RNDr. Ivan čepička, Ph.D.

Phone: +420221951842, +420721884879

 Fax: +420221951841

 E-mail: ivan.cepicka@centrum.cz

Diversity and evolution of anaerobic protists

Vít Céza,  Lukáš Falteisek, Kateřina Krížová, Markéta Lorencová, Tomáš Pánek, Eliška Ptáčková, Eva Rmoutilová, Johana Rotterová, Pavla Smejkalová, Petr Táborský

 Protistology

General protistology  

Invertebrate zoology (MB170P09U)

Field parasitology (practices, partially – intestinal flagellates)

Field zoology (practices, partially)

System and phylogeny of Invertebrates (basic practices, partially)

Special zoology of Invertebrates (partially – Rotifera, Nematoda)

Pánek T, Silberman JD, Yubuki N, Leander BS, Cepicka I. 2012. Diversity, evolution and molecular systematics of the Psalteriomonadidae, the main lineage of anaerobic/microaerophilic heteroloboseans (Excavata: Discoba). Protist, in press.

Takishita K, Kolisko M, Komatsuzaki H, Yabuki A, Inagaki Y, Cepicka I, Smejkalová P, Silberman JD, Hashimoto T, Roger AJ, Simpson AGB. 2012. Multigene phylogenies of diverse Carpediemonas-like organisms identify the closest relatives of ‘amitochondriate’ diplomonads and retortamonads. Protist, in press.

Smejkalová P, Petrželková KJ, Pomajbíková K, Modrý D, Čepička I. 2012. Extensive diversity of intestinal trichomonads of non-human primates. Parasitology 139(1): 92-102

Zídková L, Cepicka I, Szabová J, Svobodová M. 2012. Biodiversity of avian trypanosomes. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 12(1): 102-112

CEPICKA I. 2011: Rhizomastix biflagellata sp. nov., a new amoeboflagellate of uncertain phylogenetic position isolated from frogs. European Journal of Protistology 47: 10-15.

CEPICKA I, HAMPL V, KULDA J. 2010: Critical taxonomical revision of parabasalids with descriptions of one new genus and three new species. Protist 161: 400-433.

YUBUKI N, CÉZA V, CEPICKA I, YABUKI A, INAGAKI Y, NAKAYAMA T, INOUYE I, LEANDER BS. 2010: Cryptic diversity of free-living parabasalids, Pseudotrichomonas keilini and Lacusteria cypriaca n. gen., n. sp., as inferred from small subunit rDNA sequences. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 57: 554-561.

KOLISKO M, SILBERMAN JD, CEPICKA I, YUBUKI N, TAKISHITA K, YABUKI A, INOUYE I, INAGAKI Y, ROGER AJ, SIMPSON AGB. 2010: A wide diversity of previously undetected free-living relatives of diplomonads isolated from marine/saline habitats. Environmental Microbiology 12: 2700-2710.

ZÍDKOVÁ L, CEPICKA I, VOTÝPKA J, SVOBODOVÁ M. 2010: Herpetomonas trimorpha sp. nov. (Trypanosomatidae, Kinetoplastida), a parasite of the biting midge Culicoides truncorum (Ceratopogonidae, Diptera). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60: 2236-2246.

KOSTKA M, UZLIKOVA M, CEPICKA I, FLEGR J. 2008: SlowFaster, a user-friendly program for slow-fast analysis and its application on phylogeny of Blastocystis. BMC Bioinformatics 9: 341.

Cepicka I, Kostka M, Uzlikova M, Kulda J, Flegr J . 2008: Non-monophyly of Retortamonadida and high genetic diversity of the genus Chilomastix suggested by analysis of SSU rDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 48: 770-775.

Kolisko M, Cepicka I, Hampl V, Leigh J, Roger AJ, Kulda J, Simpson AGB, Flegr J. 2008: Molecular phylogeny of diplomonads and enteromonads based on SSU rRNA, a-tubulin and HSP90 genes: implications for the evolutionary history of the double karyomastigont of diplomonads. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8: 205.

Hampl V, Cepicka I, Flegr J, Tachezy J, Kulda J. 2007: Morphological and molecular diversity of monocercomonadid genera Monocercomonas, Hexamastix and Honigbergiella gen. nov. Protist, 158: 365-383.

Kostka M, Cepicka I, Hampl V, Flegr J. 2007: Phylogenetic position of Karotomorpha and paraphyly of Proteromonadidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 43: 1167-1170.

