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Genome content reorganization in the non-model ciliate Chilodonella uncinata: insights into nuclear architecture, DNA content, and chromosome fragmentation during macronuclear development [PDF]

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Ciliates are a model lineage for studies of genome architecture given their unusual genome structures. All ciliates have both somatic macronuclei (MAC) and germline micronuclei (MIC), both of which develop from a zygotic nucleus following sex (i.e ...
Ragib Ahsan, Xyrus X. Maurer-Alcalá, Laura A. Katz   +2 more
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High Dynamics of Ciliate Community Revealed via Short-Term, High-Frequency Sampling in a Subtropical Estuarine Ecosystem

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Ciliates are pivotal components of the marine microbial food web, exerting profound impacts on oceanic biogeochemical cycling. However, the temporal dynamics of ciliate assemblages on a short time scale in the highly fluctuating estuarine ecosystem ...
Bowei Gu, Bowei Gu, Bowei Gu, Hungchia Huang, Hungchia Huang, Yizhe Zhang, Yizhe Zhang, Ran Li, Ran Li, Lei Wang, Ying Wang, Ying Wang, Jia Sun, Jia Sun, Jianning Wang, Jianning Wang, Rui Zhang, Rui Zhang, Nianzhi Jiao, Nianzhi Jiao, Dapeng Xu, Dapeng Xu   +21 more
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Ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora) as bioindicators of environmental pressure: A karstic river case

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Ciliates are single celled eukaryotes recognized as key players in the microbial loop of aquatic ecosystems. The present study was carried out on the Krka River (Croatia), a karst freshwater ecosystem characterized by tufa barriers, biomineralization and
Antonija Kulaš, Vesna Gulin, Renata Matoničkin Kepčija, Petar Žutinić, Mirela Sertić Perić, Sandi Orlić, Katarina Kajan, Thorsten Stoeck, Guillaume Lentendu, Ivan Čanjevac, Ivan Martinić, Marija Gligora Udovič   +11 more
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Calmodulin in Paramecium: Focus on Genomic Data

Microorganisms, 2022
Calcium (Ca2+) is a universal second messenger that plays a key role in cellular signaling. However, Ca2+ signals are transduced with the help of Ca2+-binding proteins, which serve as sensors, transducers, and elicitors. Among the collection of these Ca2+
Eduardo Villalobo, Gabriel Gutiérrez, Antonio Villalobo   +2 more
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Gastronautidae Deroux, 1994 and Trithigmostoma Jankowski, 1967: Evolutionary Links Among Cyrtophorian Ciliates (Protista, Ciliophora, and Phyllopharyngea)

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Studies on cyrtophorian ciliates (Cyrtophoria) have accumulated much knowledge on morphological taxonomy and molecular phylogeny, and the general classification and phylogenetic relationships of most families have thereby been revealed.
Zhishuai Qu, Zhishuai Qu, Hongbo Pan, Congcong Wang, Honggang Ma, Thorsten Stoeck, Xiaozhong Hu   +6 more
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Effects of Ciliate Infection on the Activities of Two Antioxidant Enzymes (SOD and CAT) in Captive Coral (Goniopora columna) and Evaluation of Drug Therapy

Biology, 2021
Ciliate infection is a serious parasitic disease of coral. Infected coral rots and dies in a short time. In addition to killing corals by infecting them in the oceans, ciliate infection also poses a threat to corals farmed on a large scale. In this study,
Chiu-Min Cheng, Yu-Rong Cheng, De-Sing Ding, Ya-Ting Chen, Wei-Ting Sun, Chih-Hung Pan   +5 more
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Genetic Diversity and Phylogeny of the Genus Euplotes (Protozoa, Ciliophora) Revealed by the Mitochondrial CO1 and Nuclear Ribosomal Genes

Microorganisms, 2021
Nuclear ribosomal and mitochondrial genes have been utilized individually or in combination to identify known species and discriminate closely related species.
Congcong Wang, Yue Hu, Alan Warren, Xiaozhong Hu   +3 more
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Interactions Between the Kleptoplastidic Dinoflagellate Shimiella gracilenta and Several Common Heterotrophic Protists

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The newly described dinoflagellate, Shimiella gracilenta, is known to survive for approximately 1 month on the plastids of ingested prey cells during starvation, indicating kleptoplastidy.
Sang Ah Park, Hae Jin Jeong, Hae Jin Jeong, Jin Hee Ok, Hee Chang Kang, Ji Hyun You, Se Hee Eom, Eun Chong Park   +7 more
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A Review for the Special Issue on Paramecium as a Modern Model Organism

Microorganisms, 2023
This review provides background and perspective for the articles contributing to the Special Issue of MDPI Micro-organisms on Paramecium as a Modern Model Organism.
Judith Van Houten
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Morphogenesis of the Ciliature During Sexual Process of Conjugation in the Ciliated Protist Euplotes raikovi

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Morphogenesis is an important process that widely occurs in almost all the organisms, including the ciliated protists. Ciliates are a large group of single-celled eukaryotes that can reproduce asexually (e.g., binary fission) and perform sexual process ...
Usman Asghar, Usman Asghar, Yong Chi, Yong Chi, Yunyi Gao, Yunyi Gao, Borong Lu, Borong Lu, Yaohan Jiang, Yaohan Jiang, Ruitao Gong, Ruitao Gong, Honggang Ma, Honggang Ma, Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid, Feng Gao, Feng Gao   +16 more
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