Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms based on
shared characteristics and, more recently, on evolutionary relationships. With the birth of …

To date, the family Plagiopylidae comprises four genera: Plagiopyla, Lechriopyla,
Pseudoplagiopyla and Paraplagiopyla. Despite its cosmopolitan distribution, only a few species …

Holospora spp. and “Candidatus Gortzia infectiva”, known as Holospora-like bacteria (HLB),
are commonly found as nuclear endosymbionts of ciliates, especially the Paramecium …

The subclass Peniculia (Oligohymenophorea, Intramacronucleata) is one of the most known
groups of the phylum Ciliophora, being composed by very notorious representatives, such …

Background Among Oligohymenophorea (Ciliophora, Alveolata) the subclass Peniculia stands
as one of the most well-known groups. Frontonia is the largest genus of Peniculia, and its …

In 1991 Margulis defined holobionts as the assemblage of “two or more organisms, members
of different species” which remain associate “throughout a significant portion of the life …

The newly established subgenus within Paramecium is named after Neobursaridium and
not after Gigaparamecium as previously proposed, to accomplish the principle of priority (…

Shodhganga@INFLIBNET: Morphology ultrastructure and molecular characterization of selected
ciliates and their bacterial symbionts from Kolleru lake India including the description of 5 new …

Cilia are microtubule-based organelles that protrude from the cell surface and fulfill critical
motility and sensory functions being required for normal embryonic development and for …

In the last decades, the discharge of anthropogenic heavy metals to the ecosystems has
increased worldwide. These heavy metals do not degrade, but get accumulated in the food …