© Wim van Egmond (Photo
from Ciliates, used with permission) As the level of oxygen in the atmosphere rose, however, most surface lifeforms on Earth became oxygen breathing, such as these two single - celled protoctists (Euplotes, left, and Stylonychia) which move with hairlike cilia.
Telomere proteins
from ciliated protozoa bind to the single - stranded G - rich DNA extensions at the ends of macronuclear chromosomes.
Not exact matches
The
ciliates and rotifers were collected
from Bamboo Pond in Rutgers Gardens in New Brunswick.
The Uppsala research team focused their study on the Stentor polymorphus, a trumpet - shaped
ciliate which they could isolate
from a pond nearby the laboratory.
Clockwise
from mushroom at bottom: Amanita muscaria, giant panda, Desmarella, Euglena, Giardia, Trichomonas, star sand foram, Allogromia foram, Globigerina foram, Colpidium
ciliates, Stentor, dinoflagellate, Coscinodiscus, Stephanodiscus, giant kelp, Gephyrocapsa, Ceratolithus, Phaeocystis, Magnolia, Galaxaura red seaweed, Scenedesmus green algae, Entamoeba, Tubulifera slime mold, Chaos amoeba.
To test for differences in bacterial, fungal and
ciliate molecular diversity between healthy and lesion samples, we analyzed tissue sections collected
from individuals captured in August 2011.
Tetrahymena is a genus of free - living
ciliates that can also switch
from commensalistic to pathogenic modes of survival.
Will recently completed his PhD in Martin Embley's lab (Newcastle University, UK) where he studied the evolution of hydrogenosomes (anaerobic mitochondria that make hydrogen)
from several species of
ciliates.