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Integrative studies on three new freshwater Amphileptus species (Ciliophora, Pleurostomatida) discovered in northern China. 中国北方淡水两栖目三新种的综合研究(纤毛目，胸骨口目)。

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Marine Life Science & Technology Pub Date : 2022-11-28 eCollection Date: 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-022-00143-0

Gongaote Zhang, Yalan Sheng, Yujie Liu, Xiao Cao, Saleh A Al-Farraj, Peter Vďačný, Hongbo Pan

{"title":"Integrative studies on three new freshwater Amphileptus species (Ciliophora, Pleurostomatida) discovered in northern China.","authors":"Gongaote Zhang, Yalan Sheng, Yujie Liu, Xiao Cao, Saleh A Al-Farraj, Peter Vďačný, Hongbo Pan","doi":"10.1007/s42995-022-00143-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42995-022-00143-0","url":null,"abstract":"The morphology and molecular phylogeny of freshwater pleurostomatid ciliates are insufficiently explored. In the present study, we investigated three new Amphileptus species discovered in Lake Weishan and its vicinity, northern China, using standard alpha-taxonomic methods. Amphileptus paracarchesii sp. nov. is characterized by a lateral fossa (groove) in the posterior body portion, four macronuclear nodules, contractile vacuoles distributed along the dorsal margin, and 4-6 left and 44-50 right somatic kineties. Amphileptus pilosus sp. nov. differs from congeners by having 4-14 macronuclear nodules, numerous contractile vacuoles scattered throughout the cytoplasm, and 22-31 left and 35-42 right somatic kineties. Amphileptus orientalis sp. nov. is characterized by two ellipsoidal macronuclear nodules, three ventral contractile vacuoles, and about four left and 31-35 right somatic kineties. Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear small subunit ribosomal DNA (SSU rDNA) sequences indicate that the family Amphileptidae might be monophyletic while the genus Amphileptus is paraphyletic, as Pseudoamphileptus macrostoma robustly groups with Amphileptus sp. Although deep phylogenetic relationships of amphileptids are poorly resolved, multiple well-delimited species groups are recognizable within the genus Amphileptus.Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-022-00143-0.","PeriodicalId":53218,"journal":{"name":"Marine Life Science & Technology","volume":"4 4","pages":"452-470"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077290/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9384458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Phylogeny of the anaerobic ciliate genus Sonderia (Protista: Ciliophora: Plagiopylea), including the description of three novel species and a brief revision of the genus. 厌氧纤毛虫Sonderia属的系统发育(原生动物目:纤毛虫目:翼虫目)，包括三个新种的描述和对该属的简要修订。

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Marine Life Science & Technology Pub Date : 2022-11-28 eCollection Date: 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-022-00142-1

Ran Li, Wenbao Zhuang, Xiaochen Feng, Saleh A Al-Farraj, Alan Warren, Xiaozhong Hu

{"title":"Phylogeny of the anaerobic ciliate genus Sonderia (Protista: Ciliophora: Plagiopylea), including the description of three novel species and a brief revision of the genus.","authors":"Ran Li, Wenbao Zhuang, Xiaochen Feng, Saleh A Al-Farraj, Alan Warren, Xiaozhong Hu","doi":"10.1007/s42995-022-00142-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42995-022-00142-1","url":null,"abstract":"Anaerobic protists in general, and ciliates in particular, are important components of anoxic or hypoxic environments, however, their diversity remains underestimated. Sonderia is a poorly studied genus that is distributed worldwide and is commonly found in anaerobic environments. In the present study, the taxonomy and phylogeny of three new species, namely Sonderia aposinuata sp. nov., Sonderia paramacrochilus sp. nov. and Sonderia steini sp. nov., collected from China, were investigated based on microscopic observations and SSU rRNA gene sequencing methods. Sonderia aposinuata sp. nov. is diagnosed mainly by having a relatively large body size, a crescent-shaped oral opening, numerous slender extrusomes, one suture on the ventral side and two on the dorsal side, and a buccal cavity that occupies the anterior third of the cell. Sonderia paramacrochilus sp. nov. closely resembles S. macrochilus but differs mainly by its oral opening being located closer to the anterior cell margin and its spindle-shaped extrusomes. Sonderia steini sp. nov. is a freshwater species that can be recognized by its shallow buccal cavity, sparsely distributed rod-shaped extrusomes, and having 68-79 monokinetidal somatic kineties that form sutures on both sides of the body. Phylogenetic analyses based on small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene sequence data support the monophyly of the family Sonderiidae, however, Sonderia is paraphyletic. The genus Sonderia is briefly revised and a key to the identification of species belonging to this genus is supplied.","PeriodicalId":53218,"journal":{"name":"Marine Life Science & Technology","volume":"4 4","pages":"493-512"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077210/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9384457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Biodiversity of freshwater ciliates (Protista, Ciliophora) in the Lake Weishan Wetland, China: the state of the art. 微山湖湿地淡水纤毛虫(原生纤毛虫，纤毛虫)生物多样性研究进展。

