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Rediscovery of Paramecium nephridiatum Gelei, 1925 and its Characteristics
Author(s) -
FOKIN SERGEI I.,
STOECK THORSTEN,
SCHMIDT HELMUT J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of eukaryotic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 1066-5234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb04622.x
Subject(s) - paramecium , biology , euryhaline , contractile vacuole , paramecium aurelia , macronucleus , rapd , zoology , evolutionary biology , morphology (biology) , vacuole , ecology , ciliate , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , cytoplasm , population , demography , salinity , sociology , genetic diversity
Paramecium nephridiatum Gelei. 1925, was rediscovered. It is a euryhaline brackish‐water species that morphologically resembles Paramecium woodruffi . but with multiple contractile vacuole pores. The general morphology, morphometry. and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprint patterns are presented for a number of the stocks collected around the world.