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