AUTHOR=Legner Milos , Fillery Edward , Macek Miroslav TITLE=Editorial: Protistan phagotrophy and the far-reaching implications JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology VOLUME=Volume 17 - 2026 YEAR=2026 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1798549 DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2026.1798549 ISSN=1664-302X