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Current projects:
Collaborative Research: Microbial Observatory in the Cariaco Basin – Dynamics of protistan diversity across time, space, and chemical gradients
Funded by NSF
From Early Biospheric Metabolisms to the Evolution of Complex Systems
Funded by NASA, 2003-10-01 to 2008-10-31.
Digital Educational Resources in Microbial Ecology, Evolution and Diversity
Funded by NSF, 2003-11-01 to 2005-10-31.
The Tree of Life Database: A Digital Library of Biodiversity Information
Funded by NSF, 2004-01-01 to 2005-12-30.
Earth's Earliest Ecosystems in the Classroom: The Use of Microbial Mats to Illustrate and Demonstrate General Principles of Scientific Inquiry and Microbial Ecology
Funded by NASA, 2004-01-01 to 2006-12-31.
International Census of Marine Microbes
Funded by Sloan Foundation, 2004-11-01 to 2006-10-30.
ATOL: Collaborative research: Assembling the tree of eukaryotic diversity
Funded by NSF, 2004-11-01 to 2009-12-30.

Education:
1967-1971 B.Sc. (First Class) Zoology Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
1972-1976 Ph.D. University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Thesis: "Ionic regulation in Tetrahymena pyriformis W & the role of contractile vacuoles in volume regulation in Protozoa."
1990 D.Sc. Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Protozoan ultrastructure and its contribution to understanding protistan evolution.
Academic appointments:
1976-1977 Royal Society Exchange Fellow Universite Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont Ferrand, France
1977-1990 Lecturer University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
1990-1992 Reader in Protozoology University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
1992-2004 Professor in Biology University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2000-2001 Adjunct Scientist Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, USA
2004-present Senior Scientist Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, USA
2004-present Emeritus Professor University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2005-present Professor (MBL) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI.
Professional memberships:
Society of Protozoologists British Section
Society of Protozoologists
British Phycological Society
The Systematics Association
Australian Institute of Biology (Fellow)
Australian Marine Sciences Association
Distinctions and awards:
1976 Thomas Henry Huxley Prize, Zoological Society of London
1980-1983 Committee member, British Section of the Society of Protozoologists
1983 Co-organiser, with Dr. N. Lane "The biology of differentiated membranes", Society for Experimental Biology, Bristol, January 1983
1983 - 1986 Secretary, British Section of the Society of Protozoologists
1983 - present Member of the executive committee, Society of Protozoologists
1984 Founding editor: "Progress in Protistology"
1984 Organiser, Annual Scientific and General Meeting, British Section of the Society of Protozoologists, University Bristol
1985 Advisor on course development, University of South Pacific, Fiji
1985 Co-organiser (with D. Lynn) Symposium session, VII International Congress of Protozoology (Nairobi)
1985 - 1987 President-elect and committee member, International Society for Evolutionary Protistology
1986 Instructor: Scandinavian Special Course in Marine Biology "Marine protozoa, their Systematics, biology and ecology", University of Århus, Denmark. July 21 - August 1
1987-1990 Council Member, The Systematics Association
1987 Co-ordinating organizer, 7th. meeting of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology (London)
1987 Pattersoniella vitiphila, Foissner
1987-1990 President, International Society for Evolutionary Protistology
1988 Local Secretary, 41st meeting of the Society of Protozoologists, Bristol
1989 Organizer, British Section Society of Protozoologists meeting, Cambridge
1989 Scientific Medal, Zoloogical Society of London
1990 Organizer, Systematics Association meeting: The Biology of Heterotrophic Flagellates
1990 President Elect, British Section Society of Protozoologists
1992 Co-ordinator: Forskerakademiet Course: The Taxonomy of Ecology of Flagellates. Helsingoer, Denmark
1992 Contributor: Nordic Advanced Course: Marine aggregates
1993-2000 Chairman, Society of Protozoology, Committee on Systematics and Evolution
1993-2000 Board, Marine Studies Centre, University of Sydney
1994-present Member Intl Association for Plant Taxonomy Permanent Nomenclature Committee, Committee for Algae
1995-2000 Deputy Director, Uniserve Science (A National Clearinghouse For Educational Software In Science)
1995 Protoopalina pattersonii, Delvinquier
1995-present Taxonomic advisor, Genbank (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
1996 Advisory Council, Australian Biological Resources Study
1996 Australian Museum Biodiversity and Conservation Centre, External Committee
1996-2000 Board of Directors, Sydney University Prince Alfred Hospital Macromolecular Analysis Centre (SUPAMAC)
1996-1997 Member NSW Marine Algal Biotoxin Committee
1996-2000 Board Coral Reef Research Institute, University of Sydney
1996-2004 Judging Panel, 1996 Eureka Prizes (of the Australian Museum)
1996-present Member, International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature
1997 Co-Secretary General, 10th International Congress of Protozoology, Sydney
1997 Vice President, Society of Protozoologists
Publications:

Patterson, D. J.: Habituation in a protozoan, Vorticella convallaria, Behaviour, 45:304-311 (1973).

