This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project numbers:32030015,32000300);the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(Project number:ZR2021QC104,ZR2022QC096);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Project numbers:2021M701993,2022M711922);the King Saud University,Saudi Arabia(Project number RSP2023R10).We sincerely thank the“Weishan Wetland Station”for institutional support.
During a study on the diversity of ciliated protists in Lake Weishan Wetland,the largest wetland in northern China,four epibiotic sessilid peritrichs were isolated from aquatic host animals.Two of them,i.e.,Epistylis ...
supported by the Laoshan Laboratory(No.LSKJ202203201);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(project numbers:32030015,32000300,31961123002);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(project number:2021M703037,2022M711922);the Researchers Supporting Project(Project number RSP2022R10)。
Ciliates are core components of the structure of and function of aquatic microbial food webs.They play an essential role in the energy flow and material circulation within aquatic ecosystems.However,studies on the tax...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31970398,No.32270473,No.31772431);a grant from the NRF Korea funded by the Ministry of Education(2021R1I1A2048744)。
Ciliates of the heterotrich family Folliculinidae are widespread in various habitats and are distinguished by their transparent loricae of various shapes,conspicuous peristomial lobes,and dimorphic life cycles.They us...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32030015,32070428;31900319);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFD0900701);the King Saud University,Saudi Arabia(No.RSP2022R7).
Ciliates are unique single-celled organisms that play important roles in ecological,environmental,evolutionary,and ontogenetic research.In the present study,phylogenetic analyses based on 18S rRNA gene sequence data r...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(project numbers:32030015,32100404,32111530116,41976086);the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China(project number:ZR2021QC045);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant(project number:2020M672141);the Researchers Supporting Project(project number:RSP2022R7)of the King Saud University,Saudi Arabia.
The ciliate genus Pleuronema comprises approximately 30 nominal species and has been reported in freshwater,brackish water,and marine habitats.Nevertheless,recent studies have indicated that there might be a large und...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(Project Numbers:42076113,31761133001,41576148);supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Project Number:2018M640796);the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(Project Number:2020A1515111125).
Recent studies have revealed a high diversity of pleurostomatid ciliates in brackish habitats. Here, a novel species, Pseudolitonotus spirelis gen. et sp. n., isolated from a mangrove wetland of southern China, was in...
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...
This work was supported by The Natural Science Foundation of China(Project Nos.3167230&41076089);funded by the Research Group Project No.RGP-VPP-083,King Saud University Deanship of Scientific Research.
Colonization features of biofilm-dwelling protozoa,especially ciliates,are routinely used as a useful tool for marine bioassessment.In this review,we summarize some of these features to develop an optimal sampling str...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31872190)。
The morphology and divisional morphogenesis in a Chinese population of Neobakuella aenigmatica Moon et al.,2019 are reinvestigated.The body size,number and arrangement of parabuccal cirri and development of nuclear no...