To honour his distinguished career in protozoology and his leadership role in establishing The Journal of Protozoology, the Society of Protozoologists established in 1998 the William Trager Award for Outstanding Paper of the Year. This award is given to the most cited original article published in the journal in the previous two years and consists of a Diploma and a $ 100.00 check to the first author of the article.
Recent past awardees:
2020
Edel Pérez-López, Md Musharaf Hossain, Jiangying Tu, Matthew Waldner, Christopher D. Todd, Anthony J. Kusalik, Yangdou Wei, Peta C. Bonham-Smith
“Transcriptome Analysis Identifies Plasmodiophora brassicae Secondary Infection Effector Candidates” (vol. 67, pp. 337-351, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12784)
2019
Allison M. Lewis, Andrea N. Chan, Todd C. LaJeunesse
“New Species of Closely Related Endosymbiotic Dinoflagellates in the Greater Caribbean have Niches Corresponding to Host Coral Phylogeny” (vol 66, Issue 3, pp. 460-482, https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12692).
2018
David Bass, Lucas Czech, Bryony A. P. Williams, Cédric Berney, Micah Dunthorn, Frederic Mahé, Guifré Torruella, Grant D. Stentiford, Tom A. Williams
“Clarifying the Relationships between Microsporidia and Cryptomycota”, (vol. 65, Issue 6, pp. 773-782, https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12519).
2017
Kensuto Seto, Maiko Kagami, and Yosuke Degawa
“Phylogenetic Position of Parasitic Chytrids on Diatoms: Characterization of a Novel Clade in Chytridiomycota” (vol. 64, Issue 3, pp. 383-393, https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12373).
2016
Meng Qi, Rongjun Wang, Haiyan Wang, Fuchun Jian, Junqiang Li, Jinfeng Zhao, Haiju Dong, Huili Zhu, Changshen Ning and Longxian Zhang
“Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in grazing horses in China and their zoonotic transmission potential” (vol. 63, Issue 5, pp. 591-97).
2015
Ryan S. Schwarz, Gary R. Bauchan, Charles A. Murphy, Jorgen Ravoet, Dirk C. de Graaf and Jay D. Evans
“Characterization of two species of trypanosomatidae from the honey bee Apis mellifera: Crithidia mellificae Langridge and McGhee, 1967 and Lotmaria passim n. gen, n. sp.” (vol. 62, Issue 5, pp. 567-83).
2014
Hae Jin Jeong, Sung Yeon Lee, Nam Seon Kang, Yeong Du Yoo, An Suk Lim, Moo Joon Lee, Hyung Seop Kim, Wonho Yih, Hiroshi Yamashita and Todd C. LaJeunesse
“Genetics and Morphology Characterize the Dinoflagellate Symbiodinium voratum, n. sp., (Dinophyceae) as the Sole Representative of Symbiodinium Clade E” (vol. 61, Issue 1, pp. 75-94).
2013
Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Thomas A. Nerad and Govinda S. Visvesvara
“Characterization of a New Pathogenic Acanthamoeba Species, A. byersi n. sp., Isolated from a Human with a Fatal Amoebic Encephalitis” (vol. 60, Issue 6, pp. 626-633, 2013)
2012
John R. Barta, Joseph D. Ogedengbe, Donald S. Martin and Todd G. Smith
“Phylogenetic Position of the Adeleorinid Coccidia (Myzozoa, Apicomplexa, Coccidia, Eucoccidiorida, Adeleorina) Inferred Using 18S rDNA Sequences” (vol. 59, Issue 2, pp. 171-180)
2011
Tsvetan R. Bachvaroff, Sara M., Handy, Allen R. Place and Charles F. Delwiche
“Alveolate Phylogeny Inferred using Concatenated Ribosomal Proteins” (vol. 58, Issue 3, pp. 223-233)
and
Chen Shao, Feng Gao, Xiaozhong Hu, Khaled A. Al-Rasheid and Allan Warren
“Ontogenesis and Molecular Phylogeny of a New Marine Urostylid Ciliate, Anteholosticha petzi n. sp. (Ciliophora, Urostylida)” (vol. 58, Issue 3, pp. 254-265)
2010
Regula Schmid-Hempel and Martina Tognazzo
“Molecular Divergence Defines Two Distinct Lineages of Chritidia bombi (Trypanosomatidae), Parasites of Bumblebees” (vol. 57, Issue 4, pp. 337-345)
2009
Y. P. Chen, J. D. Evans, C. Murphy, R. Gutell, M. Zucker, D. Gundensen-Rindal & J. S. Pettis
“Morphological, Molecular and Phylogenetic Characterization of Nosema ceranae, a Microsporidian Parasite Isolated from the European Honey Bee, Apis mellifera” (vol. 56, Issue 2, pp. 142-147)
2008
S. Kim, M. G. Park, K.-Y. Kim, C.-H. Kim, W. Yih, J. S. Park & D. W. Coats
“Genetic Diversity of Parasitic Dinoflagellates in the Genus Amoebophyra and Its Relationship to Parasite Biology and Biogeography” (vol. 55, Issue 1, pp. 1-8)
2007
S.L. Schmidt, D. Bernhard, M. Schlegel & W. Foissner.
“Phylogeny of the Stichotrichia (Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) Reconstructed with Nuclear Small Subunit rRNA Gene Sequences: Discrepancies and Accordances with Morphological Data” (vol. 54, Issue 2, pp. 201-209)
2006
D. Barth, S. Krenek, S. I. Fokin & T. U. Berendonk.
“Intraspecific Genetic Variation in Paramecium Revealed by Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase I Sequences” (vol. 53, Issue 1, pp. 20-25)
2005
C. D. Lowe, A. Day, S. J. Kemp & D. J. S. Montagnes.
“There are High Levels of Functional and Genetic Diversity in Oxyrrhis marina” (vol. 52, Issue 3, pp. 250-257)
2004
C. H. Slamovits, B. A. P. Williams, & P. J. Keeling.
“Transfer of Nosema locustae (Microsporidia) to Antonospora locustae n. comb. Based on Molecular and Ultrastructural Data” (vol. 51, Issue 2, pp. 207-213)
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