Patterson, D. J.: Observations on the contractile vacuole complex of Blepharisma americanum Suzuki 1954 (Ciliophora, Heterotrichida), Arch. Protistenk, 118:235-242 (1976).

Patterson, D. J. & Sleigh, M. A.: Behavior of the contractile vacuole of Tetrahymena pyriformis W: A redescription with comments on the terminology, J. Protozool., 23:410-417 (1976).

Patterson, D. J.: On the behaviour of contractile vacuoles and associated structures of Paramecium caudatum (Ehrbg.), Protistologica, 13:205-212 (1977).

Patterson, D. J.: Membranous sacs associated with cilia of Paramecium, Cytobiologie, 17:107-113 (1978).

Patterson, D.J.: Kahl's keys to the ciliates (translation), University of Bristol, Bristol, (1978).

Patterson, D.J.: On the organization and classification of the protozoon Actinophrys sol Ehrenberg 1830, Microbios, 26:165-208 (1979).

Kuhlmann, S., Patterson, D.J. & Hausmann, K.: Untersuchungen zu Nahrungserwerb und Nahrungsaufnahme bei Homalozoon vermiculare, Stokes 1887: I. Nahrungserwerb und Feinstruktur der Oralregion, Protistologica, 16:39-55 (1980).

Patterson, D.J.: Contractile vacuoles and associated structures: Their organization and function, Biol. Revs., 55:1-46 (1980).

Hausmann, K. & Patterson, D. J: Involvement of smooth and coated vesicles in the function of the contractile vacuole complex of some cryptophycean flagellates, Exptl. Cell. Res., 135:449-453 (1981).

Hausmann, K. & Patterson, D.J: Osmoregulation bei Protozoa. Die kontraktile Vakuole der Cryptophyceen (Flagellaten), Mikrokosmos, 70:353-357 (1981).

Hausmann, K. & Patterson, D.J.: Pseudopod formation and membrane production during prey capture by a heliozoon (Feeding by Actinophrys, II), Cell Motility, 2:9-24 (1981).

Patterson, D. J. & Hausmann, K.: The behaviour of contractile vacuole complexes of Cryptophycean flagellates, Br. Phycol. J., 16:429-439 (1981).

Patterson, D. J. & Hausmann, K.: Feeding by Actinophrys sol (Protista, Heliozoa): I. Light microscopy, Microbios, 31:39-55 (1981).

Patterson, D.J: The behaviour of cilia and ciliates, J. Biol. Ed., 15:192-202 (1981).

Patterson, D.J.: On the origin of the postoral microtubules of Paramecium putrinum (Hymenostomatida, Ciliophora), Protistologica, 17:525-531 (1981).

Patterson, D.J.: Contractile vacuole complex behaviour as a diagnostic character for free-living amoebae, Protistologica, 17:243-248 (1981).

Patterson, D.J. & Hausmann, K.: Paramecium bursaria ein Wimpertiere mit Zoochlorellen, Mikrokosmos, 70:62-63 (1981).

Patterson, D.J. & Hausmann, K.: Der Polyp Protohydra leuckarti, Mikrokosmos, 70:3-6 (1981).

Patterson, D.J. & Thompson, D. W.: Structure and elemental composition of the cyst wall of Echinosphaerium nucleofilum Barrett (Heliozoea, Actinophryida), J. Protozool., 28:188-192 (1981).

Patterson, D.J: Photomicrography using a dedicated electronic flash, Microscopy, 34:437-442. (1982).

Patterson, D.J & Hausmann, K.: Morulate bodies in Actinophryid heliozoa: A fixation artefact derived from microtubules?, Cell. Struct. Funct., 7:341-348 (1982).

Patterson, D.J. : Feeding strategies in free-living protozoa, in Sourcebook of Experiments for the Teaching of Microbiology, ed. Primrose, S. & Wardlaw, A.C., Academic Press, London, 61-75 (1982).

Patterson, D.J. & Hausmann, K.: Coated vesicle heterogeneity in some cryptophycean flagellates, Cell. Biol. Int. Repts., 6:513-521 (1982).

