David Joseph Patterson is a Northern Irish taxonomist specializing in protozoa and the use of taxonomy in biodiversity informatics.

David J. Patterson, island of Sylt, 1992

Early life and education

David Joseph Patterson was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 19 April 1950 to Doris Mary (née Bell) and Samuel Patterson, with one elder brother (mathematician Samuel James) and a sister (Frances Mary). Father of Alice Mia Vørs Patterson, Daniel Kieran Patterson, and William Zhao Patterson. He was educated at Belmont Primary, Strandtown and Grosvenor High schools in Belfast. He obtained his Bachelor of Science with first-class honours at Queen's University Belfast in 1971.

Career

David Patterson obtained a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Bristol in 1976, where he was later employed (1977–1993). He obtained his Doctor of Science in 1990 from Queen's University, Belfast. In 1993 he moved to the University of Sydney in Australia where he became Head of the School of Biological Sciences. In 2004, he moved to the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole (Mass., USA) where he helped to establish the Encyclopedia of Life project with responsibility for the informatics component,[1] basing EOL on the model developed with the micro*scope project.[2][3] From 2012-2014 he was a Research Professor at Arizona State University; and also was Professor (MBL) at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and an Emeritus Professor of the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. As a taxonomist, his primary interests were in the diversity of protozoa and the evolution of protists. He and his co-workers described about 250 new taxa. David Patterson was awarded the Thomas Henry Huxley prize and the Scientific Medal of the Zoological Society of London; has been Secretary of the British Section of the Society of Protozoologists; President of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology; and Vice-President of the (International) Society of Protozoology. He served as a member of the International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature, of the Editorial Committee for Algae of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy, of the Executive Committee of the International Union of Biological Sciences, and of the Scientific Committee of the World Data System.

He has published approximately 200 peer-reviewed papers including several books throughout his career. Initial interests in ion physiology, volume regulation, and contractile vacuoles shifted to ultrastructural studies, a technique that reshaped the understanding of protist diversity, in turn being further enriched through comparative molecular studies. With Guy Brugerolle, he introduced his concept that clades of protists could usefully be identified by the complement and arrangement of organelles - that is their ultrastructural identity.[4] He later used this concept along with the rationale of transformed cladistics to redefine the diversity of clades among eukaryotes.[5] This simplified the challenge of establishing a complete phylogeny for eukaryotes by providing a list of the clades among which relatedness was to be established.

In the mid-1980's, Patterson focussed his efforts on free-living heterotrophic flagellates because they were poorly known and were not being actively investigated. Two areas of research were impeded because of the lack of awareness of flagellate diversity. The first was with the emerging concept of Microbial Food Webs that was transforming appreciation of the dynamics of ocean ecosystems - itself critical to the international Joint Global Ocean Flux Study targeting a better understanding of carbon fluxes and global warming. Secondly, as the most primitive eukaryotes bore flagella, an understanding of the variety of flagellate diversity was expected to create better insights into eukaryotic origins and evolution. With co-workers, this led to recognition of new domains of protistan diversity - such as stramenopiles, alveolates, and the excavates (excavata) - robustly defined by reference to amorphies, then a rarity in protistology.

Patterson explored the emerging and largely theoretical concept that most microbes should have a universal distribution, initially articulated by Lourens Baas Becking, and refreshed by Tom Fenchel and Bland Finlay. Applying standardized sampling, documentation, and reporting protocols, to communities in marine, freshwater, and extreme sites, in Pacific and Atlantic locations, northern and southern hemispheres, in coastal habitats and deep ocean sediments (etc.), he and co-workers refuted the hypothesis that the taxonomic composition of communities of free-living flagellates were determined by geographic factors.[6][7] This insight eliminated the need for local catalogues and expertise, accelerating taxonomic, phylogenetic, and ecological studies involving flagellates.

Latterly, his interests shifted to embedding taxonomic expertise in tools that manage biodiversity information. He led the implementation team of the Encyclopedia of Life project, was subsequently appointed Senior Taxononomist to the project, and as adviser to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,[8] a coPI of the Data Conservancy and of the NSF-funded Global Names project, and member of the Plazi team.[9] He was a prime mover of the Global Names Architecture project.

Taxa named after him include Pattersoniella vitiphila, Foissner, 1987; Protoopalina pattersonii Delvinquier, 1995; Nuclearia pattersonii, Nerad, Silberman, et al., 2008; Pseudovorticella pattersoni, Sun, Ji, Warren and Song 2009 and Stephanopogon pattersoni Lee Miller and Simpson, 2014.

Following retirement from the academic world, he has written STEM (Science Technology, Engineering, Math) storytime readers for parents who seek to promote thoughtfulness in 5-9 year old children.

