Biodiversity of freshwater ciliates (Protista, Ciliophora) in the Lake Weishan Wetland, China: the state of the art
Z Wang, Y Chi, T Li, W Song, Y Wang, T Wu… - Marine Life Science & …, 2022 - Springer
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 …
They play an essential role in the energy flow and material circulation within aquatic …
Anaerobic ciliates as a model group for studying symbioses in oxygen‐depleted environments
Anaerobiosis has independently evolved in multiple lineages of ciliates, allowing them to
colonize a variety of anoxic and oxygen‐depleted habitats. Anaerobic ciliates commonly …
colonize a variety of anoxic and oxygen‐depleted habitats. Anaerobic ciliates commonly …
[HTML][HTML] Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient …
T Cavalier-Smith - Protoplasma, 2018 - Springer
In 1981 I established kingdom Chromista, distinguished from Plantae because of its more
complex chloroplast-associated membrane topology and rigid tubular multipartite ciliary …
complex chloroplast-associated membrane topology and rigid tubular multipartite ciliary …
From oral structure to molecular evidence: new insights into the evolutionary phylogeny of the ciliate order Sessilida (Protista, Ciliophora), with the establishment of …
B Lu, X Hu, A Warren, W Song, Y Yan - Science China Life Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Ciliated protists represent one of the most primitive and diverse lineages of eukaryotes, with
nuclear dimorphism, a distinctive sexual process (conjugation), and extensive genome …
nuclear dimorphism, a distinctive sexual process (conjugation), and extensive genome …
[HTML][HTML] Genomics of new ciliate lineages provides insight into the evolution of obligate anaerobiosis
Oxygen plays a crucial role in energetic metabolism of most eukaryotes. Yet adaptations to
low-oxygen concentrations leading to anaerobiosis have independently arisen in many …
low-oxygen concentrations leading to anaerobiosis have independently arisen in many …
Systematic studies on ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora) in China: progress and achievements based on molecular information
F Gao, J Huang, Y Zhao, L Li, W Liu, M Miao… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to complex morphological and convergent morphogenetic characters, the systematics
of ciliates has long been ambiguous. Since 1990, the Laboratory of Protozoology, Ocean …
of ciliates has long been ambiguous. Since 1990, the Laboratory of Protozoology, Ocean …
Genome analyses of the new model protist Euplotes vannus focusing on genome rearrangement and resistance to environmental stressors
X Chen, Y Jiang, F Gao, W Zheng… - Molecular ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As a model organism for studies of cell and environmental biology, the free‐living and
cosmopolitan ciliate Euplotes vannus shows intriguing features like dual genome …
cosmopolitan ciliate Euplotes vannus shows intriguing features like dual genome …
Large-scale phylogenomic analysis provides new insights into the phylogeny of the class Oligohymenophorea (Protista, Ciliophora) with establishment of a new …
C Wang, Y Gao, B Lu, Y Chi, T Zhang… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2021 - Elsevier
The class Oligohymenophorea is one of the most diverse assemblage of ciliated protists,
which are particularly important in fundamental biological studies including understanding …
which are particularly important in fundamental biological studies including understanding …
Comprehensive phylogenomic analyses reveal that order Armophorida is most closely related to class Armophorea (Protista, Ciliophora)
J Li, S Li, H Su, M Yu, J Xu, Z Yi - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
Ciliate species within the class Armophorea are widely distributed in various anaerobic
environments, hence they are of great interest to researchers studying evolution and …
environments, hence they are of great interest to researchers studying evolution and …
Further analyses on the phylogeny of the subclass Scuticociliatia (Protozoa, Ciliophora) based on both nuclear and mitochondrial data
T Zhang, X Fan, F Gao, SA Al-Farraj… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2019 - Elsevier
So far, the phylogenetic studies on ciliated protists have mainly based on single locus, the
nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA). In order to avoid the limitations of single gene/genome trees …
nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA). In order to avoid the limitations of single gene/genome trees …