Christopher, M. and Patterson, D. J.: Coleps hirtus, a ciliate illustrating facultative symbioses between algae and protozoa, Ann. Station biologique de Besse en Chandesse, 17:278-193 (1983).

Hausmann, K. & Patterson, D.J.: Taschenatlas der Einzeller, Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart-, (1983).

Hausmann, K., Linnenbach, M., & Patterson, D.J.: The effects of Taxol on microtubular arrays: In vivo effects on heliozoan axonemes, J. Ultrastruct. Res., 82:212-220 (1983).

Linnenbach, M., Hausmann, K. & Patterson, D.J.: Ultrastructural studies on the food vacuole cycle of a heliozoon (Feeding by Actinophrys, III), Protoplasma, 115:43-51 (1983).

Mulisch, M. & Patterson, D. J: Eufolliculina uhligi n. sp., a new member of the Folliculinidae (Ciliophora), with some comments on the genus Eufolliculina Hadzi 1951, Protistologica, 19:235-243 (1983).

Patterson. D.J.: On the organization of the naked filose amoeba Nuclearia moebiusi Frenzel 1897 (Sarcodina, Filosea) and its implications, J. Protozool., 30:301-307 (1983).

Hausmann, K. & Patterson, D. J.: Contractile vacuole complexes in Algae, in Compartments in Algal Cells and their Interactions, ed. Wiessner, W., Robinson, D., & Starr, R. C., Springer Verlag, Berlin, 139-146 (1984).

Patterson, D. J.: The genus Nuclearia (Sarcodina, Filosea) species composition and diagnoses of the taxa, Arch. Protistenk., 128:127-139 (1984).

Sleigh, M. A., Dodge, J. D. & Patterson, D.J.: Kingdom Protista, in A synoptic Classification of living organisms, ed. R.S.K. Barnes, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 25-88 (1984).

Hausmann, K & Patterson, D. J.: Einzeller Protisten, Arten und mikroskopische Anatomie Transparente Atlas, Hegemann Lieder, Dusseldorf, (1985).

Hausmann, K., Mulisch, M. & Patterson, D. J.: Protozoologie, Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, (1985).

Patterson, D. J.: The fine structure of Opalina ranarum (family Opalinidae): Opalinid phylogeny and classification., Protistologica, 21:413-428 (1985).

Patterson, D. J.: On the organization and affinities of the amoeba, Pompholyxophrys punicea Archer, based on ultrastructural examination of individual cells from wild material, J. Protozool., 32:241-246 (1985).

Patterson, D. J. & Hausmann, K.: Subregnum Protozoa, in Lehrbuch der Zoologie, Band II, ed. R. Siewing, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 59-111 (1985).

Patterson, D. J. and Fenchel, T: Insights into the evolution of heliozoa (Protozoa, Sarcodina) as provided by ultrastructural studies on a new species of flagellate from the genus Pteridomonas, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 34:381-403 (1985).

Corliss, J. O. & Patterson, D. J. (eds): Progress in Protistology Volume 1, Biopress Ltd., Bristol, (1986).

Fenchel, T. & Patterson, D. J.: Percolomonas cosmopolitus (Ruinen) n. gen., a new type of filter feeding flagellate from marine plankton, J. mar. biol. Ass. UK., 66:465-482 (1986).

Mulisch, M., Harry, O.G., Patterson, D. J. & Wyatt, C: Folliculinids (Ciliata Heterotrichida) from Portaferry (Co. Down), Irish Naturalists Journal, 22:1-7 (1986).

Patterson, D. J.: Some problems of ambiregnal taxonomy and a possible solution, in Advances in Protozoological Research, ed. M. Bereczky, Symposia Biologica Hungaricae , 87-93 (1986).

Patterson, D. J.: The actinophryid heliozoa (Sarcodina, Actinopoda) as chromophytes, in Chrysophytes aspects and problems, ed. Kristiansen, J. & Anderson, R. A., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge & New York, 46-67 (1986).

Patterson, D. J. and Dürrschmidt, M.: Siliceous structures formed by heliozoa and heliozoon-like amoebae, in Biomineralization in lower plants and animals, ed. Leadbeater, B. S. C. & Riding, R., Systematics Association, 361-374 (1986).

Smith, R. McK. & Patterson, D. J.: Analyses of heliozoan inter-relationships: An example of the potentials and limitations of the ultrastructural approaches to the study of protistan phylogeny, Proc. R. Soc. Lond., 227:325-366 (1986).

