Analysis of COI gene, prevalence, and intensity of the bat fly on roosting straw-coloured fruit bat in Southwest Nigeria.

We investigated ectoparasite diversity, interspecific infestation rates and host preference in roosting fruit bats, , from Bowen University, Southwest Nigeria. Fur of captured were sampled monthly for ectoparasites from January 2021 to June 2022. We examined a total of 231  and observed a significant female to male adult sex ratio (0.

Taxonomy and okadaic acid production of a strain of Prorocentrum lima (Dinophyceae) isolated from the Bay of Bengal, North Indian Ocean.

Prorocentrum lima (CSIRCSMCRI005) was isolated from the coastal seawater of Thonithurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Morphology of the isolate was studied using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) while phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS1-5.8s-ITS2), 18S rDNA, and large subunit (LSU) rDNA were also carried out.