Taxa described

Taxa named with David J. Patterson among the authors
Actinophrys salsuginosa Mikrjukov & Patterson, 2001Dingensia angusta Patterson & Zölffel, 1991Notosolenus hamelini Al Qassab, Lee, Murray & Patterson, 2002Ploeotia adhaerens Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Actinophrys tauryanini Mikrjukov & Patterson, 2001Diplonema ambulator Larsen & Patterson, 1990Notosolenus hemicircularis Lee & Patterson, 2000Ploeotia amygdala Lee, Brandt, Vørs & Patterson, 2003
Adriamonas Verhagen, Zölffel, Brugerolle, & Patterson, 1994Diplonema metabolicum Larsen & Patterson, 1990Notosolenus lashue Lee & Patterson, 2000Ploeotia azurina Patterson & Simpson, 1996
Adriamonas peritocrescens Verhagen, Zölffel, Brugerolle, & Patterson, 1994Dolium Larsen & Patterson, 1990Notosolenus mediocanellatus Schroeckh, Lee & Patterson, 2003Ploeotia corrugata Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Amphidiniopsis korewalensis Murray & Patterson , 2002Dolium sedentarium Larsen & Patterson, 1990Notosolenus navicula Larsen & Patterson, 1990Ploeotia decipiens Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Amphidinium boggayum Murray & Patterson, 2002Eufolliculina uhligi Mulisch & Patterson, 1983Notosolenus ostium Larsen & Patterson, 1990Ploeotia discoides Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Amphidinium corrugatum Larsen & Patterson, 1990Eumycetes Patterson, 1994Notosolenus pyriforme Lee & Patterson, 2000Ploeotia heracleum Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Amphidinium mootonorum Murray & Patterson, 2002Fromentella Patterson & Zölffel, 1991Notosolenus scutulum Larsen & Patterson, 1990Ploeotia laminae Al Qassab, Lee, Murray & Patterson, 2002
Amphidinium yuroogurrum Murray & Patterson, 2002Fromentella granulosa Patterson & Zölffel, 1991Notosolenus steini Schroeckh, Lee & Patterson, 2003Ploeotia longifilum Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Ancyromonas melba Patterson & Simpson, 1996Glissandra Patterson & Simpson, 1996Notosolenus tamanduensis Larsen & Patterson, 1990Ploeotia obliqua Schroeckh, Lee & Patterson, 2003
Ancyromonas sinistrae Al Qassab, Lee, Murray & Patterson, 2002Glissandra innuerende Patterson & Simpson, 1996Notosolenus triangularis Larsen & Patterson, 1990Ploeotia oblonga Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Anehmia Ekebom, Patterson & Vørs, 1996Goniomonas amphinema Larsen & Patterson, 1990Notosolenus urceolatus Larsen & Patterson, 1990Ploeotia plumosa Ekebom, Patterson & Vørs, 1996
Anehmia exotica Ekebom, Patterson & Vørs, 1996Goniomonas pacifica Larsen & Patterson, 1990Nuclearia flavescens Patterson, 1984Ploeotia pseudanisonema Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Anisonema glaciale Larsen & Patterson, 1990Gyrodinium oblongum Larsen & Patterson, 1990Nuclearia flavocapsulata Patterson, 1984Ploeotia punctata Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Apusomonas australiensis Ekelund & Patterson, 1997Heteronema exaratum Larsen & Patterson, 1990Nuclearia leuckarti Patterson, 1984Ploeotia robusta Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Astasia skvortzovi Schroeckh, Lee & Patterson, 2003Heteronema larseni Lee & Patterson, 2000Nuclearia radians Patterson, 1984Ploeotia scrobiculata Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Axodines Patterson, 1994Heteronema pterbica Schroeckh, Lee & Patterson, 2003Nuclearia ruber Patterson, 1984Ploeotia tasmanica Lee, Simpson & Patterson, 2005
Barthelona Bernard Simpson & Patterson, 2000Heteronema splendens Larsen & Patterson, 1990Palustrimonas yorkeensis Patterson & Simpson, 1996Ploeotia tenuis Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Barthelona vulgaris Bernard Simpson & Patterson, 2000Heteronema vittatum Larsen & Patterson, 1990Peranema dolichonema Larsen & Patterson, 1990Protaspis gemmifera Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Bodo cephaloporus Larsen & Patterson, 1990Jakoba Patterson, 1990Peranema dolichonema Larsen & Patterson, 1990Protaspis obliqua Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Bodo cygnus Patterson & Simpson, 1996Jakoba incarcerata Bernard Simpson & Patterson, 2000Peranema macrostoma Ekebom, Patterson & Vørs, 1996Protaspis tegere Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Bodo platyrhynchus Larsen & Patterson, 1990Jakoba libera Patterson, 1990Percolomonas Fenchel & Patterson, 1986Protaspis verrucosa Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Bodo saliens Larsen & Patterson, 1990Jenningsia curvicauda Lee, Blackmore & Patterson, 1999Percolomonas cosmopolitus Fenchel & Patterson, 1986Pseudoperanema dolichonema Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Bordnamonas Larsen & Patterson, 1990Jenningsia deflexum Lee, Blackmore & Patterson, 1999Percolomonas cuspidata Larsen & Patterson, 1990Pseudophyllomitus apiculatus Lee, 2002
Bordnamonas tropicana Larsen & Patterson, 1990Jenningsia furcatum Lee, Blackmore & Patterson, 1999Percolomonas descissus Larsen & Patterson, 1990Pseudophyllomitus granulatus Lee, 2002
Cabra Murray & Patterson, 2004Jenningsia fusiforme Lee, Blackmore & Patterson, 1999Percolomonas elephas Larsen & Patterson, 1990Pseudophyllomitus vesiculosis Lee, 2002
Cabra matta Murray & Patterson, 2004Jenningsia glabrum Lee, Blackmore & Patterson, 1999Percolomonas membranifera Larsen & Patterson, 1990Pteridomonas danica Patterson & Fenchel, 1985