Corliss, J. O. & Patterson, D. J. (eds.): Progress in Protistology Volume 2, Biopress Ltd., Bristol, (1987).

Dürrschmidt, M., & Patterson, D. J.: A light and electron microscopical study of a new species of centroheliozoon, Chlamydaster fimbriatus, Tissue & Cell, 19:365-376 (1987).

Dürschmidt, M. & Patterson, D. J.: On the organization of the heliozoa Raphidiophrys ambigua Penard and R.pallida Schulze, Ann. Sc. Nat. Zool., Paris, 8:135-155 (1987).

Mulisch, M. & Patterson, D. J.: Stomatogenesis during cell division in the loricate ciliate Eufolliculina uhligi, Europ. J. Protistol, 23:193-201 (1987).

Patterson, D. J. & Dürrschmidt, M.: Selective retention of chloroplasts by algivorous heliozoa: Fortuitous chloroplast symbiosis?, Europ. J. Protistol., 23:51-55 (1987).

Patterson, D.J., Surek, B. & Melkonian, M.: The ultrastructure of Vampyrellidium perforans Surek & Melkonian and its taxonomic position among the naked filose amoebae., J. Protozool., 34:63-67 (1987).

Fenchel, T. & Patterson, D. J.: Cafeteria roenbergensis nov. gen., nov. sp., a heterotrophic microflagellate from marine plankton, Marine Microbial Food Webs, 3:9-19 (1988).

Moestrup, Ø., Moss, S. T., Patterson, D. J., Rizzo, P. J. & Sleigh, M. A. (editors): Papers presented at the 7th biennial meeting of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology, Biosystems, 21:177-418 (1988).

Patterson, D. J.: The evolution of Protozoa, Memorias Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 83 (suppl. 1):580-600 (1988).

Patterson, D. J.: Fine structure of the cortex of the protist Zelleriella antilliensis (Slopalinida, Opalinidae) from Bufo marinus in Fiji, Microbios, 54:71-80 (1988).

Patterson, D. J. & Brugerolle, G.: The ultrastructural identity of Stephanopogon apogon and the relatedness of the genus to other kinds of protests, Europ. J. Protistol., 23:279-290 (1988).

Patterson, D. J. & Dürrschmidt, M.: The formation of siliceous scales by Raphidiophrys ambigua (Protista, Centroheliozoa), J. Cell. Sci., 91:33-39 (1988).

Turley, C. M., Lochte, K., & Patterson, D. J: A barophilic flagellate isolated from 4500 m in the mid-North Atlantic, Deep-Sea Research, 35:1079-1092 (1988).

Patterson, D. J.: Stramenopiles: Chromophytes from a protistological perspective, in The chromophyte algae: Problems and perspectives, ed. Green, J.C., Leadbeater, B.S.C. & Diver, W.L., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 357-379 (1989).

Patterson, D. J. & Corliss, J.O., (eds.): Progress in Protistology Volume 3, Biopress, Bristol, (1989).

Patterson, D. J., Larsen, J. & Corliss, J. O.: The ecology of heterotrophic flagellates and ciliates living in marine sediments, Progr. Protistol., 3:185-277 (1989).

Brugerolle, G. and Patterson, D. J.: A cytological study of Aulacomonas submarina Skuja, a heterotrophic flagellate with a novel ultrastructural identity, European Journal of Protistology, 25:191-199 (1990).

Larsen, J. and Patterson, D. J.: Some flagellates (Protista) from tropical marine sediments, Journal of Natural History, 24:801-937 (1990).

Patterson, D. J.: Jakoba libera (Ruinen 1938), a heterotrophic flagellate from deep oceanic sediments, Journal of the marine biological Association, U.K., 70:381-393 (1990).

Patterson, D. J. and Delvinquier, B. L. J.: The fine structure of the cortex of the protist Protoopalina australis (Slopalinida, Opalinidae) from Litoria nasuta and Litoria inermis (Amphibia Anura Hylidae) in Queensland, Australia), Journal of Protozoology, 37:449-455 (1990).

Patterson, D. J. and Fenchel, T.: Massisteria marina, a widespread and abundant bacterivorous protist associated with marine detritus, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 62:11-19 (1990).

Coombs, G. H., Finlay, B. J. and Patterson, D. J.: New perspectives on protozoa, Journal of Zoology, London, 225:173-176 (1991).

Larsen, J. and Patterson D. J.: The diversity of euglenoid flagellates, in The Biology of Free-Living Heterotrophic Flagellates, ed. Patterson, D. J. and Larsen, J., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 205-217 (1991).

