supported by the Laoshan Laboratory(Project No.LSKJ202203201);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project No.32000300,32030015);the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(Project No.ZR2022QC096);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant(Project No.2022M711922);the Researchers Supporting Project(Project No.RSP 2025R7)King Saud University,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia.
Aquaculture of red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii is an emerging farming industry in China.As shown recently,one of the most significant diseases affecting the red swamp crayfish is caused by overabundance of epib...
supported by the Laoshan Laboratory(No.LSKJ202203201);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFD0900303);National Natural Science Foundation of China(project numbers:32030015,32000300,32270481,32100382);Hubei Agricultural Sciences and Technology Innovation Center(2021-620-000-001-33);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant(project numbers:2022M711922,2021M701993);the Researchers Supporting Project(Project number RSP2022R10)of King Saud University,Saudi Arabia.
The subclass Peritrichia,containing two orders Sessilida and Mobilida,is a major group of ciliates with worldwide distribution and high species diversity.Several studies have investigated the phylogeny of peritrichs;h...
This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(project number:31801984.31772440,31970486);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.201762017).
Zoothamnium is a speciose genus,most species of which have incomplete morphological data based on modern criteria.In the present study,the morphology of three species of Zoothamnium,i.e.,Z.apoarbuscula n.sp.,Z.apohent...
The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41406171 and 41476144
Four species of Trichodina parasitizing the gills of cultured molluscs and fishes in China are described: Trichodina pectenis Stein, 1974 from the scallop Mizuhopecten yessoensis; Trichodinajadranica Raabe, 1958 from...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31572255,41522604,31301867);the Strategic Priority Research Program of CAS(No.XDA11020702);the Science and Technology Development Program of Yantai(No.2014ZH073)
Peritrich ciliates are highly diverse and can be important bacterial grazers in aquatic ecosystems. Morphological identifi cations of peritrich species and assemblages in the environment are time-consuming and experti...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31071898,31111120437);the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministry of China;the Key Laboratory of Mariculture(KLM),Ministry of Education,Ocean University of China,the Research Group Project(No.RGP-VPP-083);the King Saud University Deanship of Scientific Research
In this paper, we explore possible conflict between morphological and molecular interpretations of phylogenetic relationships within the well-known peritrichous genus Zoothamnium. On the basis of morphological evidenc...
Based on the variation of site 34, 46, 241, 305 and 322 in the 18S-ITS1 rDNA sequence, 19 Carchesium polypinum populations collected from eight provinces of China were separated into northern and southern population a...