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ArticleISME communications2026

Tadpole Doctor: a UK-based citizen science project that identifies novel Perkinsea clades closely related to candidate amphibian pathogens.

Camille Poirier, David S Milner, Estelle S Kilias, Guy Leonard, Varsha Mathur, Emily Brannigan, Miloslav Jirků, Vanessa Smilansky, Frances Orton, Julius Lukeš and 2 more

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Article in ISME communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Camille PoirierDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3SZ, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5937-4814
David S MilnerDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3SZ, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3669-7463
Estelle S KiliasDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3SZ, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6081-3316
Guy LeonardDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3SZ, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4607-2064
Varsha MathurDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3SZ, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7695-034X
Emily BranniganDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3SZ, United Kingdom.
Miloslav JirkůInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4258-6543
Vanessa SmilanskySecureBio, Inc, Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1904-8843
Frances OrtonInstitute of Life and Earth Sciences, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4829-5074
Julius LukešInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0578-6618
Aurélie ChambouvetSorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29680 Roscoff, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3932-0098
Thomas A RichardsDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3SZ, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9692-0973

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parasites of the Perkinsea lineage infect both unicellular eukaryotic and metazoan hosts. The Pathogenic Perkinsea Clade (PPC) has been associated with Severe Perkinsea Infection (SPI) and mortality events in wild tadpole populations across the USA and in captive European Tree Frogs (

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amphibian conservationlong-read rDNA sequencingpathogen emergenceprotist diversitysevere Perkinsea infections

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PMID42756911
PMCPMC13584925

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