Patterson, D. J. and Larsen, J.: Nomenclatural problems with protists, Regnum Vegetabile, 123:197-208 (1991).

Patterson, D. J. and Larsen, J. (eds): The Biology of Free-Living Heterotrophic Flagellates, Clarendon Press, Oxford, (1991).

Patterson,. D. J. and Zölffel, M.: Heterotrophic flagellates of uncertain taxonomic position, in The Biology of Free-Living Heterotrophic Flagellates, ed. Patterson, D. J. and Larsen, J., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 427-475 (1991).

Patterson, D. J.: Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa, A colour Guide, Wolfe, London, (1992).

Patterson, D. J. and Larsen, J.: A perspective on protistan nomenclature, Journal of Protozoology, 39:125-131 (1992).

Patterson, D. J. Nygaard, K. Steinberg, G. and Turley, C. M.: Heterotrophic flagellates and other protists associated with detritus in the mid North Atlantic, Journal of the Marine Biological Association, UK, 73:67-95 (1992).

Patterson, D.J. and Sogin, M.L.: Eukaryote origins and protistan diversity, in The Origin and Evolution of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells, ed. H. Hartman and K. Matsuno, World Scientific Pub, New Jersey, 13-46 (1992).

Delvinquier, B. L. J. and Patterson, D.J.: The Opalines, in Parasitic Protozoa, ed. Kreier, J.P. and Baker, J.R., Academic Press, San Diego, 247-325 (1993).

Newman, P.J. and Patterson, D.J.: The role of an organic matrix during the formation of siliceous scales in the heliozoon Actinophrys sol (Actinophryida, Protista), European Journal of Protistology, 29:334-343 (1993).

Patterson,. D. J.: The current status of the free-living heterotrophic flagellates, J. Euk. Microbiol., 40:606-609 (1993).

Leipe, D. D, Wainright, P. O., Gunderson, J. H., Porter, D., Patterson, D. J., Valois, F., Himmerich, S. and Sogin, M. L.: The stramenopiles from a molecular perspective: Small subunit rDNA sequences from Labyrinthuloides minuta and Cafeteria roenbergensis, Phycologia, 33:369-377 (1994).

Patterson, D. J.: Protozoa, evolution and systematics, in Progress in Protozoology, Proceedings of the IX International Congress of Protozoology, Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1-14 (1994).

Verhagen, F.J. M., Zölffel, M. Brugerolle, G. and Patterson, D. J.: Adriamonas peritocrescens gen. nov. sp. nov., a new free-living soil flagellate (Protista, Pseudodendromonadidae incertae sedis), European Journal of Protistology, 30:295-308 (1994).

Wainright, P.O., Patterson, D.J., and Sogin, M.L.: Monophyletic Origin of Animals: A Shared Ancestry with the Fungi, in Molecular Evolution of Physiological Processes". 47th Symposium Society of General Physiologists, ed. D.M. Fambrough, The Rockefeller University Press, 39-54 (1994).

Setälä, O., Kuupo, P., Ekebom, J. Kuosa, H. and Patterson, D.J. (eds): Workbook on Protist Ecology and Taxonomy, in Proceedings from the 1st Workshop on Protistology at Tvärminne Zoological Station 1992, Yliopistopaino, Helsinki, (1995).

Ekebom, J., Patterson,. D. J. and Vørs, N.: Heterotrophic flagellates from coral reef sediments (Great Barrier Reef, Australia), Archiv f. Protistenkunde, 146:251-272 (1996).

O'Kelly C. J. and Patterson D. J.: The flagellar apparatus of Cafeteria roenbergensis Fenchel & Patterson 1988 (Bicosoecales = Bicosoecida), European Journal of Protistology, 32:216-226 (1996).

Patterson D. J. and Simpson, A. G. B.: Heterotrophic flagellates from coastal marine and hypersaline sediments in Western Australia, European Journal of Protistology, 32:423-448 (1996).

Patterson, D. J.: Morphology and natural habitats, in Explore the World Using Protozoa, ed. Anderson, O.R. and Druger, M., National Science Teachers Association, Virginia, USA, 28-34 (1996).

Patterson, D. J.: Free-living Freshwater Protozoa, Manson; Wiley and University of New South Wales Presses, (1996).

Simpson, A. G. B. and Patterson, D. J: Ultrastructure and identification of the predatory flagellate Colpodella pugnax Cienkowski (Apicomplexa) with a description of Colpodella turpis n. sp. and a review of the genus, Systematic Parasitology, 33:187-198 (1996).

