title: The revised classification of eukaryotes.
abstract: This revision of the classification of eukaryotes, which updates that of Adl et al. [J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 52 (2005) 399], retains an emphasis on the protists and incorporates changes since 2005 that have resolved nodes and branches in phylogenetic trees. Whereas the previous revision was successful in re-introducing name stability to the classification, this revision provides a classification for lineages that were then still unresolved. The supergroups have withstood phylogenetic hypothesis testing with some modifications, but despite some progress, problematic nodes at the base of the eukaryotic tree still remain to be statistically resolved. Looking forward, subsequent transformations to our understanding of the diversity of life will be from the discovery of novel lineages in previously under-sampled areas and from environmental genomic information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada. sina.adl@usask.ca
authors.forename: Sina M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Adl
authors.forename: Alastair G B
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: Christopher E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Julius
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lukeš
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bass
authors.forename: Samuel S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bowser
authors.forename: Matthew W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Burki
authors.forename: Micah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dunthorn
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hampl
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heiss
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoppenrath
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lara
authors.forename: Line
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Le Gall
authors.forename: Denis H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lynn
authors.forename: Hilary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: McManus
authors.forename: Edward A D
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Sharon E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Mozley-Stanridge
authors.forename: Laura W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Parfrey
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pawlowski
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rueckert
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shadwick
authors.forename: Lora
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shadwick
authors.forename: Conrad L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Schoch
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smirnov
authors.forename: Frederick W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Spiegel
mesh_terms: D056890:Eukaryota / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D016678:Genome; D010802:Phylogeny; D009626:Terminology as Topic