Caecitellus Patterson, Nygaard, Steinberg & Turley, 1993Jenningsia granuliferum Lee, Blackmore & Patterson, 1999Percolomonas pyriformis Larsen & Patterson, 1990Quasibodo Bernard Simpson & Patterson, 2000
Caecitellus parvulus Patterson, Nygaard, Steinberg & Turley, 1993Jenningsia kupfferi Lee, Blackmore & Patterson, 1999Percolomonas salinus Larsen & Patterson, 1990Quasibodo laughtoni Bernard Simpson & Patterson, 2000
Cafeteria Fenchel & Patterson, 1988Jenningsia limax Lee, Blackmore & Patterson, 1999Percolomonas similis Lee, Brandt, Vørs & Patterson, 2003Ramicristates Patterson, 1994
Cafeteria ligulifera Larsen & Patterson, 1990Jenningsia macer Lee, Blackmore & Patterson, 1999Percolomonas spinosus Larsen & Patterson, 1990Rhabdomonas mirabilis Schroeckh, Lee & Patterson, 2003
Cafeteria minuta Larsen & Patterson, 1990Jenningsia macrostomum Lee, Blackmore & Patterson, 1999Percolomonas sulcatus Larsen & Patterson, 1990Rhinodinium Murray, Hoppenrath, Preisfeld, Larsen, Yoshimatsu, Topriumi, & Patterson, 2006
Cafeteria roenbergensis Fenchel & Patterson, 1988Jenningsia nigrum Lee, Blackmore & Patterson, 1999Petalomonas boadicea Larsen & Patterson, 1990Rhinodinium broomeensis Murray, Hoppenrath, Preisfeld, Larsen, Yoshimatsu, Topriumi, & Patterson, 2006
Carpediemonas Ekebom, Patterson & Vørs, 1996Jenningsia sacculus Lee, Blackmore & Patterson, 1999Petalomonas calycimonoides Lee & Patterson, 2000Rhizomonas setigera Patterson, Nygaard, Steinberg & Turley, 1993
Carpediemonas bialata Lee & Patterson, 2000Kamera Patterson & Zölffel, 1991Petalomonas christeni Lee & Patterson, 2000Rhynchobodo simius Patterson & Simpson, 1996
Carpediemonas membranifera Ekebom, Patterson & Vørs, 1996Kamera lens Patterson & Zölffel, 1991Petalomonas compressa Schroeckh, Lee & Patterson, 2003Sciviamonas Ekelund, Patterson & Vørs in Ekelund & Patterson, 1997
Centroheliozoa Patterson, 1994Kiitoksia kaloista Tong, Vørs & Patterson, 1997Petalomonas intortus Lee & Patterson, 2000Sciviamonas terricola Ekelund, Patterson & Vørs in Ekelund & Patterson, 1997
Cercomonas granulatus Lee & Patterson, 2000Macappella Patterson & Zölffel, 1991Petalomonas iugosus Lee & Patterson, 2000Slabyrinthulids Patterson, 1994
Chlamydaster fimbriatus Dürrschmidt & Patterson, 1987Massisteria Larsen & Patterson, 1990Petalomonas labrum Lee & Patterson, 2000Slanimals Patterson 1985
Ciliophrys azurina Mikrjukov & Patterson, 2001Massisteria marina Larsen & Patterson, 1990Petalomonas marginalis Larsen & Patterson, 1990Sloomycetes Patterson, 1985
Clautriavia cavus Lee & Patterson, 2000Mastigamoeba psammobia Larsen & Patterson, 1990Petalomonas minor Larsen & Patterson, 1990Slopalinida Patterson, 1985
Colpodella turpis Simpson & Patterson, 1996Mastigamoeba punctachora Bernard Simpson & Patterson, 2000Petalomonas physaloides Lee & Patterson, 2000Sphenomonas alburiae Schroeckh, Lee & Patterson, 2003
Colpodella unguis Patterson & Simpson, 1996Mastigamoeba schizophrenia Simpson, Bernard, Fenchel & Patterson, 1997Petalomonas planus Lee & Patterson, 2000Stramenochromes Patterson, 1989
Cristamonadida Brugerolle & PattersonMetafolliculina ballerina Mulisch, Harry, Patterson & Wyatt, 1986Petalomonas poosilla Larsen & Patterson, 1990Stramenopiles Patterson, 1994
Cryptaulax elegans Larsen & Patterson, 1990Metopion Larsen & Patterson, 1990Petalomonas quinquecarinata Lee & Patterson, 2000Tetradimorpha pterbica Mikrjukov & Patterson, in Mikrjukov, 2000
Dinema dimorphum Schroeckh, Lee & Patterson, 2003Metopion fluens Larsen & Patterson, 1990Petalomonas raiula Larsen & Patterson, 1990Thecamonas Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Dinema inaequale Larsen & Patterson, 1990Metromonas Larsen & Patterson, 1990Petalomonas spinifera Lee & Patterson, 2000Thecamonas filosa Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Dinema litorale Larsen & Patterson, 1990Metromonas grandis Larsen & Patterson, 1990Petalomonas virgatus Lee & Patterson, 2000Thecamonas mutabilis Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Dinema maculata Larsen & Patterson, 1990Metromonas simplex Larsen & Patterson, 1990Petalomonas virgatus Lee & Patterson, 2000Thecamonas trahens Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Dinema platysomum Lee & Patterson, 2000Ministeria Patterson, Nygaard, Steinberg & Turley, 1993Phyllomitus granulatus Larsen & Patterson, 1990Toshiba Patterson & Zölffel, 1991
Dinema validum Larsen & Patterson, 1990Ministeria marisola Patterson, Nygaard, Steinberg & Turley, 1993Phyllomitus vesiculosus Larsen & Patterson, 1990Toshiba vorax Patterson & Zölffel, 1991
Dinematomonas inaequale Larsen & Patterson, 1990Monotrichomonas Bernard Simpson & Patterson, 2000Platychilomonas Larsen & Patterson, 1990Trimastix inaequalis Bernard Simpson & Patterson, 2000
Dinematomonas litorale Larsen & Patterson, 1990Monotrichomonas carabina Bernard Simpson & Patterson, 2000Platychilomonas psammobia Larsen & Patterson, 1990Urceolus cornutus Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Dinematomonas maculata Larsen & Patterson, 1990Notosolenus adamus Lee & Patterson, 2000Plaustrimonas Patterson & Simpson, 1996Urceolus costatus Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Dinematomonas valida Larsen & Patterson, 1990Notosolenus alatellus Larsen & Patterson, 1990Pleurostomum turgidum Patterson & Simpson, 1996
Dingensia Patterson & Zölffel, 1991Notosolenus brothernis Lee & Patterson, 2000Ploeotia adhaerens Larsen & Patterson, 1990