Bernard, C. Simpson, A. G. B. and Patterson, D. J.: An ultrastructural study of a free-living retortamonad, Chilomastix cuspidata (Larsen & Patterson 1990) n. comb. (Retortamonadida, Protista), European Journal of Protistology, 33:254-265 (1997).

Brugerolle, G. and Patterson, D. J.: Ultrastructure of Trimastix convexa Hollande, an amitochondriate anaerobic flagellate with a previously undescribed organization, Europ. J. Protistol., 33:121-130 (1997).

Ekelund, F. and Patterson, D.J.: Some flagellates from a cultivated garden soil in Australia, Archiv für Protistenkunde, 148:461-478 (1997).

Simpson, A. G. B., Bernard, C., Fenchel, T. and Patterson D. J: The organisation of Mastigamoeba schizophrenia n. sp.: More evidence of ultrastructural idiosyncrasy and simplicity in pelobiont protests, European Journal of Protistology, 33:87-98 (1997).

Simpson, A. G. B., van den Hoff, J., Bernard, C., Burton, H. and Patterson D. J: The ultrastructure and systematic position of the euglenozoan Postgaardi mariagerensis, Fenchel et al, Arch. Protistenk., 147:213-225 (1997).

Tong, S. M., Vørs, N. and Patterson, D. J.: Heterotrophic flagellates, centrohelid heliozoa and filose amoebae from marine and freshwater sites in the Antarctic, Polar Biol., 18:91-106 (1997).

Heep, T., Rohozinski, J., Simpson, A. G. B. and Patterson, D. J.: Stentor amethystinus (Ciliophora, Heterotrichida), a common member of fresh-water plankton in Australia, Records of the Australian Museum, 50:211-216 (1998).

Lee, W. J. and Patterson, D.J.: Diversity and geographic distribution of free-living heterotrophic flagellates - analysis by PRIMER, Protist, 149:229-243 (1998).

Tong, S. M., Nygaard, K., Bernard, C., Vørs, N. and Patterson, D. J.: Heterotrophic flagellates from the water column in Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia, European Journal of Protistology, 34:162-194 (1998).

Lee, W-J. Blackmore, R. and Patterson, D. J.: Australian records of two lesser known genera of heterotrophic euglenids - Chasmostoma Massart 1920 and Jenningsia Schaeffer 1918, Protistology, 1:10-16 (1999).

Lee, W. J. and Patterson, D. J.: Are communities of heterotrophic flagellates determined by their geography?, in The other 99%. The conservation and biodiversity of Invertebrates, ed. Ponder, W. and Lunney, D., Mosman, Sydney, 232-235 (1999).

Patterson, D. J.: The diversity of eukaryotes, American Naturalist, 154:S96-124 (1999).

Patterson, D. J., Simpson, A. G. B., and Weerakoon, N: Free-living flagellates from anoxic habitats and the assembly of the eukaryotic cell., Biol. Bull., 196:381-384 (1999).

Simpson A. G. B. & Patterson, D. J.: The ultrastructure of Carpediemonas membranifera (Eukaryota), with reference to the 'excavate hypothesis', European Journal of Protistology, 35:353-370 (1999).

Weerakoon N. D., Harper J. D. I., Simpson A. G. B. & Patterson D. J.: Centrin in the groove: Immunolocalisation of centrin and microtubules in the putatively primitive protist Chilomastix cuspidata (Retortamonadida), Protoplasma, 210:75-84 (1999).

Bernard, C., Simpson, A.G.B. and Patterson, D.J.: Some free-living flagellates (Protista) from anoxic habitats, Ophelia, 52:113-142 (2000).

Lee, W. J. and Patterson, D. J.: Heterotrophic flagellates (Protista) from marine sediments of Botany Bay, Australia, Journal of Natural History, 34:483-562 (2000).

Patterson, D.J. and Lee, W.J.: Geographic distribution and diversity of free-living heterotrophic flagellates, in The Flagellates, ed. Green, J. and Leadbeater, B.S.C., Taylor and Francis, (2000). Link >>

Rogerson, A. & Patterson, D. J.: The naked ramicristate amoebae (Gymnamoebae), in An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa, ed. Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. and Bradbury, P., Society of Protozoologists, Lawrence, Kansas, 1023-1053 (2000).

Simpson, A. G. B., Bernard, C. and Patterson, D. J.: The ultrastructure of Trimastix marina Kent 1880 (Eukaryota), an excavate flagellate, European Journal of Protistology, 36:229-252 (2000).