IF 5.7 2区生物学

Marine Life Science & Technology Pub Date : 2022-11-28 eCollection Date: 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-022-00154-x

Zhe Wang, Yong Chi, Tao Li, Wenya Song, Yunfeng Wang, Tong Wu, Gongaote Zhang, Yujie Liu, Honggang Ma, Weibo Song, Khaled A S Al-Rasheid, Alan Warren, Borong Lu

{"title":"Biodiversity of freshwater ciliates (Protista, Ciliophora) in the Lake Weishan Wetland, China: the state of the art.","authors":"Zhe Wang, Yong Chi, Tao Li, Wenya Song, Yunfeng Wang, Tong Wu, Gongaote Zhang, Yujie Liu, Honggang Ma, Weibo Song, Khaled A S Al-Rasheid, Alan Warren, Borong Lu","doi":"10.1007/s42995-022-00154-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42995-022-00154-x","url":null,"abstract":"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 ecosystems. However, studies on the taxonomy and biodiversity of freshwater ciliates, especially those in wetlands in China are limited. To address this issue, a project to investigate the freshwater ciliates of the Lake Weishan Wetland, Shandong Province, commenced in 2019. Here, we summarize our findings to date on the diversity of ciliates. A total of 187 ciliate species have been found, 94 of which are identified to species-level, 87 to genus-level, and six to family-level. These species show a high morphological diversity and represent five classes, i.e., Heterotrichea, Litostomatea, Prostomatea, Oligohymenophorea, and Spirotrichea. The largest number of species documented are oligohymenophoreans. A comprehensive database of these ciliates, including morphological data, gene sequences, microscope slide specimens and a DNA bank, has been established. In the present study, we provide an annotated checklist of retrieved ciliates as well as information on the sequences of published species. Most of these species are recorded in China for the first time and more than 20% are tentatively identified as new to science. Additionally, an investigation of environmental DNA revealed that the ciliate species diversity in Lake Weishan Wetland is higher than previously supposed.Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-022-00154-x.","PeriodicalId":53218,"journal":{"name":"Marine Life Science & Technology","volume":"4 4","pages":"429-451"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077249/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10289130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The widely reported but poorly studied ciliate family Folliculinidae (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Heterotrichea): a revision with notes on its taxonomy, morphology and phylogenetic relationships. 被广泛报道但研究较少的纤毛虫科毛囊科(原生动物，纤毛虫，异毛虫):对其分类、形态和系统发育关系的修订。

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Marine Life Science & Technology Pub Date : 2022-11-26 eCollection Date: 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-022-00152-z

Tingting Ye, Yaohan Jiang, Shuchang Chen, Yixiang Xu, Lifang Li, Mann Kyoon Shin, Xiangrui Chen

{"title":"The widely reported but poorly studied ciliate family Folliculinidae (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Heterotrichea): a revision with notes on its taxonomy, morphology and phylogenetic relationships.","authors":"Tingting Ye, Yaohan Jiang, Shuchang Chen, Yixiang Xu, Lifang Li, Mann Kyoon Shin, Xiangrui Chen","doi":"10.1007/s42995-022-00152-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42995-022-00152-z","url":null,"abstract":"Ciliates of the heterotrich family Folliculinidae are widespread in various habitats and are distinguished by their transparent loricae of various shapes, conspicuous peristomial lobes, and dimorphic life cycles. They usually attach firmly to the surface of substrates, feed on bacteria and microalgae, and play a significant role in energy flow and material cycling in the microbial food web. However, little is known regarding their biodiversity and systematics. In this work, we establish the terminology of the family Folliculinidae and select six crucial features for genus recognition. Based on previous studies, we revise the classification of Folliculinidae, supply improved diagnoses for each of the 33 folliculinid genera, and provide a key to their identification. Moreover, phylogenetic analyses based on small subunit ribosomal DNA (SSU rDNA) sequences revealed that the family is monophyletic and comprises two subclades (subclades I II) which can be identified by the flexibility of their peristomial lobes and the sculpturing of their necks. Furthermore, we investigate the evolutionary relationships of folliculinids using the six chosen generic features.Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-022-00152-z.","PeriodicalId":53218,"journal":{"name":"Marine Life Science & Technology","volume":"4 4","pages":"471-492"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077228/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9384460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Hypotrichidium tisiae (Gelei, 1929) Gelei, 1954: a unique hypotrichid ciliate having a highly specialized developmental pattern during binary division. 下毛纤毛虫(Gelei, 1929) Gelei, 1954:一种独特的下毛纤毛虫，在二元分裂过程中具有高度特化的发育模式。