Svobodová M, Zídková L, Cepicka I, Oborník M, Lukeš J, Votýka j. 2007: Sergeia podlipaevi gen. nov., sp. nov. (Trypanosomatidae, Kinetoplastida): a parasite of the biting midges (Ceratopogonidae, Diptera). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 57: 423-432.

Cepicka I, Hampl V, Kulda J, Flegr J. 2006: New evolutionary lineages, unexpected diversity and host specificity in the parabasalid genus Tetratrichomonas. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 39: 5472-5551.

 Hampl V, Vrlik M, Cepicka I, Pecka Z, Kulda J, Tachezy J. 2006: Affiliation of Cochlosoma to trichomonads confirmed by phylogenetic analysis of the small-subunit rRNA gene and a new family concept of the order Trichomonadida. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56: 305-312.

 Kolarik M, Kubatova A, Cepicka I, Pazoutova S. 2005: Three new white-spored Geosmithia species associated with bark beetles. Mycological Research 109: 1323-1336.

 Kutisova K, Kulda J, Cepicka I, Flegr J, Koudela B, Tachezy J. 2005: Tetratrichomonads from oral cavity and respiratory tract of humans. Parasitology 131: 309-319.

 Kolísko M, Cepicka I, Hampl V, Kulda J, Flegr J. 2005: Molecular phylogeny of enteromonads based on SSU rDNA of Trimitus sp.: the challenge for the present models of diplomonad evolution. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55: 1729-1733.

 Cepicka I, Kutišová K, Tachezy J, Kulda J, Flegr J. 2005: Cryptic species within the Tetratrichomonas gallinarum species complex revealed by molecular polymorphism. Veterinary Parasitology 128: 11-21.

 Kostka M, Hampl V, Cepicka I, Flegr J. 2004: The phylogenetoc position of Protoopalina intestinalis based on 18S rRNA gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 220-224.

 Hampl V, Cepicka I, Tachezy J, Kulda J, Flegr J. 2004: Critical analysis of the topology and rooting of the parabasalian 16S rRNA tree. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32: 711-723.

 Silberman JD, Simpson AGB, Kulda J, Cepicka I, Hampl V, Johnson PJ, Roger AJ. 2002: Retrtamonad flagellates are closelly related to diplomonads – implications for the history of mitochondrial function in eukaryote evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution 19: 777-786.

SIMPSON AGB, CEPICKA I 2009: Amitochondriate protists (diplomonads, parabasalids and oxymonads). In: Schaechter M (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 3rd edition, Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 545-557

CepiCka I, LukeS J, Vavra J 2007: Protozoologie. In: Volf P, Horak P (Eds.), Paraziti a jejich biologie, Triton, Praha, pp. 50-137

Cepicka I, Ceza V, Stahlavsky F. 2011: Extensive molecular and morphological diversity of free-living trichomonads. VI European Congress of Protistology, July 25-29, 2011, Berlin, Germany

CEPICKA I, HAMPL V, PANEK T. 2010: PC4AM – a new enigmatic amoeboflagellate related to Heterolobosea. The 18th Meeting of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology, Kanazawa, Japan.

CEPICKA I, FALTEISEK L, PTACKOVA E. 2010: Phylogeny and diversity of pelobionts. The 18th Meeting of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology, Kanazawa, Japan. 

PANEK T, CEPICKA I. 2008: New members of the heterolobosean anaerobic clade. Protist 2008 (ISOP 59th / ISEP XVII), Halifax, Canada.

CEPICKA I. 2008: Fornicata. Tree of Life Web Project Protist Diversity Workshop, Halifax, Canada.

Cepicka I, Kostka M, Uzlikova M, Kulda J, Flegr J. 2007: Non-monophyly of Retortamonadida and high genetic diversity of the genus Chilomastix suggested by analysis of SSU rDNA. Maritimes protistology conference, Halifax, Canada.

CEPICKA I, FLEGR J. 2006: Phylogenetic relationship between retortamonads and diplomonads. 16^th Meeting of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology, Wroclaw, Poland.

 CepiCka I, Hampl V, Kulda J, Flegr J. 2005: New evolutionary lineages, unexpected diversity and host specificity in the parabasalid genus Tetratrichomonas. 12^th International Congress of Protozoology, Guangzhou, China.

 CepiCka I, Hampl V, Kulda J, Flegr J. 2003: Molecular polymorphism and host specificity in the genus Tetratrichomonas. CIAR, Program in Evolutionary Biology, Annual meeting, White Point Beach, Canada

CepiCka I, KutiSovA K, Tachezy J, Kulda J, Flegr J. 2002: Cryptic species in Tetratrichomonas gallinarum complex. 8^th meeting of PhD students in evolutionary biology, Lohja, Finland