Ciliates are highly divergent unicellular eukaryotic organisms with nuclear dualism and a
highly specialized ciliary pattern. They inhabit all biotopes and play crucial roles in …

Microbial eukaryotes, ie, protists, represent the bulk of eukaryotic diversity in terms of
species diversity and biomass. Protists are globally distributed in all ecosystems and play …

Mobilids are among the most taxonomically diverse but morphologically uniform groups of
epibiotic ciliates. They attach to their hosts by means of an adhesive disc as harmless …

The present work investigated Hastatella radians Erlanger, 1890 (type species), and H.
aesculacantha Jarocki & Jakubowska, 1927, isolated from Chongming Island, Shanghai …

Ciliates of the order Mobilida are obligate symbionts of a broad spectrum of invertebrates
and vertebrates. Rigid structures of their adhesive disc, which serves for attachment to the …

Hybridization is an important evolutionary process that can fuel diversification via formation
of hybrid species or can lead to fusion of previously separated lineages by forming highly …

The hindgut of wood-feeding Panesthia cockroaches harbours a diverse microbial
community, whose most morphologically prominent members are bacterivorous …

During an investigation of parasitic ciliates in northern China, two Trichodina species, T.
acuta Lom, 1970 and T. nigra Lom, 1960, were isolated from the freshwater fish Cyprinus …

Four earthworm species, the endogeic Octolasion tyrtaeum (Savigny, 1826), the anecic
Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 as well as the epigeic Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) …

In the present study, we provide morphological and molecular characterization of two
Trichodina species, T. acuta Lom, 1970 and T. funduli Wellborn, 1967, isolated from koi …