IF 5.7 2区生物学

Marine Life Science & Technology Pub Date : 2022-11-24 eCollection Date: 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-022-00148-9

Xiaotian Luo, Jie Huang, Honggang Ma, Yujie Liu, Xiaoteng Lu, William A Bourland

{"title":"Hypotrichidium tisiae (Gelei, 1929) Gelei, 1954: a unique hypotrichid ciliate having a highly specialized developmental pattern during binary division.","authors":"Xiaotian Luo, Jie Huang, Honggang Ma, Yujie Liu, Xiaoteng Lu, William A Bourland","doi":"10.1007/s42995-022-00148-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42995-022-00148-9","url":null,"abstract":"In sharp contrast to their pelagic relatives, the oligotrichs, the overwhelming majority of hypotrich ciliates inhabit the benthos. Only a few species, including those of the genus Hypotrichidium Ilowaisky, 1921, have adapted to a planktonic lifestyle. The ontogenetic mode of the highly differentiated ciliate, Hypotrichidium tisiae (Gelei, 1929) Gelei, 1954, is unknown. In this study, the interphase morphology and the ontogenetic process of this species are investigated. Accordingly, the previously unidentified ciliary pattern of Hypotrichidium is redefined. The main morphogenetic features are as follows: (1) The parental adoral zone of membranelles is inherited completely by the proter and the oral primordium of the opisthe arises in a deep pouch. (2) Five frontoventral cirral anlagen (FVA) are formed: FVA I contributes to the single frontal cirrus, FVA II-IV generate three frontoventral cirral rows, FVA V migrates and forms postoral ventral cirri. (3) All marginal cirral row anlagen develop de novo: each of the two left anlagen forms a single cirral row, while the single right anlage fragments into anterior and posterior parts. (4) Two dorsal kinety anlagen occur de novo, with the right one fragmenting to form kineties 2 and 3. (5) Two long caudal cirral rows are formed at the ends of dorsal kineties 1 and 3. On the basis of the morphogenetic features and phylogenetic analyses, the assignment of Hypotrichidium to the family Spirofilidae Gelei, 1929 within Postoralida is supported. The establishment of separate families for the slender \"tubicolous\" spirofilids and the highly helical spirofilids is also validated.Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-022-00148-9.","PeriodicalId":53218,"journal":{"name":"Marine Life Science & Technology","volume":"4 4","pages":"536-550"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077263/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10289128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Doublets of the unicellular organism Euplotes vannus (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Euplotida): the morphogenetic patterns of the ciliary and nuclear apparatuses associated with cell division. 单细胞生物vannus Euplotes (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Euplotida)的双体:与细胞分裂相关的纤毛和核装置的形态发生模式。

IF 5.8 2区生物学

Marine Life Science & Technology Pub Date : 2022-11-24 eCollection Date: 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-022-00150-1

Jinyu Fu, Yong Chi, Xiaoteng Lu, Feng Gao, Saleh A Al-Farraj, Giulio Petroni, Jiamei Jiang