Brugerolle, G. and Patterson, D.J.: Ultrastructure of Joenina pulchella Grassi 1917 (Protista, Parabasalia), a reassessment of evolutionary trends in the parabasalids, and a new order Cristamonadida for devescovinid, calonymphid and lophomonad flagellates, Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 1:147-160 (2001).

Mikrjukov, K. A. and Patterson, D. J.: Taxonomy and phylogeny of Heliozoa. III. Actinophryids, Acta. Protozool., 40:3-25 (2001).

Patterson, D. J. and Burford: A guide to the protozoa of marine aquaculture ponds, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia, (2001).

Simpson, A. G. B. and Patterson, D.J.: On core jakobids and excavate taxa: The ultrastructure of Jakoba incarcerata, J. Euk. Microbial., 48:480-492 (2001).

Walker, G, Simpson, A.G.B. Edgcomb, V., Sogin, M. L. and Patterson, D.J.: Ultrastructural identities of Mastigamoeba Protozoologica punctachora, Mastigamoeba simplex and Mastigella commutans and assessment of hypotheses of relatedness of the pelobionts (Protista), Europ. J. Protistol., 37:25-49 (2001).

Al Qassab, S., Lee, W. J., Murray, S., and Patterson,. D. J.: Flagellates from stromatolites and surrounding sediments in Shark Bay, Western Australia, Acta Protozoologica, 41:91-144 (2002).

Brugerolle, G. & Patterson, D. J. : Order Pelobiontida Page, 1976, in An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa, ed. Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. and Bradbury, P., Society of Protozoologists, Lawrence, Kansas, (2002). Link >>

Delvinquier, B. L. J. & Patterson, D. J.: Order Slopalinida, in An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa, ed. Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. and Bradbury, P., Society of Protozoologists, Lawrence, Kansas, 754-759 (2002).

Edgcombe, V.P., Simpson, A. G. B., Amaral Zettler, L., Nerad, T.A., Patterson, D.J., Holder, M. E. and Sogin, M. L.: Pelobionts are degenerate protests: Insights from molecules and morphology, Molecular Biology and Evolution, 19:978-982 (2002).

Lee, W. J. and Patterson, D.J.: Abundance and biomass of heterotrophic flagellates, and factors controlling their abundance and distribution in sediments of Botany bay, Microbial Ecology, 43:467-481 (2002).

Lee, W.J. and Patterson, D.J.: Optimising the extraction of bacteria, heterotrophic protists and diatoms, and estimating their abundance and biomass from intertidal sandy sediments, Journal of the Korean Society of Oceanography, 37:58-65 (2002).

Mikrjukov, K. A., Patterson, D. J. and Siemensma, F.J.: Phylum Heliozoa, in An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa, ed. Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. and Bradbury, P., Society of Protozoologists, Lawrence, Kansas, 860-871 (2002).

Murray, S. and Patterson, D.J.: Amphidiniopsis korewalensis sp. nov., a new heterotrophic benthic dinoflagellates, Phycologica, 41:382-388 (2002).

Murray, S. and Patterson, D.J.: The benthic dinoflagellate genus Amphidinium in south-eastern Australian waters, including three new species, Eur. J. Phycol., 37:279-298 (2002).

Patterson, D. J.: Residual heterotrophic stramenopiles, in An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa, ed. Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. and Bradbury, P., Society of Protozoologists, Lawrence, Kansas, 751-754 (2002).

Patterson, D. J.: Changing views of protistan systematics: the taxonomy of protozoa – an overview, in An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa, ed. Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. and Bradbury, P., Society of Protozoologists, Lawrence, Kansas, 2-9 (2002).

Patterson, D. J., Rogerson, A., and Vørs, N.: Class Heterolobosea, in An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa, ed. Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. and Bradbury, P., Society of Protozoologists, Lawrence, Kansas, 1104-1111 (2002).

Patterson, D. J., Simpson, A. G. B. and Rogerson, A.: Amoebae of uncertain affinities, in An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa, ed. Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. and Bradbury, P., Society of Protozoologists, Lawrence, Kansas, 804-827 (2002).

Patterson, D. J., Vørs, N., Simpson, A. G. B. and O’Kelly, C.J.: Residual free-living and predatory heterotrophic flagellates, in An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa, ed. Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. and Bradbury, P., Society of Protozoologists, Lawrence, Kansas, (2002). Link >>

Simpson, A. G. B. and Patterson, D. J.: Family Colpodellidae Simpson & Patterson, 19965, in An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa, ed. Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. and Bradbury, P., Society of Protozoologists, Lawrence, Kansas, 370-371 (2002).

