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Morphological and molecular analyses of season-specific responses of freshwater ciliate communities to top-down and bottom-up experimental manipulations [PDF]

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In aquatic microbial food webs, ciliates represent an important trophic link in the energy transfer from prokaryotes, algae, and heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNFs) to higher trophic levels. However, the trophic role of abundant small ciliates (
Usman Asghar, Indranil Mukherjee, Bettina Sonntag, Caio César Pires de Paula, Vojtěch Kasalický, Paul-Adrian Bulzu, Anusha Priya Singh, Tanja Shabarova, Kasia Piwosz, Karel Šimek   +9 more
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The Codon Usage Bias Analysis of Free-Living Ciliates’ Macronuclear Genomes and Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/Cas9 Vector Construction of Stylonychia lemnae

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Ciliates represent higher unicellular animals, and several species are also important model organisms for molecular biology research. Analyses of codon usage bias (CUB) of the macronuclear (MAC) genome in ciliates can not only promote a better ...
Ying Wang, Lin Yao, Lin Yao, Jinfeng Fan, Xue Zhao, Qing Zhang, Ying Chen, Ying Chen, Changhong Guo   +8 more
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Prevalent ciliate symbiosis on copepods: high genetic diversity and wide distribution detected using small subunit ribosomal RNA gene. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Toward understanding the genetic diversity and distribution of copepod-associated symbiotic ciliates and the evolutionary relationships with their hosts in the marine environment, we developed a small subunit ribosomal RNA gene (18S rDNA)-based molecular
Zhiling Guo, Sheng Liu, Simin Hu, Tao Li, Yousong Huang, Guangxing Liu, Huan Zhang, Senjie Lin   +7 more
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Changes in Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity of Ciliates along the Course of a Mediterranean Karstic River

Microorganisms, 2022
Ciliates are a group of phagotrophic protists found in a wide variety of ecosystems. This study builds on recent studies of ciliates in the Krka river and investigates changes in the phylogenetic and functional diversity of ciliates in biofilm to predict
Vesna Gulin Beljak, Antonija Kulaš, Guillaume Lentendu, Barbara Vlaičević, Marija Gligora Udovič, Mirela Sertić Perić, Fran Rebrina, Petar Žutinić, Sandi Orlić, Renata Matoničkin Kepčija   +9 more
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Diversity Temporal–Spatial Dynamics of Potato Rhizosphere Ciliates and Contribution to Nitrogen- and Carbon-Derived Nutrition in North-East China

Plants, 2023
Ciliates are an important component of the rhizosphere microorganism community, but their nutritional contribution to plants has not been fully revealed.
Weibin Zheng, Xiaodan Zheng, Yuqing Wu, Shaoyang Lv, Chang Ge, Xiang Wang, Qiuhong Wang, Jingjing Cui, Nanqi Ren, Ying Chen   +9 more
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Feeding Behavior of Coralliophila sp. on Corals Affected by Caribbean Ciliate Infection (CCI): A New Possible Vector?

Diversity, 2022
Coral reefs in the Caribbean are known to be affected by many coral diseases, yet the ecology and etiology of most diseases remain understudied. The Caribbean ciliate infection (CCI) caused by ciliates belonging to the genus Halofolliculina is a common ...
Simone Montano, Greta Aeby, Paolo Galli, Bert W. Hoeksema   +3 more
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Simple dynamics underlying the survival behaviors of ciliates

Biophysics and Physicobiology, 2022
Ciliates are swimming microorganisms in aquatic environments. Habitats where ciliates accumulate include nutrient-rich solid–liquid interfaces such as pond bottom walls and waterweed surfaces. The ciliates stay near the walls to survive.
Takuya Ohmura, Yukinori Nishigami, Masatoshi Ichikawa   +2 more
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Thermal performance of planktonic ciliates differs between marine and freshwaters: A case study providing guidance for climate change studies

Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 2022
Predicting the performance of aquatic organisms in a future warmer climate depends critically on understanding how current temperature regimes affect the organisms' growth rates.
Dunja Lukić, Romana Limberger, Sabine Agatha, David J. S. Montagnes, Thomas Weisse   +4 more
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Epigenetics of Ciliates [PDF]

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2013
Research using ciliates revealed early examples of epigenetic phenomena and continues to provide novel findings. These protozoans maintain separate germline and somatic nuclei that carry transcriptionally silent and active genomes, respectively. Examining the differences in chromatin within distinct nuclei of Tetrahymena identified histone variants and
Douglas L. Chalker, Eric Meyer, Kazufumi Mochizuki   +2 more
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Spatial and inter-annual variability of proto- and metazooplankton during summer around the Kneiss Islands (Tunisia, Central Mediterranean Sea)

Applied Water Science, 2018
We studied the distribution of proto- and metazooplankton coupled with environmental factors in the coast area around Kneiss Islands (Central Mediterranean Sea). Zooplanktonic communities were sampled during summer 2009 and summer 2010 at three stations.
Amira Rekik, Habib Ayadi, Jannet Elloumi
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