{"title":"Doublets of the unicellular organism Euplotes vannus (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Euplotida): the morphogenetic patterns of the ciliary and nuclear apparatuses associated with cell division.","authors":"Jinyu Fu, Yong Chi, Xiaoteng Lu, Feng Gao, Saleh A Al-Farraj, Giulio Petroni, Jiamei Jiang","doi":"10.1007/s42995-022-00150-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42995-022-00150-1","url":null,"abstract":"Ciliated protists are one of the most diverse and highly differentiated group among unicellular organisms. Doublets occur in ciliates when two cells fuse into a single individual. Doublets contain two major cellular components (either cell in a doublet) and have traditionally been considered as developmental anomalies. Nevertheless, doublets can divide or even conjugate effectively, which may represent dispersal forms of the life stages. In addition, morphogenesis, as an important process in the life cycle, will provide important insights into the complex differentiation mechanism and various physiological phenomena. However, morphogenetic studies focusing on doublets of ciliates are very limited, which has become an obstacle to understand their complete life history. Here we isolated a doublet strain from the marine species Euplotes vannus (Müller, 1786) Diesing, 1850 and investigated its morphogenetic events during asexual reproduction. Our results indicate that: (1) the opisthe's oral primordium develops de novo beneath the cortex; (2) the frontoventral and transverse cirral anlagen, cirrus I/1, and marginal anlagen in both dividers develop de novo separately; (3) the dorsal kinety anlagen, the three rightmost ones of which produce three caudal cirri for the proter, occur within the parental structures in the mid-body region; (4) the opisthe acquires two caudal cirri, one from the end of each two rightmost kineties; and (5) there are two macronuclei and one micronucleus in the doublet and they divide amitotically and mitotically, respectively. Finally, we speculate that this special differentiation may be an adaptive form to adverse environments.","PeriodicalId":53218,"journal":{"name":"Marine Life Science & Technology","volume":"4 4","pages":"527-535"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077243/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9389996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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New considerations on the phylogeny of Sessilida (Protista: Ciliophora: Peritrichia) based on multiple-gene information, with emphasis on colonial taxa. 基于多基因信息的无尾虫(原生目:纤毛虫目:周枝虫目)系统发育新思考，重点是群落分类群。

IF 5.8 2区生物学

Marine Life Science & Technology Pub Date : 2022-11-24 eCollection Date: 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-022-00155-w

Zhe Wang, Xiaoting Feng, Lifang Li, Khaled A S Al-Rasheid, Alan Warren, Chundi Wang, Zemao Gu

{"title":"New considerations on the phylogeny of Sessilida (Protista: Ciliophora: Peritrichia) based on multiple-gene information, with emphasis on colonial taxa.","authors":"Zhe Wang, Xiaoting Feng, Lifang Li, Khaled A S Al-Rasheid, Alan Warren, Chundi Wang, Zemao Gu","doi":"10.1007/s42995-022-00155-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42995-022-00155-w","url":null,"abstract":"The subclass Peritrichia, containing two orders Sessilida and Mobilida, is a major group of ciliates with worldwide distribution and high species diversity. Several studies have investigated the phylogeny of peritrichs; however, the evolutionary relationships and classification of some families and genera within the Sessilida remain unclear. In the present study, we isolated and identified 22 peritrich populations representing four families and six genera and obtained 64 rDNA sequences to perform phylogenetic analyses and assess their systematic relationships. Ancestral character reconstruction was also carried out to infer evolutionary routes within the Sessilida. The results indicate: (1) family Vaginicolidae is monophyletic and acquisition of the typical peritrich lorica represents a single evolutionary divergence; (2) core epistylidids evolved from a Zoothamnium-like ancestor and experienced spasmoneme loss during evolution; (3) Campanella clusters with species in the basal clade and shows stable morphological differences with other epistylidids, supporting its assignment to a separate family; (4) the structure of the peristomial lip may be a genus-level character rather than a diagnostic character for discriminating Epistylididae and Operculariidae, thus a redefinition of Operculariidae should be carried out when more species have been investigated; (5) some characters, such as lifestyle (solitary or colonial), spasmoneme and living habit (sessile or free-swimming), evolved repeatedly among sessilids indicating that species with non-contractile stalks or that are free-swimming have multiple evolutionary routes and might derive from any sessilid lineage without a lorica. The close phylogenetic relationships of some morphologically distinct sessilids imply that the diagnoses of some genera and families should be improved.","PeriodicalId":53218,"journal":{"name":"Marine Life Science & Technology","volume":"4 4","pages":"569-583"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077168/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9378205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The micronuclear histone H3 clipping in the unicellular eukaryote Tetrahymena thermophila. 单细胞真核生物嗜热四膜虫的微核组蛋白H3剪切。

IF 5.8 2区生物学

Marine Life Science & Technology Pub Date : 2022-11-24 eCollection Date: 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-022-00151-0

