Publications 

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(23) Shazib, S. U. A**., Cote-L'Heureux, A., Ahsan, R., Muñoz-Gómez, S. A., Lee, J., Katz, L. A., & Shin, M. K. (2024). Phylogeny and species delimitation of ciliates in the genus Spirostomum (Class, Heterotrichea) using single-cell transcriptomes. bioRxiv, 2024-05. (weblink)

(22) Dunn, M. J., Shazib, S. U. A, Simonton, E., Slot, J., & Anderson, M. Z. (2022). Architectural groups of a subtelomeric gene family evolve along distinct paths in Candida albicans. G3, 12(12), jkac28.  (weblink)

(21) Jang, S.W., Nam, S. W., Shazib, S. U. A, & Shin, M. K. (2022). New Records of Two Arcuospathidium Subspecies (Ciliophora: Haptoria: Arcuospathidiidae) from Korea. Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity, 34(4), 222-225. (weblink)

(20) Timmons, C., Shazib, S. U. A., & Katz, L. (2022). Epigenetic influences of mobile genetic elements on ciliate genome architecture and evolution. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology (accepted). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.  (weblink)

(19) Kumar, S., Bharti, D., Shazib, S. U. A., & Shin, M. K. (2021). Characterization of a novel hypotrich ciliate from heavy metals contaminated industrial outlet in Onsan, Ulsan, South Korea. Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 761961. (weblink)

(18) Kabir, A. S., Kumar, S., Bharti, D., Shazib, S. U. A., & Shin, M. K. (2020). Redescription of Rigidohymena inquieta (Stokes, 1887) Berger, 2011 as Metahymena inquieta gen. nov., comb. nov. (Ciliophora, Hypotricha) Based on Morphology, Morphogenesis, and Molecular Phylogeny. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, (Accepted). (weblink)

(17) Taher, M. A., Kabir, A. S., Shazib, S. U. A., Kim, M. S., & Shin, M. K. (2020). Morphological Redescriptions and Molecular Phylogeny of Three Stentor Species (Ciliophora: Heterotrichea: Stentoridae) from Korea. Zootaxa, 4732(3), 435-452. (weblink)

(16) Shazib, S.U.A., Vďačný, P.,  Slovák, M., Gentekaki, E., & Shin, M. K. (2019). Deciphering phylogenetic relationships and delimiting species boundaries using a Bayesian coalescent approach in protists: A case study of the ciliate genus Spirostomum (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea). Scientific Reports. 9, 16360 . (weblink). 

(15) Akter, S., Shazib, S.U.A.,  & Shin, M. K. (2019). Segnochrobactrum spirostomi gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the ciliate Spirostomum yagiui and description of a novel family, Segnochrobactraceae fam. nov. within the order Rhizobiales of the class Alphaproteobacteria. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. (weblink). 

(14) Chen, X., Shazib, S. U. A*., Kim, J. H., Kim, M. S., & Shin, M. K. (2018). New contributions to Gruberia lanceolata (Gruber, 1884) Kahl, 1932 based on analyses of multiple populations and genes (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea, Gruberiidae). European Journal of Protistology. 68, 16-30. (weblink).

(13) Chen, X., Kim, J. H., Shazib, S. U. A., Kwon, C. B., & Shin, M. K. (2017). Morphology and molecular phylogeny of three heterotrichid species (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea), including a new species of Anigsteinia. European Journal of Protistology. 61, 278-293.  (weblink). 

(12) Vďačný, P., Rajter, Ľ., Shazib, S. U. A., Jang, S. W., & Shin, M. K. (2017). Diversification dynamics of rhynchostomatian ciliates: the impact of seven intrinsic traits on speciation and extinction in a microbial group. Scientific Reports, 7: 9918. (weblink).                                                                                                                       

(11) Kumar, S., Bharti, D., Shazib, S. U. A., & Shin, M. K. (2017). Discovery of a new hypotrich ciliate from petroleum contaminated soil. PloS one, 12(6), e0178657.  (weblink).  

(10) Jang, S. W., Vďačný, P., Shazib, S. U. A., & Shin, M. K. (2017). Linking morphology and molecules: integrative taxonomy of spathidiids (Protista: Ciliophora: Litostomatea) from Korea. Journal of Natural History, 1-36. (weblink). 

(9) Shazib, S.U.A., Vďačný, P., Kim, J.H., Jang, S.W., Shin, M.K. (2016). Molecular phylogeny and species delimitation within the ciliate genus Spirostomum (Ciliophora, Postciliodesmatophora, Heterotrichea), using the internal transcribed spacer region. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 102, 128-144. (weblink). 

(8) Chen, X., Shazib, S. U. A., Kim, J. H., Jang, S. W., & Shin, M. K. (2015). Morphological Description and Molecular Phylogeny of Two Species of Levicoleps (Ciliophora, Prostomatida), L. taehwae nov. spec. and L. biwae jejuensis nov. subspec., collected in Korea. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 63, 471-480. (weblink). 

(7) Jang, S. W., Vdacny, P., Shazib, S. U. A., & Shin, M. K. (2015). Morphology, ciliary pattern and molecular phylogeny of Trachelophyllum brachypharynx Levander, 1894 (Litostomatea, Haptoria, Spathidiida). Acta Protozoologica, 54, 123-135. (weblink).   

(6) Ji, D., Kim, J. H., Shazib, S. U. A., Sun, P., Li, L., & Shin, M. K. (2015). Two New Species of Zoothamnium (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) from Korea, with New Observations of Z. parahentscheli Sun et al., 2009. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 62, 400-409.  (weblink). 

(5) Vdacný, P., Rajter, L. U., Shazib, S. U. A., Jang, S. W., Kim, J. H., & Shin, M. K. (2015). Reconstruction of evolutionary history of pleurostomatid ciliates (Ciliophora, Litostomatea, Haptoria): interplay of morphology and molecules. Acta Protozoologica, 54(1), 9. (weblink). 

(4) Jang, S. W., Vďačný, P., Shazib, S. U. A., & Shin, M. K. (2014). Morphological and molecular characterization of the name-bearing type species Rimaleptus binucleatus (Kahl, 1931), with a phylogenetic re-analysis of dileptid evolutionary history (Ciliophora: Litostomatea: Rhynchostomatia). European journal of protistology, 50, 456-471.  (weblink). 

(3) Shazib, S. U. A., Vd’ačný, P., Kim, J. H., Jang, S. W., & Shin, M. K. (2014). Phylogenetic relationships of the ciliate class Heterotrichea (Protista, Ciliophora, Postciliodesmatophora) inferred from multiple molecular markers and multifaceted analysis strategy. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 78, 118-135.  (weblink). 

(2) Kim, J. H., Vďačný, P., Shazib, S. U. A., & Shin, M. K. (2014). Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny of Apoterritricha lutea ng, n. sp.(Ciliophora, Spirotrichea, Hypotrichia): A Putative Missing Link Connecting Cyrtohymena and Afrokeronopsis. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 61, 520-536. (weblink). 

(1) Kwon, C. B., Vďačný, P., Shazib, S. U. A., & Shin, M. K. (2014). Morphology and molecular phylogeny of a new haptorian ciliate, Chaenea mirabilis sp. n., with implications for the evolution of the dorsal brush in haptorians (Ciliophora, Litostomatea). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 61,  278-292. (weblink).