Simpson, A. G. B., Roger, A. J., Silberman, J. D., Leipe, D. D., Edgcomb, V. P., Jermiin, L. A., Patterson, D. J. and Sogin, M. L.: Evolutionary history of "early diverging" eukaryotes: The excavate taxon Carpediemonas is a close relative of Giardia, Molecular Biology and Evolution, 19:1782-1791 (2002).

Busse, I. Patterson, D. J. and Preisfeld. A.: Phylogeny of phagotrophic euglenids (Euglenozoa): A molecular approach based on culture material and environmental samples, J. Phycol., 39:828-836 (2003).

Lee, W.J., Brandt, S.M., Vørs, N. and Patterson, D.J.: Darwin's heterotrophic flagellates, Ophelia, 57:63-98 (2003).

Patterson D.J., Remsen D. and Norton C.: Comment on Zoological record and registration of new names in zoology, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 60:297-299 (2003).

Patterson, D. J.: Progressing towards a biological names register, Nature, 422:661 (2003).

Schroeckh, S., Lee, W.J. and Patterson, D.J.: Free-living heterotrophic euglenids from freshwater sites in mainland Australia, Hydrobiologia, 493:131-166 (2003).

Murray, S. and Patterson, D.J.: Cabra matta gen. nov., sp. Nov., a new heterotrophic benthic dinoflagellate, European Journal of Phycology, 39:229-234 (2004).

Lee, W. J., Simpson, A. G. B., and Patterson. D. J. Free-living heterotrophic flagellates from freshwater sites in Tasmania (Australia), a field survey. Acta Protozoologica, 44: 321-350 (2005).

Murray, S., Floe Jorgensen, M., Ho, S. Y. W., Patterson, D. J. and Jermiin, L. S. Improving the analysis of dinoflagellate phylogeny based on rDNA. Protist 156: 269-286 (2005).

Sheehan, K.B., D.J. Patterson, B.L. Dicks, and J.B. Henson : Seen and Unseen, Discovering the Microbes of Yellowstone , Falcon Press, USA, (2005).

Sogin, M.L., D.J. Patterson, & A.G. McArthur: Molecular and traditional approaches in the study of diversity and diversification of eukaryotes, in Planets & Life: The Emerging Science of Astrobiology, ed. J. Barros & W. Sullivan, Cambridge University Press, in press (2005).

Polaszek, A., Agosti, D., Alonso-Zarazaga, M., Beccaloni, G., de Place Bjørn, P., Bouchet, P., Brothers, D. J., Earl of Cranbrook, Evenhuis, N., Godfray, H. C. J., Johnson, N. F., Krell, F-T., Lipscomb, D., Lyal, C. H. C., Mace, G. M., Mawatari, S., Miller, S. E., Minelli, A., Morris, S., Ng, P. K. L., Patterson, D. J., Pyle, R. L., Robinson, N., Rogo, L., Taverne, J. Thompson, F. C., van Tol, J., Wheeler, Q. D., Wilson, E. O. 2005. A universal register for animal names. Nature, 437: 477.

Lee, W. J., Simpson, A. G. B., and Patterson. D. J. 2005. Free-living heterotrophic flagellates from freshwater sites in Tasmania (Australia), a field survey. Protozoologica, 44: 321-350.

Murray, S., Flø Jorgensen, M., Ho, S. Y. W., Patterson, D. J. and Jermiin, L. S. 2005. Improving the analysis of dinoflagellate phylogeny based on rDNA. Protist, 156:269-286.

Simpson, A. G. B. and Patterson, D. J. 2006. Current perspectives on high-level groupings of protists. In Katz, L and Bhattacharya. D., Genomics and Evolution of Microbial Eukaryotes, Oxford University press, pp 7-30.

Remsen, D. P., Norton, C., and Patterson, D. J. 2006. Taxonomic informatics tools for the electronic Nomenclator Zoologicus. Biol. Bull., 210: 18-24.

Patterson. D. J., Remsen, D., Norton, C., Marino, W. 2006. Taxonomic Indexing-extending the role of Taxonomy. Systematic Biology, 55: 367-373.

Murray, S., Hoppenrath, M., Preisfeld, A., Larsen, J., Yoshimatsu, S., Topriumi, S., and Patterson, D. J. 2006. Phylogenetics of Rhinodinium broomeense gen. et sp. nov., a peridinioid, sand-dwelling dinoflagellate (Dinophyceae). J. Phycol, 42, 934-942.