Fan Wei, Bo Pan, Jinghan Diao, Yuanyuan Wang, Yalan Sheng, Shan Gao

{"title":"The micronuclear histone H3 clipping in the unicellular eukaryote Tetrahymena thermophila.","authors":"Fan Wei, Bo Pan, Jinghan Diao, Yuanyuan Wang, Yalan Sheng, Shan Gao","doi":"10.1007/s42995-022-00151-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42995-022-00151-0","url":null,"abstract":"Clipping of the histone H3 N-terminal tail has been implicated in multiple fundamental biological processes for a growing list of eukaryotes. H3 clipping, serving as an irreversible process to permanently remove some post-translational modifications (PTMs), may lead to noticeable changes in chromatin dynamics or gene expression. The eukaryotic model organism Tetrahymena thermophila is among the first few eukaryotes that exhibits H3 clipping activity, wherein the first six amino acids of H3 are cleaved off during vegetative growth. Clipping only occurs in the transcriptionally silent micronucleus of the binucleated T. thermophila, thus offering a unique opportunity to reveal the role of H3 clipping in epigenetic regulation. However, the physiological functions of the truncated H3 and its protease(s) for clipping remain elusive. Here, we review the major findings of H3 clipping in T. thermophila and highlight its association with histone modifications and cell cycle regulation. We also summarize the functions and mechanisms of H3 clipping in other eukaryotes, focusing on the high diversity in terms of protease families and cleavage sites. Finally, we predict several protease candidates in T. thermophila and provide insights for future studies.Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-022-00151-0.","PeriodicalId":53218,"journal":{"name":"Marine Life Science & Technology","volume":"4 4","pages":"584-594"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077241/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9378198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Ultrastructure of Diophrys appendiculata and new systematic consideration of the euplotid family Uronychiidae (Protista, Ciliophora). 尾棘棘龙的超微结构及整倍体棘龙科(原生目，纤毛虫目)的系统新认识。

IF 5.7 2区生物学

Marine Life Science & Technology Pub Date : 2022-11-24 eCollection Date: 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-022-00153-y

Jingyi Dong, Yujie Liu, Jiyang Ma, Honggang Ma, Thorsten Stoeck, Xinpeng Fan

{"title":"Ultrastructure of Diophrys appendiculata and new systematic consideration of the euplotid family Uronychiidae (Protista, Ciliophora).","authors":"Jingyi Dong, Yujie Liu, Jiyang Ma, Honggang Ma, Thorsten Stoeck, Xinpeng Fan","doi":"10.1007/s42995-022-00153-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42995-022-00153-y","url":null,"abstract":"The ultrastructure of ciliates carries important cytological, taxonomical, and evolutionary signals for these single-celled eukaryotic organisms. However, little ultrastructural data have been accumulated for most ciliate groups with systematic problems. In the present work, a well-known marine uronychiid, Diophrys appendiculata, was investigated using electron microscopy and a comparison with, and a discussion considering, phylogenetic analyses were made. The new findings primarily show that: (i) this species lacks the typical alveolar plate, bears cortical ampule-like extrusomes, and has microtubular triads in the dorsal pellicle, and thus exhibits some ultrastructural features in common with most of its previously studied congeners; (ii) each adoral membranelle before the level of frontal cirrus II/2 contains three rows of kinetosomes and each membranelle after the level of frontal cirrus II/2 contains four rows, which might be related with morphogenesis and could be considered as a distinctive character of Diophrys; (iii) some structural details of the buccal field, such as the extra-pellicular fibrils, pellicle, pharyngeal disks and microtubular sheet, were documented. In addition, based on the ultrastructural comparison of representatives, we discuss the differentiation between the subfamilies Diophryinae and Uronychiinae. A hypothetical systematic relationship of members in the order Euplotida based on a wide range of data is also provided.","PeriodicalId":53218,"journal":{"name":"Marine Life Science & Technology","volume":"4 4","pages":"551-568"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077282/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9384456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A practical reference for studying meiosis in the model ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. 为研究模式纤毛虫嗜热四膜虫减数分裂提供实用参考。

IF 5.8 2区生物学

Marine Life Science & Technology Pub Date : 2022-11-22 eCollection Date: 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-022-00149-8

Miao Tian, Xia Cai, Yujie Liu, Mingmei Liucong, Rachel Howard-Till

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