| novistrombidium sinicum n. sp. and novistrombidium orientale n. sp. (protozoa: ciliophora): two new oligotrich ciliates from a mangrove wetland, south china. | the morphology and infraciliature of two new marine oligotrich ciliates, novistrombidium sinicum n. sp. and novistrombidium orientale n. sp., isolated from a mangrove wetland near guangzhou, southern china, were studied from live and protargol-stained specimens. novistrombidium sinicum is different from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: three posteriorly directed thigmotactic membranelles, one ellipsoidal macronucleus, the extrusomes equidistantly arranged, and the ve ... | 2009 | 19737199 |
| description of the rare marine ciliate, uronychia multicirrus song, 1997 (ciliophora; euplotida) based on morphology, morphogenesis and ss rrna gene sequence. | a population of the marine euplotid ciliate, uronychia multicirrus song 1997, found in the littoral zone of the daya bay, guangdong, south china, was investigated using live observation and protargol impregnation method. this species is diagnosed by possessing a long row of ventral cirri, which has never been seen in all other known congeners. divisional process, described based on protargol-impregnated specimens, is typical of the genus regarding its general pattern: (1) the oral primordia in b ... | 2009 | 19527358 |
| ciliate communities in a constructed mangrove wetland for wastewater treatment. | in wetlands constructed for treating municipal and industrial wastewater, including mangroves, the effect of wastewater discharged on the substrate has often been neglected. ciliates, an important group of protozoa, are sensitive to pollutants and any changes in ciliate diversity and community structure reflects the habitat quality. the ciliate communities at six sections along a constructed mangrove belt (33 m in length) planted with aegicerascorniculatum were investigated in shenzhen, south ch ... | 2009 | 19195666 |
| phylogeny of six genera of the subclass haptoria (ciliophora, litostomatea) inferred from sequences of the gene coding for small subunit ribosomal rna. | the small subunit ribosomal rna genes of nine species belonging to six genera of litostome ciliates, namely amphileptus aeschtae, chaenea teres, chaenea vorax, lacrymaria marina, litonotus paracygnus, loxophyllum sp.-gd-070419, loxophyllum jini, loxophyllum rostratum, and phialina salinarum, were sequenced for the first time. phylogenetic trees were constructed using different methods to assess the inter- and intra-generic relationships of haptorians, of which chaenea, lacrymaria, litonotus, and ... | 2008 | 19120803 |
| morphology and small subunit rdna gene sequence of pseudoamphisiella quadrinucleata n. sp. (ciliophora, urostylida) from the south china sea. | the urosylid genus pseudoamphisiella was established by song (1996) with hitherto only two known congeners. in the present work, the morphology and infraciliature of a new member, pseudoamphisiella quadrinucleata n. sp., a form with conspicuous alveolar layer and four macronuclear nodules isolated from the coastal waters both near hong kong and near guangzhou, south china were investigated using living observation and protargol silver impregnation methods. pseudoamphisiella quadrinucleata differ ... | 2008 | 19120796 |
| some characteristics of host-parasite relationship for cryptocaryon irritans isolated from south china. | a survey on the host range for the parasitic ciliate cryptocaryon irritans was carried out among the major maricultured fish species in the huizhou region of guangdong province in south china, and some characteristics of its host-parasite relationship were described. the survey showed that all ten investigated species of fish (representing six different families) were infected with c. irritans with similar susceptibility. in chemoattraction assays, sera and mucus collected from investigated fish ... | 2008 | 18270738 |