About the Authors

Lei Wu

Affiliation Laboratory of Protozoology, Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment Science in Guangdong Higher Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China

John C. Clamp

Affiliation Department of Biology, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, 27707, United States of America

Zhenzhen Yi

Affiliation Laboratory of Protozoology, Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment Science in Guangdong Higher Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China

Jiqiu Li

Affiliation Laboratory of Protozoology, Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment Science in Guangdong Higher Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China

Xiaofeng Lin

xlin@scnu.edu.cn

Affiliation Laboratory of Protozoology, Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment Science in Guangdong Higher Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LW XFL. Performed the experiments: LW XFL. Analyzed the data: LW JC XFL ZZY JQL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XFL JQL ZZY. Wrote the paper: LW JC XFL. Samples collection: LW JQL XFL.