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Testate Amoebae Diversity, from the Atlantic Forest Aquatic and Edaphic Environments, Collected Within the Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Atlantic Forest is considered one of world’s most species-diverse ecosystems, with high endemism rate and often referred as a diversity hot-spot. [1, 2]. Due to anthropic activity since the 1500’s, it has been constantly reduced until only ca. 7.9% of its original area remains intact [2]. In the state of Rio de Janeiro, the Atlantic Forest originally covered 98% of its territory, while currently its extension is less than 17%. Considering such scenario and the eventual possible implications of huge diversity losses, it is important to study species diversity within an alpha-taxonomy (i.e. descriptive taxonomy) context. The present study is part of a Brazilian program called BIOTA-FAPERJ (E26/110.022/2011), which aims to investigate the diversity of microeukaryotic organisms present in various environments of the Atlantic Forest in Rio de Janeiro, using morphological and molecular approaches. The program also has the objective to investigate the biotechnological potential of these organisms in improving environment quality.