Scientific overview

Current research projects

Molecular systematics, morphology and biodiversity of the Chonotrichida ( Protozoa, Ciliophora ).
Methods : DNA analyses combined with microscopical observations and geolocalization.
Main topics :      

  1. Molecular systematics of the swiss Spirochonidae (Chonotrichida)
  2. Molecular systematics one f the Baikal Spirochonidae (Chonotrichida).
  3. The Worldwide Chonotrichia Project.

Recent results

  • Spirochona gemmipara 18s-SSU partial sequence, Lynn & Fahrni, 2017. (GenBank : KY349104.1).
  • Molecular taxonomy of Spirochona gemmipara (Ciliophora, Chonotrichida), an epibiont living on the gills of Gammarus fossarum. First results.
    Poster presented at the 38th meeting of the German Society of Protozoology (Febr. 20-22, 2019, Vienna, Austria).
    See : Poster_Vienna_1.pdf
  • Molecular taxonomy of the Spirochonidae (Chonotrichia, Ciliophora) from the Baïkal Lake. First results.
    Poster presented at the VIII ECOP-ISOP Joint Meeting  (Roma, 2019, Jul. 28 –Aug. 2).
    See : Poster_Baikal.pdf
  • The Worldwide Chonotrichia Project.
    Poster presented at the VIII ECOP-ISOP Joint Meeting  (Roma, 2019, Jul. 28 –Aug. 2).
    See : Poster_WW-Chonotrichia.pdf

Recent

  • Scientific sampling cruise on the Baikal Lake. 12-21.07.2018.
  • Direction : Dr. DY. Sherbakov. Lab. of Molecular Systematics, Limnological Institute. Irkutsk. Russia.
  • Stage and sampling at the biological Station of Roscoff , France (25-29-10.2019).

In preparation 

  • Analyses of material from Roscoff, France (EMBRC).

Important papers

  • 2016. Lynn DH. Spirochona gemmipara 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; macronuclear 1119 bp. KY349104.1 (12-DEC-2016) (Lynn DH. ;Fahrni J).
  • 2016. Lynn DH. The small subunit rRNA gene sequence of the chonotrich Chilodochona carcini Jankowski, 1973 confirms chonotrichs as a dysteriid-derived clade (Phyllopharyngea, Ciliophora). Internat. J. of Syst. and Evol. Microbiology, 66 : 1–6.
  • 2007. Lynn DH. The Ciliated Protozoa. Characterization, Classification and Guide to the Literature. Third edition. 605 pages. Springer.
  • 2001. Fernandez-Leborans, G. A review of the species of protozoan epibionts on Crustacean. III. Chonotrich Ciliates. Crustaceana, 74(6) : 581-607.
  • 1973. Jankowski, AW. Fauna URSS. Infusoria – Subclass Chonotricha. Akad. Nauka SSSR, 2 (1) : 1-355. St.-Petersburg [formely Leningrad]. (English translation).