References

  1. Patterson, P. (2007). "The Collector". Nature. 449 (7158): 23. doi:10.1038/449023a. PMID 17805272.
  2. Patterson, David J. and Sogin, M. L. 2007. The micro*scope web tool. pp 579-584 in Sullivan W. T., Baross, J. A. (eds) Planets and Life: The emerging Science of Astrobiology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  3. Roland, S. Bahr, M. Olendzenski, L., and Patterson, D. J. 2005. Switch on micro*scope. The Science Teacher, February 2005, 47-49.
  4. Patterson, D. J. & Brugerolle, G. 1988. The ultrastructural identity of Stephanopogon apogon and the relatedness of the genus to other kinds of protists. Europ. J. Protistol. 23: 279-290.
  5. Patterson, D. J. 1999. The diversity of eukaryotes. American Naturalist 154: S96-124.
  6. Lee, W. J. & Patterson, D.J. 1998. Diversity and geographic distribution of free-living heterotrophic flagellates - analysis by PRIMER. Protist, 149: 229-243.
  7. Lee, W. J. & Patterson, D. J. 1999. Are communities of heterotrophic flagellates determined by their geography? In Ponder, W. and Lunney, D. The other 99%. The conservation and biodiversity of Invertebrates. Trans. R. Soc. New South Wales, Mosman, Sydney, pp 232-235.
  8. "Home". sloan.org.
  9. "Plazi". Plazi. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
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