Ciliates serve as excellent indicators for water quality monitoring. However, their utilization is
hindered by various taxonomic confusions. The ciliate genus Lacrymaria Bory de Saint …

Prostomatean ciliates inhabit a wide range of aquatic environments and serve as a trophic
link in food webs. However, the biodiversity and molecular phylogeny of the Prostomatea …

Urostomides is an obligate anaerobic ciliate genus in the family Apometopidae (Metopida).
Although most congeners have been described using modern criteria, detailed ontogenetic …

ABSTRACT So far, Rubrioxytricha guamensis Kumar et al. 2018 is known only from the type
locality, namely Guam, USA. Recently, another isolate was recorded from a freshwater …

Abstract Background Parasites Entamoeba spp., Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Blastocystis
are prevalent pathogens causing gastrointestinal illnesses in animals and humans …

Background As unicellular eukaryotes, ciliates are an indispensable component of micro-
ecosystems that play the role of intermediate nutrition link between bacteria or algae and …

Coleps is a common genus of pelagic ciliates in freshwater and brackish water habitats.
Classification and phylogeny of Coleps species are, however, still full of confusion. In this …

A new urostylid ciliate, Holostichides (Holostichides) parachardezi, collected from a Chinese
tropical city, was studied using morphological and molecular methods. Diagnostic features …

Scuticociliatia is one of the most species-rich subclasses in the phylum Ciliophora. The
evolutionary relationships among Scuticociliatia groups have long been very unclear due to …

Prostomateans, as common inhabitants in diverse aquatic environments, are among the
simplest ciliate lineages, and serve as trophic links in food webs. However, only a few …