Polymorphism and Ultrastructure of a Colpodean Ciliate of the Genus Platyophryides Foissner, 1987

A ciliate isolated from a pond in Brazil, transformed to a giant form when its food was shifted from a bacterial prey to a ciliate prey. This polymorphism is immediately reversible when the prey ciliates, either Tetrahymena or Colpidium, disappear from the culture medium. By its life cycle, morpholo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of Protozoology 1992-01, Vol.39 (1), p.154-159
Hauptverfasser:	DE PUYTORAC, PIERRE, KATTAR, M. RAGEL, GROLIERE, C. ALAIN, NETO, INACIO DA SILVA
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ciliate Ciliophora Colpodea Freshwater polymorphism transformation
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