长期从事寄生原生动物学和水产动物疾病学的研究，迄今在国内外本领域重要学术刊物发表论文65篇（第一或通讯作者SCI论文26篇，中文核心5篇）；申请专利5项，已授权3项；参编专著3部；2018年入选中国科学院青年创新促进会，主持国家自然科学基金项目3项，科技部基础专项子任务1项，湖北省及农业部科研项目4项。

代表性论文：

1. Xialian Bu; Runqiu Wang; Giana Bastos Gomes; Sainan Ban; Wenxiang Li; Shangong Wu; Hong Zou; Ming Li*; Guitang Wang; First record of facultative parasitism of Chilodonella uncinata based on goldfish (Carassius auratus) infection model. Aquaculture, 2021, 538: 736535.

2. Weishan Zhao，Ming Li*, Fan Xiong, Dong Zhang, Shangong Wu, Hong Zou, Wenxiang Li, Guitang Wang*. Identification of intracellular bacteria in the ciliate Balantidium ctenopharyngodoni (Ciliophora, Litostomatea). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 2020, 67.

3. Ming Li, Guangran Hu, Can Li, Wei-shan Zhao, Hong Zou, Wen-xiang Li, Shan-gong Wu, Gui-tang Wang, Francisco Ponce-Gordo. Morphological and molecular characterization of a new ciliate Nyctotheroides grimi n. sp. (Armophorea, Clevelandellida) from Chinese frogs. Acta Tropica, 208: 105531.

4. Ming Li, Runqiu Wang, Giana Bastos Gomes, Hong Zou, Wen-xiang Li, Shan-gong Wu, Gui-tang Wang, Francisco Ponce-Gordo. Epidemiology and identification of two species of Chilodonella affecting farmed fishes in China. Veterinary Parasitology, 2018, 264: 8-17.

5. Ming Li, Francisco Ponce-Gordo, J. Norman Grim, Can Li, Hong Zou, Wenxiang Li, Shangong Wu & Guitang Wang. Morphological redescription of Opalina undulata Nie 1932 from Fejervarya limnocharis with molecular phylogenetic study of Opalinids (Heterokonta, Opalinea). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 2018, 65: 783-791.

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