The 18S rDNA phylogeny of Class Armophorea, a group of anaerobic ciliates, is proposed
based on an analysis of 44 sequences (out of 195) retrieved from the NCBI/GenBank�…

Most species in the anaerobic ciliate family Caenomorphidae Poche, 1913 lack detailed
descriptions based on modern morphologic and molecular methods. In this report, two�…

The odontostomatids are among the least studied ciliates, possibly due to their small sizes,
restriction to anaerobic environments and difficulty in culturing. Consequently, their�…

We analyzed the phylogenetic relationships among the four ciliate classes, Prostomatea,
Colpodea, Nassophorea, and Litostomatea, by small subunit ribosomal RNA gene�…

The endozoic ciliates of the family Clevelandellidae Kidder, 1938 typically inhabit the
hindgut of wood-feeding panesthiine cockroaches. To assess the consistency of species�…

Karyorelictea is a class of traditionally unculturable ciliates characterized by a non‐dividing
macronucleus. Their classification has been recently revised and morphological�…

The 18S rDNA was used to infer oral ciliature patterns of evolution within the family
Ophryoscolecidae, with the addition of five new sequences of ciliates from the genus�…

Gao, S., Str�der‐Kypke, MC, Al‐Rasheid, KAS, Lin, X. & Song, W.(2010). Molecular
phylogeny of three ambiguous ciliate genera: Kentrophoros, Trachelolophos and�…

Since molecular phylogenies of stichotrich ciliates started to be published, some remarkable
contradictions to morphology-based classifications have been reported, such as the�…

Due to complex morphological and convergent morphogenetic characters, the systematics
of ciliates has long been ambiguous. Since 1990, the Laboratory of Protozoology, Ocean�…